Special section on musculoskeletal embolization

This special section is dedicated to musculoskeletal embolization and showcases ground-breaking original research, accompanied by insightful commentaries, comprehensive reviews, and letters from leading voices in interventional radiology.

 

Issue: December 2025

 

We Saved the Best for Last…
Tiago Bilhim

Initial Experience of Transarterial Embolization for Shoulder Musculoskeletal Pain Using an Ethiodized Oil-Based Emulsion: A Multicenter Study
Marc Sapoval, Nicolas Stacoffe, Hernan Bertoni, Carole Déan, Julien Ghelfi, Pascal Jehanno, Emeric Gremen & Tom Boeken

Commentary on: “Initial Experience of Transarterial Embolization for Shoulder Musculoskeletal Pain Using and Ethiodized Oil-Based Emulsion: A Multicenter Study”
Carlos Lanciego

One- and Two-Year Outcomes of Genicular Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Single-Center, Retrospective Study Using 200-µm Polyethylene Glycol Microspheres
Wali Badar, Faisal Al-Qawasmi, Layth Alkhani, Ajay Varadhan, Abin Sajan, Qian Yu, Magdalena Anitescu, Brendon Ross, Sara Wallace, Mikin Patel & Osman Ahmed

Commentary: One- and Two-Year Outcomes of Genicular Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Single-Center, Retrospective Study Using 200-µm Polyethylene Glycol Microspheres
Mark Little

Genicular Artery Embolization using an Ethiodized Oil-based Emulsion in Fifty Knees: 12-Month Results
Marc Sapoval, Axel Boyer, Carole Déan, Olivier Pellerin, Alessandro Di Gaeta, Marc Al Ahmar, Xavier Guerra, Helena Pereira, François Rannou & Tom Boeken

A Retrospective, Multicentric Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Transcatheter Arterial Micro Embolization for Refractory Achilles Tendinopathy
Eiji Sugihara, Ansh Bhatia, Masahiko Shibuya, Koichi Miyazaki, Masaya Nakata, Atsuhiko Kawabe, Takashi Nakasone & Yuji Okuno

Transarterial Microembolization in Tendinopathies: From Experimental to Evidence-Based Therapy
P. Minko & A. Taheri Amin

Genicular Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Comprehensive Review of Techniques and Clinical Outcomes
Osman Ahmed, Abin Sajan, Venkatesh Krishnasamy, Jafar Golzarian, Mark Little, Florian Fleckenstein, Yuji Okuno, Shamar Young & Marc Sapoval

Letter to the Editor: Genicular Artery Embolization Using a Lipiodol-Based Emulsion
Marc Sapoval

Clinical Outcomes of Shoulder Artery Embolization for Adhesive Capsulitis
Ana María Fernández Martínez, Patricia Cordero Carnicero, Andrea Pérez Álvarez, M. Teresa Cuesta Marcos, David Romero Alonso & Sebastián Baldi

Commentary on: Clinical Outcomes of Shoulder Artery Embolization for Adhesive Capsulitis
Carlos Lanciego

Imipenem/Cilastatin in Embolization: From Antibiotic to Therapeutic Agent
Maedeh Rouzbahani

Machine Learning and MRI-Based Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (WORMS): A Novel Approach to Enhancing Genicular Artery Embolization Outcomes in Knee Osteoarthritis
Ali Dablan, Hamit Özgül, Mustafa Fatih Arslan, Oğuzhan Türksayar, Mehmet Cingöz, Ilhan Nahit Mutlu, Cagri Erdim, Tevfik Guzelbey & Ozgur Kılıckesmez

Genicular Artery Embolization in Knee Osteoarthritis: Bringing Imaging and Machine Learning Into the 21st Century
Yan Epelboym & Ali Guermazi