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J S Pollak

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Pollak J, White Jr R
J Vasc Interv Radiol . 2001 Aug; 12(8):907-13. PMID: 11487670
Although liquid adhesives or glue have been used as embolic agents for nearly three decades, experience with them outside of neurointerventional indications is generally limited. Cyanoacrylates are the main liquid...
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Pollak J, Burdge C, Rosenblatt M, Houston J, Hwu W, Murren J
J Vasc Interv Radiol . 2001 Mar; 12(2):201-8. PMID: 11265884
Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of tunneled pleural catheters (TPCs) in the treatment of malignant pleural effusions (MPEs). Materials And Methods: Twenty-eight patients with symptomatic MPEs had 31 hemithoraces treated...
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Garcia-Tsao G, Korzenik J, Young L, Henderson K, Jain D, Byrd B, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2000 Sep; 343(13):931-6. PMID: 11006369
Background: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease, is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by angiodysplastic lesions (telangiectases and arteriovenous malformations) that affect many organs. Liver involvement in patients with this...
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Putnam Jr J, Light R, Rodriguez R, Ponn R, Olak J, Pollak J, et al.
Cancer . 1999 Nov; 86(10):1992-9. PMID: 10570423
Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of a chronic indwelling pleural catheter with doxycycline pleurodesis via tube thoracostomy in the treatment of patients...
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Lee D, White Jr R, Egglin T, Pollak J, Fayad P, Wirth J, et al.
Ann Thorac Surg . 1997 Nov; 64(4):930-9; discussion 939-40. PMID: 9354504
Background: The purpose of this study was to document the long-term results of transcatheter embolotherapy of large pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs). Methods: From a data base of 221 consecutive patients...
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Egglin T, Rosenblatt M, Dickey K, Houston J, Pollak J
J Vasc Interv Radiol . 1997 Mar; 8(2):197-202. PMID: 9083982
Purpose: The authors describe their experience with reinsertion of accidentally removed tunneled venous catheters using existing subcutaneous tracts. Materials And Methods: Replacement of 13 dislodged tunneled venous catheters was attempted...
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Meier G, Pollak J, Rosenblatt M, Dickey K, Gusberg R
J Vasc Surg . 1996 Dec; 24(6):974-81; discussion 981-3. PMID: 8976351
Purpose: Exertional thrombosis of the axillary and subclavian veins, also known as Paget-Schrötter syndrome, has been increasingly recognized in recent years as a cause of long-term morbidity. Recent aggressive approaches...
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White Jr R, Pollak J, Wirth J
J Vasc Interv Radiol . 1996 Nov; 7(6):787-804. PMID: 8951745
The recent long-term studies from England, France, and the Netherlands, as well as our own, indicate that transcatheter embolotherapy is definitive treatment for PAVM. More recently, Puskas et al have...
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Dickey K, Zreik T, Hsia H, Eschelman D, Keefe D, Olive D, et al.
Radiology . 1996 Aug; 200(2):497-503. PMID: 8685347
Purpose: To assess efficacy of uterine cervical dilation performed with fluoroscopic guidance to treat patients with infertility who have cervical stenosis, false channels within the endocervical canal, or both. Materials...
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Dickey K, Pollak J, Meier 3rd G, Denny D, White Jr R
J Vasc Interv Radiol . 1995 Sep; 6(5):765-73. PMID: 8541682
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of transcatheter embolization of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the shoulder and upper extremity. Patients And Methods: Four men with large AVMs of the shoulder and...