The Incidence of Ischemic Cholecystitis after Prophylactic Cystic Artery Embolization: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Benjamin J. Walker; Michael Lung; Hanin Lataifeh; Aditi Patel; Ibrahim Abukhiran; Mohammad Amarneh

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1774804

The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology (Jul 2023)

The Incidence of Ischemic Cholecystitis after Prophylactic Cystic Artery Embolization: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Benjamin J. Walker,
Michael Lung,
Hanin Lataifeh,
Aditi Patel,
Ibrahim Abukhiran,
Mohammad Amarneh

Affiliations

Benjamin J. Walker: Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, United States
Michael Lung: Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, California, United States
Hanin Lataifeh: School of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Ar-Ramtha, Jordan
Aditi Patel: Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, United States
Ibrahim Abukhiran: Pathology Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Mohammad Amarneh: ORCiD; Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1774804
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 07, no. 02
pp. 088 – 093

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Background Prophylactic cystic artery embolization (CAE) is used to prevent radiation cholecystitis in patients undergoing transarterial radioembolization (TARE), but the incidence of ischemic cholecystitis following CAE remains unclear.

Published in The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology

ISSN: 2542-7075 (Print); 2542-7083 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00050442

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