Postpartum Hemorrhage
Omid Kohannim • Justin McWilliams BACKGROUND Epidemiology and Risk Factors Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), defined as blood loss exceeding 500 mL after vaginal delivery or 1,000 mL after a cesarean section, has an…
Gynecologic Malignancies
Theresa M. Caridi • Richard Shlansky-Goldberg BACKGROUND In the United States in 2010, 83,745 womesn were diagnosed and 28,770 died from a gynecologic cancer.1 These include cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and vulvar…
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Francisco Cesar Carnevale • Airton Mota Moreira BACKGROUND Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) typically occurs at the beginning of the sixth decade, with more than 40% of…
Renal Artery Aneurysms
Carlos Abath • Romero Marques • Marcos Barbosa de Souza Júnior Primary renal artery aneurysms (RAAs) are relatively rare, contributing to 1% of all aneurysms and 15% to 22% of…
Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Endoleaks
Ajita Deodhar • John A. Kaufman The goal of endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is complete exclusion of the aneurysm sac so that it is no longer…
Portal Vein Embolization
David Li • Richard H. Marshall • David C. Madoff The hepatitis C epidemic in the United States has contributed to a dramatic rise of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), with HCC…
Adenomyosis
Paul N. M. Lohle BACKGROUND In the pathophysiology of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), two groups may be distinguished: HMB based on anatomic or organic abnormalities (fibroids, adenomyosis, clotting disorders) and…
Bland Embolization
Karen T. Brown Because the hepatic artery provides most blood flow to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), with the portal vein providing trophic blood supply to the liver parenchyma,1 and the paucity…
Intracranial Aneurysms
M. Imran Chaudry • Alejandro Spiotta • Raymond Turner • Harris Hawk • Jonathan R. Lena • Aquilla Turk The International Symptomatic Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) and the Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm…
