72 Scientific Programme Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course P242 Endovenous ablation of the lesser saphenous vein for venous insufficiency and varicose veins: experience with a 980-nm diode laser system S. Ganguli, B. Janne d'Othee; Boston/US P243 Treatment of incompetent saphenous veins: a review of available techniques B. Janne d'Othee1, J. Koizumi2; 1Boston/US, 2Isehara/JP P244 An in-vivo study of an investigational conical shaped retrievable inferior vena cava filter: the Option M.C. Proctor; Ann Arbor/US P245 Temporary Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter retrieval: Preliminary data for complications, retrieval success and failures K.J. Nelson, U.C. Turba, A.H. Matsumoto, K.D. Hagspiel, J.F. Angle, M.D. Dake; Charlottesville/US P246 Withdrawn by authors P247 Percutaneous computed tomography-guided screw insertion in pelvic fractures N. Amoretti1, P. Eude2, E. Hovorka1, J.-N. Bruneton1; 1Nice/FR, 2Aurillac/FR P248 Pediatric abdominal visceral trauma: conservative management with intraarterial embolization R. Suri, M.H. Wholey, D. Postoak, M.A. Cura; San Antonio/US P249 Ultrasonography-guided transthoracic needle biopsy of the chest. Different approaches according to location S. Choi; Incheon/KR P250 National survey on patient doses in interventional radiology. Design and preliminary results E. Vano 1, A. Segarra 2, A. Aspiazu 3, M. Canis P251 Treatment of lymphangioma in children using ultrasound-guided injection of OK-432 R. Nani, R. Agazzi, G. Bonini, A. Tomasoni, D. Vavassori, G. Locatelli, C. Valentino; Bergamo/IT P252 Embolization of peripheral vascular malformations with ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer F. Numan, M. Cantasdemir, C. Çaliskan, H. Özer, M. Özbayrak; Istanbul/TR P253 Metal airway stents: experience in 36 children D.J. Roebuck, C.A. McLaren, M.J. Elliott; London/UK P254 Benign tracheobronchial strictures: long-term results and factors affecting airway patency after temporary placement of covered retrievable nitinol stents J.H. Shin, J.H. Kim, H.-Y. Song, G.-Y. Ko, H.-K. Yoon, K.-B. Sung; Seoul/KR P255 Patient and staff radiation doses in vertebroplasty E.P. Efstathopoulos 1, N. Fitoussi 2, A.D. Kelekis 1, H. Delis 2, S. Kottou 1, G. Panayiotakis 2, D.A. Kelekis 1; 1Athens/GR, 2Patras/GR P256 Endovascular treatment of visceral aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms E. Paci, M. Verdecchia, S. Alborino, R. Candelari, L. Carbonari, E. Antico; Ancona/IT P257 Primary aortic stenting in aortoarteritis H. Deshmukh, K. Rathod; Mumbai/IN P258 Pediatric neuroangiography: technique and review of intracranial pathology with correlative imaging A.M. Cahill, R.D. Kaye, K.M. Baskin, R.B. Towbin; Philadelphia/US P259 Benefit of intra-articular corticosteroid injection under fluoroscopic guidance for subtalar arthritis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis A.M. Cahill, R.D. Kaye, K.M. Baskin, T. Beukelman, R. Cron, R.B. Towbin; Philadelphia/US P260 A clinical experience with cone-beam computed tomography for non-vascular interventional procedures T. Hashimoto, M. Honda, N. Seino, T. Hashizume, H. Shinjo, T. Gokan; Tokyo/JP P261 Surface coating of catheters with a biomembrane-like polymer for preventing thrombosis T. Hasebe 1, A. Kamijo 1, K. Takahashi 2, K. Goto 2, S. Yohena 2, Y. Takeuchi 2, A. Hotta 2, K. Takahashi 1, T. Suzuki 2; 1Tokyo/JP, 2Yokohama/JP P262 Selective embolization of facial high-flow vascular dysplasia I. Kaskarelis, A. Parlamenti, V. Kostaras, E. Iliopoulou, P. Galina, V. Ouranos, N. Papadeoge<strong>org</strong>akis, S. Papaspyrou; Athens/GR
Rome 2006 Scientific Programme P263 Mistakes, blunders and negligence in the UK - What we can learn from 10 years of complaints. A review of all complaints against interventional radiology made to the National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHSLA) since its inception in 1995. P.O. Cowley, L. Ratnam; London/UK P264 Percutaneous intravascular foreign body retrieval: 10 year experience. K.J. Nelson, U.C. Turba, A.H. Matsumoto, K.D. Hagspiel, J.F. Angle, M.D. Dake; Charlottesville/US Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe 73