Deutsche Akademie für Mikrotherapie is partner of research campus Stimulate

Official technology partner for CT and DSA

Become a member of the German Academy for Microtherapy and benefit from our interdisciplinary exchange.

please contact us: 

phone: +49 (0)391 6715561

email: info@dafmt.com

Instructors:
Prof. M. Seidensticker
Prof. M. Pech

Maximum number of participants: 5

Duration: 1 ½ days

Dates:

• 30. - 31.03.2017
• 27. - 28.04.2017 
• 18. - 19.05.2017
• 15. - 16.06.2017
• 22. - 23.06.2017
• 07. - 08.09.2017
• 26. - 27.10.2017
• 02. - 03.11.2017
• 23. - 24.11.2017
• 30. - 01.12.2017

other dates on request

Course objective: Microcatheter techniques have become standard in Interventional Radiology. A popular example is TACE in hepatocellular carcinoma, which is treatment standard in intermediate disease stages, or embolisation of uterine fibroids. Furthermore, the use of microcatheters is mandatory to cease gastrointestinal bleeding by transarterial embolization. Profound knowledge of visceral vascular anatomy, available materials and microcatheter techniques are critical for the success of the intervention. This course is intended to provide the theoretical basis for TACE, fibroid embolization as well as GI bleeding embolization. In addition, microcatheter interventions are trained employing a large animal model.

Target group: Interventional radiologists with or without previous experience in microcatheter interventions

CONTENT

Day 1
Theoretical section

Basic embolisation principles/Embolisation materials

• Material presentation: selective catheters
• Material presentation: microcatheters
• Use of the coaxial technique
• Presentation of embolisation material: particles, coils (standard pushable fibered coils, extra long coils, mechanically detachable coils, bioactive coils, hydrocoils), occluder, glue (histoacryl), onyx, gelfoam
• Criteria for the selection of most appropriate embolisation material

Transarterial chemoembolisation

• Treatment concepts according to BCLC
• Patient selection: indications & contraindications for TACE
• Principle of TACE
• Substances: chemotherapeutics, lipiodol, particles, drug-eluting beads
• Treatment strategies & technical execution
• Complications
• Challenging cases
• Summary

Uterine fibroid embolisation

• Current available data for the value of uterine fibroid embolisation
• Patient selection: indications & contraindications
• Preprocedural diagnostics
• Technical execution: vascular anatomy of hypogastric artery branches,
• Material: selective catheters, microcatheters, particles
• Endpoints of embolisation
• Complications
• Periinterventional drugs
• Follow-up
• Summary

Gastrointestinal bleedings

Acute upper GI bleedings

• Causes
• Medical emergency treatment, management
• Risk stratification, diagnostic algorithm, clinical treatment pathways
• Endoscopic treatment: variceal haemorrhage, Ulcer bleeding, other causes
• Role of CT angiography
• Endovascular treatment: vascular anatomy of the upper GI tract under special consideration of collaterals, technical execution & embolisation strategies, tipps and tricks, pitfalls, challenging cases, results
• Summary

Lower GI bleedings

• Facts, causes, and classification
• Role of colonoscopy in diagnosis and treatment
• Role CT angiography
• Role of endovascular treatment
• Role of red blood cell scintigraphy
• Role of capsule endoscopy & double balloon endoscopy
• Diagnostic algorithm in acute and chronic lower GI bleedings
• Endovascular treatment: vascular anatomy o the lower GI tract, embolisation strategies, challenging cases, tipps and tricks, pitfalls
• Summary

Day 2 – Practical section
Lab exercises with large animal model

• Material demonstration - microcatheter catherisation techniques - coil embolisation techniques: scaffold technique, anchor technique, use of the coil pusher, saline flush technique - coil retrieval
• Embolisation technique with PVA particles-simulation of TACE-embolisation of rete mirabile with glue (histoacryl)

Registration Conditions:

Registration is compulsory. Cancellations recieved up to two weeks prior to the event date will be charged with a processing fee of 25,- Euros. After this date or in case of non-attendance, we will calculate the entire conference fee. Registration as well as cancellation must be in writing.

Please contact Madeleine Beneke for all general or booking requests.
phone: +49 391 6715561
e-mail: info@dafmt.de
address: Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg/Germany