Role of cone-beam CT augmented by navigational software in the single-session management of gastrointestinal hemorrhage and infected deep postoperative fluid collections

How I Do It: Endovascular Management of Acute Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding

“…Recently, groups from Belgium and Japan have reported favorable outcomes with the use of CBCT for transarterial embolization in patients needing emergent embolization. 59,60 The introduction of hybrid interventional radiology (IR) suites (fluoroscopy combined with an in-room multidetector CT scanner) has further enhanced the ability of interventional radiologists to identify the site of GI bleeding and treat patients. Hybrid IR suites allow intraprocedural acquisition of multiphasic CTAs with significantly fewer motion artifacts (2-to 3-second scan time vs. 6-to 8-second scan time for CBCT) and higher resolution compared to CBCT.…”