Introduction

Understanding the Materials – What and IR Should Know

• Coil Materials – the Metals
• Coil Materials – the coating
  • Fibers
  • Hydrogels
• Coil Materials – The Manufacturing Process

Understanding the Coil Characteristics: What an IR Should Know

Panel Discussion

• Summary of Coil Materials
• Engineers Discussion on Coil Characteristics and Trade-offs 

• Measuring the Packing Density: Are we accurate and is this helpful?
• Case Discussion: When have we packed enough?
• Debate: Maximizing Vessel Occlusion vs Minimizing Vessel Recanalization – Are these efforts incompatible?
  • Hydrogel Coils
  • Bare Metal Coils
  • Fibered Coils
• Panel Discussion

What is out there? Review of Coils

Case and Discussions – Focus on Technique

• Vessel Sacrifice: Frame and Fill
• Making the Case for Pushable Coils
• Closing Large Vessels – Combining Embolic Materials
• Closing High-Flow Vessels

“Bad Coiling” – Dealing with Mishaps During Coil Embolization Procedures

Case Discussions – Focus on Coil Selection

• Trauma Case: Making the Case for Fibered Coil
• Renal Bleeding: Making the Case for Low-Profile Coils
• Pelvic Venous Disease: Best Coil for Venous Applications
• SMA Aneurysm: Save the Vessel
• Hypogastric Embolization: Newer Coils
• Hemorrhoids: What Coils?
• Adjunctive Coil Embolization in PAE
• GI Bleeding: What Coil Profile Do I Like?
• Embolization of Priapism: Making the Case for Neuro Coils

Panel Discussion

• Coil Selection
• Back Door/Front Door Coiling. When?
• Anticoagulation and Coiling
• Unmet Needs
• The Ideal Coil

Clinical Use of Hydrogel Coil Technology in Peripheral Embolization