Prostate Artery Embolization
This course caters to interventionalists aiming to expand their expertise in Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE). Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Guerbet LLC.
How does PAE impact urologic guidelines and influence urologists recommendations for PAE?
What is unique about your OBL and how do you prioritize the mastering of PAE?
How does practicing PAE in an OBL have advantages over a hospital?
What are the advantages of performing PAE procedures in an OBL as opposed to the hospital?
What do you require in terms of workup for a patient before undergoing PAE?
How does the PAE procedure day go in your OBL?
Tell us more about your imaging technique for PAE
What is your technique for using embolics?
How do you determine your stopping point?
How do you manage catheter dependent patients?
CME/CE Reflection: Module I
Talk to us about standardizing embolization technique for PAE
Should PAE be considered alongside medical management?
Should PAE be performed only alongside a Urologist?
What about pre-procedure imaging?
Is cone beam CT necessary for PAE?
Tell us about choice of embolic agents for collaterals
Tell us about how you deal with collaterals with PAE
What is the rationale for "coiling out"?
Do retreatment rates depict a false narrative of PAE utility?
CME/CE Reflection: Module II
Transradial prostate artery embolization with glue- case presentation, plan and discussion
Radial access approach and getting through a calcified aortic arch
Left iliac angiogram technique and why radial access?
Examining the angiogram and determining the prostate artery origin
Prostate artery angiogram and tips on giving vasodilators
How do you counsel patients on alternative treatments in the office?
What is a good spot for embolization?
When do you use cone beam CT?
Mixing the glue and lipiodol on a separate backtable
Using a balloon occlusion microcatheter for glue embolization
Performing balloon occlusion embolization with glue
Post glue embolization angiogram and technical result
Can you talk about rates of recurrence after PAE?
When are you seeing these patients in clinic after PAE?
Shaping your wire tip for selecting the prostate artery- The question mark
Prostate artery anatomy, origin type, and microcatheter selection
Cannulating the prostate artery with the TruSelect microcatheter
Using an Asahi Meister wire for tortuosity in the prostate artery
What do you send the patient home with?
Glue Embolization with TruSelect microcatheter (without balloon occlusion)
CME/CE Reflection: Module III