European Trainee Forum for Interventional Radiology

28/11/2025

💥 Excellent commentary on the current status of !
👉 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00270-024-03683-3

What is next?

CVIR - CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

27/11/2025

with Dr. Rok Dezman

27/11/2025

Check out the newly updated course on pelvicalyceal and ureteric obstructions in the CIRSE Academy! https://t.ly/Bth2V

This course aims to introduce IRs to basic and advanced techniques for adequate management of pelvicalyceal and ureteric obstruction with a specific focus on nephrostomy and stent insertion. Anatomical and pathophysiological aspects are covered, as well as indications and contraindications. The course also covers the most relevant technical aspects of nephrostomy insertion, anterograde stent insertion for native bladder, and urinary diversions. It also discusses materials and devices, focusing especially on those used in nephrostomy and ureteral stent insertion.

27/11/2025

Don't miss this week's and with Dr. Rok Dezman and Dr. Tim Velkavrh from the UMC Ljubljana! 🇸🇮

26/11/2025

💡 📠 Machine learning helps predict outcomes
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00270-024-03776-z

CVIR - CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

25/11/2025

💡 About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.

What is the current evidence for the use of or PACE in prostate cancer? 🤔

📖 This systematic review and meta-analysis shows promise!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00270-025-04107-6

CVIR - CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

24/11/2025

Apply for the CIRSE Fellowship Grant Programme today!
👉 https://t.ly/Te5sn

The CIRSE Fellowship Grant Programme is now accepting applications!

Submit your application for a CIRSE fellowship grant to train at a European centre of excellence outside of your country in 2026. Check out the recommended training facilities and apply today!
👉 https://t.ly/Te5sn

19/11/2025

📢 Become a part of the European community and enjoy the full benefits of the CIRSE membership at a much lower cost!
📝 Apply for the junior membership today!
https://www.cirse.org/.../trainees/cirse-junior-membership/

18/11/2025

💻📱The on image guidance is now available on demand!
Watch it for free in the : https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/bOh8h6y8-SyxbH2Ed.html

Watch the webinar trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HkjVADSb4cU?si=iYheLQXWpq2T1WNi

In this webinar, an international panel of speakers showed how to use image guidance to deal with various clinical cases, presenting on ultrasound, CT, and C...

17/11/2025

In this week's , Dr. Eva Castro presents you her five favourite lectures from the CIRSE Library!

1. Patient with pelvic venous disease
https://library.cirse.org/cirse2024/crs/522-6-patient-with-pelvic-venous-disease
2. Abdominal emergencies (liver/spleen/kidney/pancreas)
https://library.cirse.org/webinars/crs/abdominal-emergencies-liver-spleen-kidney-pancreas
3. Overview of currently available and upcoming embolic agents
https://library.cirse.org/webinars/crs/overview-of-currently-available-and-upcoming-embolic-agents-1
4. IR is going clinical
https://library.cirse.org/cirse2024/crs/172-3-ir-is-going-clinical
5. Structured reporting in IR
https://library.cirse.org/cirse2024/crs/253-1-structured-reporting-in-ir

14/11/2025

with Greicy Heymann

I would like to conclude this week’s takeover with a post of appreciation and encouragement for all women in the field. ⚕️

welcomes women. When women join the field, interventional radiology becomes richer and stronger.

At CIRSE 2025, the Women in IR sessions reminded us that progress happens when everyone works together, women and men, sharing knowledge, respect and opportunities.

Representation is not about division but about collaboration and balance.

Together, we build a community where every voice has a place and every talent can grow.

14/11/2025

with Greicy Heymann

Prostatic artery embolization – summary

Male patient, 83 years old, presenting with irritative lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hypertrophy (estimated prostate volume ~100 cc). The patient was under oral anticoagulant therapy.

💉 Procedure:
Performed under conscious sedation via right femoral access.
Selective catheterization of the prostatic arteries was achieved bilaterally using a 2.0 Fr microcatheter.
Cone-beam CT identified one left and two right prostatic arteries, with no extra-prostatic branches.
In-situ nitroglycerin (3 × 100 µg) was administered to optimize flow, followed by embolization with calibrated 300–500 µm microspheres.

🏥 Outcome:
Control angiography demonstrated satisfactory devascularization of the prostatic parenchyma.
Hemostasis was achieved using a FemoSeal closure device.

Conclusion:
Successful bilateral prostatic artery embolization with excellent angiographic results, performed safely without discontinuing anticoagulation.

⚕️ Interventional radiology: advancing minimally invasive care for benign prostatic hypertrophy.