PROGRAM

Elbow, Wrist and Hand

Moderator: Sang Woo Park, Marcus Katoh

• Toru Omodani : Current Treatment and Unmet Needs
• Sang Woo Park : Deep Dive for Tennis Elbow
• Keng Wei Liang : Deep Dive for Golfers Elbow
• Bow Wang : Transarterial Microembolization for Refractory Wrist Pain Including Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury and De Quervain's Disease
• Ahmed Farhan : Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Simplified Transarterial Microembolization (Dochu) for Proximal and Distal Interphalangeal Joint Osteoarthritis

Shoulder TAME Masterclass

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Federico Collettini

• Yuji Okuno : Basis of Musculoskeletal Shoulder Disease
• Ana Fernandez Martinez : Pre-Procedural MRI for Embolization: Essential Findings for Planning
• Ana Fernandez Martinez : Physical Examination at a Minimal
• Sirish Kishore : Detailed Arterial Anatomy for Shoulder Embolization
• Federico Collettini : Technical Details of Safe and Effective Arterial Selection and Embolic Delivery in Shoulder Embolization
• Panat Nisityotakul : Clinical Cases and Treatment Outcomes of Embolization for Frozen Shoulder
• Ahmed Farag : Shoulder Artery Embolization for Refractory Adhesive Capsulitis: Insights from Clinical Experience
• Bow wang: How to Follow-up after embolization

Luncheon Synovial Surge: Where Science Meets Practice Merit Medical

Moderator: Mark Little

• Mark Little : Synovial Arterial Hypervascularity in the Knee Joint- Breakthrough Evidence- Who is the Next Patient?
• Peter Minko : Technical Strategies in GAE: Antegrade and Retrograde Dual-Approach Embolization
• Osman Ahmed : Case Chronicles: Navigating Genicular Artery Embolization Outcomes
• Yuji Okuno : Beyond Knee Osteoarthritis: Unlocking New Horizons in Care

Hip, lowback pain, neck pain

Moderator: Mark Little, Siddharth Padia

• Sirish Kishore : Arterial Anatomy of Hip
• Federico Collettini : Trocanteric Bursitis, Results from Charite
• Yuji Okuno : Sports Injuries in Hip Joint
• Siddharth Padia : Animal Study for Low Back Pain
• Yuji Okuno : Clinical Results of TAME for Low Back Pain
• Yuji Okuno : Neck Pain, Huge Unmet Needs and Results of Embolization

Chronic prostatitis

Moderator: Attila Kovács, Pua Uei

• Attila Kovács : Disease Burden of Chronic Prostatitis (CP/CPPS)
• Yuji Okuno : Patients Selection and Technique
• Attila Kovács : Clinical Outcome

Rare Complication of TAME

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Federico Collettini

• Siddharth Padia : Case of Severe Dermal Ulcer
• Bedros Taslakian : Case of Drop Foot
• Marcus Katoh : Radiation Exposure in TAME

Evidence for future

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Jafar Golzarian

• Yuji Okuno : Challenges in Clinical Trials Using Pain as the Primary Endpoint
• Attila Kovacs : What is Placebo Effect?
• Florian Nima Fleckenstein : Previous and ongoing RCT
• Edwin Oei : Lessons Learned from the Erasmus RCT with Sham Control for Knee Osteoarthritis
• Siddharth Padia : Comparative Studies of Embolization versus Alternative Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis
• Ziv Haskal : RESORB Trial (The US RCT for GAE)
• all with Mark Little, Sang Woo Park, Federico Collettini

Case competition 2

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Pua Uei

• Panat Nisityotakul : Severe Complications Following Transarterial Microembolization for a Micro Arterio-Venous Fistula in a Patient with Chronic Venous Ulcer
• Yung Hsu : Tophaceous Gout of the Knee: Effective Pain Relief by TAME
• Ting-Rong Chen : TAME for Refractory Post-Traumatic Costochondritis
• Amos Hui Sheng Tan, Dr : Exploring New Frontiers in Genicular Artery Embolization: Application in Inflammatory Arthritides
• Nobuaki Sakai : Effective Pain Control by TAME in a Patient with Chronic Post-Sternotomy Pain A Case Report
• Andrew Michael Chiu : Successful Treatment of Distal Clavicular Osteolysis with Transarterial Embolization (TAE) of the Shoulder Joint
• Yu Han Huang : Trans-Arterial Microembolization for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Novel Approach Beyond Conventional Therapies
• Neng-Yu Chiue : TAME as a Game-changer for Chronic Post-surgical Pain (CPSP) with Ankle Arthrofibrosis
• Hsuan-Yin Lin : Sustained Effectiveness of TAME for Refractory Ischiogluteal Bursitis

Hemorrhoids embolization

Moderator: Vincent Vidal, Marc Sapoval

• Vincent Vidal : Background and Patients Selection
• Marcus Katoh : Anatomy and Technique
• Vincent Vidal : Clinical Results and Durability
• Yusuke Tsuji : Combining IPM/CS

Womens health

Moderator: Man-Deuk Kim, Miyuki Sone

• Gerard Goh : UAE and UFE
• Man-Deuk Kim : Therapeutic Efficacy of Catheter-directed Ethanol Sclerotherapy and Its Impact on Ovarian Reserve in Patients with Ovarian Endometrioma
• Gerard Goh : Patient Selection and Technical Approach in the Treatment of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
• Miyuki Sone : Breast Interventions
• Yoshiaki Shintani : TAME for Vulvar Vestibulitis

Lunch Session Plantar Fasciitis Embolization

• Moderator: Florian Nima Fleckenstein, Jafar Golzarian
• Kentaro Onishi : Disease Burden and Standard Care of Plantar Fasciitis
• Masahiko Shibuya : Technique of Superselective TAME and Direct Puncture
• Jafar Golzarian : How I do it and outcome
• Mohal Banker : Experiences from India

Other treatment option combined with TAME/GAE

• Marcus Katoh, Keng wei Liang
• Masahiko Shibuya : Physical Therapy and Simplified TAME
• Yin Goh : Adhesive capsulitis - shoulder hydrodilatation, nerve hydrodissection and RFA
• Mongklapaiboon Thanakrit : Clinical Experience with Combined Genicular Artery Embolization and Genicular Nerve Ablation
• Kentaro Onishi : Prolotherapy
• Masahiko Shibuya : The Role of Pre-Procedural Nutritional Therapy in Improving TAME Results
• Keng Wei Liang : Bone Marrow Injection

Abstract session 2

Moderator: Gerard Goh, Ziv Haskal

• Shinichi Iwakoshi : Paradoxical Increase of Arterial Perfusion Following Transcatheter Arterial Microembolization for Hand Joint Pain
• Yao-kuang Huang : Phase Contrast MRI-Guided Venous intervention: Focus on Pelvic congestion syndrome
• YU-TING HUANG : Preprocedural Radiography and MRI as Predictors of Therapeutic Response to Intra-arterial Infusion in Symptomatic Interphalangeal Joints of Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis
• Panat Nisityotakul : Transarterial Microembolization for Stiffness Shoulder Pain Resistant to Conservative Therapy: Preliminary Results from a Multicenter Thailand Experience
• Mateus Picada Correa: Genicular Artery Embolization to Improve Outcomes of Total Knee Replacement – A Pilot Study

Nerve Ablation

Moderator: Too Chow Wei, Miyuki Sone

• Too Chow Wei : Ablation Technique for Pelvic Pain
• Miyuki Sone : Image-Guided Ablation for Abdominal Organ-Related Pain
• Edward Yoon : Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain: Concept and Practice

Genicular Nerve Ablation

Moderator: Gerard Goh, Edward Yoon

• Gerard Goh : Mechanism
• Sanjay Nadkarni : Technical Workflow of Genicular Nerve Ablation
• Edward Yoon : Tips for Better Outcomes in Genicular Nerve Ablation
• Too Chow Wei : Results for KOA and Post TKA
• Bow Wang : Combined with GAE

Closing Ceremony

• Yuji Okuno, Gerard Goh : Closing Ceremony & Awards: Interactive Quiz and Celebration

Knee OA in the Era of Innovation: Imaging, Intervention, and Individualization

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Gerard Goh

• Tobias Winkler : Current Treatment and Unmet Needs of Knee OA
• Edwin Oei : Imaging of Knee OA
• Florian Nima Fleckenstein : GAE Study in Charite
• Bedros Taslakian : Biomarker Thresholds Associated with Clinical Improvement After Genicular Artery Embolization for Knee Osteoarthritis
• Yuji Okuno : Pain Generator Mapping and Its Correlation with Clinical Outcomes After Genicular Artery Embolization for Knee Osteoarthritis
• Tobias Winkler : Patients selection; OS Perspective
• Bow Wang : Imaging Before and After GAE
• Masahiko Ikeuchi : Keynote lecture: Linking Pathophysiology to Practice: Pain Mechanisms in Knee Osteoarthritis and Implications for Treatment

GAE technical advance

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Siddharth Padia

• Marcus Katoh : Detailed Anatomy
• Jafar Golzarian : Vessel Selection from Ipsilateral Access
• Ross Richard Warren Copping : Pedal Access
• Mark Little : How to Improve Outcomes with Permanent
• Federico Collettini : How to Improve Outcomes with Temporary
• Osman Ahmed : How to Improve Outcomes with Liquid
• Raman Uberoi : GEKO trial
• all : Live Demo and Discussion
• Gerard Goh : Floor and Program Explanation

Educational Luncheon Experience of using lipiodol in vascular embolization as alternative

Moderator: Keng Wei Liang, Bow Wang

• Marc Sapoval : Lipiojoint for Knee OA
• Yuji Okuno : Embolization for Pelvic Congestion Syndrome: Addressing Technical Challenges and Complex Pathophysiology

TAME for sports injuries

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Tobias Winkler

• Kentaro Onishi : Current Treatment Standard and Beyond
• Takehiro Hashikata : Deep Dive for Achilles Tendinopathy
• Bow Wang : TAME for Refractory Patellar Tendinopathy: Case-Based Clinical Experience
• Yuji Okuno : Technique and Outcomes of Other Sports Injuries
• Marcus Katoh : Follow-up after TAME

Embolic material

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Jafar Golzarian

• Jafar Golzarian : Basis of Imipenem
• Mateus Picada Correa : Advantage of Permanent Microsphere
• Sang Woo Park : Experience of Fast Resolvable Gelatin Material
• Mark Little : SakuraBead: Basic Properties and Clinical Experience
• Marc Sapoval : Lipiojoint: Rationale Behind its Application
• Bob Abraham : Resorbable Glass Microspheres

Simplified TAME(Dochu)

Moderator: Yuji Okuno

• Keng Wei Liang : Basic Principle
• Yuji Okuno : Technique
• Yuji Okuno, Ralph Rogers, Keng Wei Liang : Live Demo and Discussion

Practice building

Moderator: Gerard Goh, Osman Ahmed

• Florian Nima Fleckenstein : Practice Building in Charite; From IR
• Tobias Winkler : Answer from OS
• Osman Ahmed : Practice Building, How I do it
• Siddharth Padia : Leveraging YouTube to Promote Public Awareness of Embolization: Experiences, Benefits, and Challenges
• Panat Nisityotakul : Mindset for Utilizing Social Media in Patient Communication about Embolization
• Adam Said : Expanding Awareness of Embolization through Emotional Patient Communication: Digital and Traditional Methods

Lunch Session Mechanism of TAME

Moderator: Raman Uberoi, Federico Collettini

• Federico Collettini : Role of Neovessels in Inflammatory Tissue
• Akira Yamamoto : Mechanism of Action of Temporary Embolic Agents as Revealed by Microangiography
• Yuki Matsuyama : Analgesic effects of intraarterial injection of imipenem/cilastatin sodium in a rat model of knee osteoarthritis

GAE enablement (form A to Z)

Moderator: Osman Ahmed, Pua Uei

• Florian Nima Fleckenstein : Practice Building
• Siddharth Padia : Patients Selection, Consent and Adjustment of Expectation
• Mark Little : Basic Anatomy and Technique
• Osman Ahmed : Choice of Embolic Material and Endpoint
• Keng Wei Liang : How to Follow-up and Manage Residual Pain
• Yin Goh: Management of Knee Osteoarthritis Other Than Embolization
• Osman Ahmed, Pua Uei: Discussion and Hands on Demonstration

TAME for post surgery

Moderator: Gerard Goh, Tobias Winkler

• Gerard Goh : Disease Burden
• Tobias Winkler : Patients Selection Algorism of Post TKA Pain
• Edwin Oei : Photon counting CT: a novel tool to assess TKA.
• Florian Nima Fleckenstein : Technique and Outcomes for Post TKA GAE
• Chris Rogan : GAE for Hemoarthritis
• Bow Wang : TAME for postoperative pain in sites other than the knee

Case Competition 1

Moderator: Gerard Goh, Florian Nima Fleckenstein

• Thanakrit Mongklapaiboon : When TKA is not the last choice : Outcome of combined treatment of GAE with genicular nerve block in post-TKA pain
• Jih Tze Tan : A Multimodal Interventional Approach for Chronic Refractory Neck and Interscapular Pain: A Case Report of Combined Intradiscal Platelet Rich Plasma Injection and TAME
• Bow Wang : Combination of Trans-Arterial Microembolization and Adjunct Therapies for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Multimodal Approach
• Jeremy Jia Qi Soon : Common Peroneal Neuropathy after Genicular Artery Embolization
• Toru Omodani : Super-selected Ultrasound-Guided Simplified TAME for Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy in a Professional Runner

Abstract session 1

Moderator: Yuji Okuno, Raman Uberoi

• Hsuan-Yin Lin : Enhancing Transradial Microembolization Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction with Oral Benzodiazepine Premedication
• Saebeom Hur : Interim Results of Transcatheter Arterial Microembolization with Pre-Procedural Contrast-Enhanced MRI for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Prospective Single-Arm Study
• Arian Taheri Amin : Road to Genicular Artery Embolization: Importance of the Anastomotic Network
• Toru Omodani : Ultrasound-Guided Intra-arterial Embolization for Refractory Achilles Tendinopathy in Athletes: Average Over Two-Year Outcomes
• Soobuem Cho : Cone-Beam CT (CBCT)-Guided versus Non-CBCT Transarterial Micro-Embolization for Refractory Plantar Fasciitis: A Prospective Comparative Study
• Siddhartha Rao : Retrograde Tibiopedal Access as a Safe and Effective Procedural Technique for Genicular Artery Embolization