STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Northwell Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) in Ocean Breeze has become the first medical facility in the United States to treat acute pulmonary embolism (PE) using the ...

Air embolism is an infrequent but potentially life‐threatening complication in endoscopic procedures. It occurs when air inadvertently enters the vascular system during interventions, a risk ...

The treatment of a subdural hematoma received a major boost with three new randomized controlled trials all showing large and significant benefits of a new embolization process done as an endovascular ...

Air embolism represents a rare but critical complication associated with percutaneous lung biopsy procedures. During these procedures, air may inadvertently enter the vascular system, potentially ...

PHOENIX -- For chronic or subacute subdural hematoma, embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) reduced recurrence, three randomized trials showed. Two trials with the Onyx liquid embolic ...

Embolization is a safe, noninvasive treatment option for liver cancer tumors that can’t be removed surgically. You can usually go home on the same day as an embolization procedure, and side effects ...

A novel combination of surgery and embolization used to treat subdural hematomas, bleeding between the brain and its protective membrane due to trauma, reduces the risk of follow-up surgeries, ...

Fat embolism management may consist of a combination of supportive care and medications, as well as orthopedic surgery to help address related bone fractures. Fat embolism refers to a collection of ...

A procedure performed under mild sedation in less than two hours by an interventional radiologist relieves chronic knee pain caused by osteoarthritis, an NYU Langone Health study shows. As they ...