Yasuaki Arai Ardis first described the synthesis of cyanoacrylates in 1949,1 and since that time, its use for applications such as wound closure, skin grafts, and organ anastomoses has been…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Mary E. Meek • James C. Meek A pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) is a direct connection between a pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein. These high-flow, low pressure, thin-walled fistulae are…