Liquid Embolics: Practical Applications & Techniques

[Dr. Gary Siskin]
I think there's a lot of enthusiasm about liquids. As people start to hear more about it, they get excited about it, but it's not easy. I think that those of us with experience may make it sound easy. Sure, you're grabbing a syringe and you're injecting it into a catheter. It's not that hard. There is nuance to it. There are different products out there with different viscosities. Some are Newtonian in nature, some are non-Newtonian in nature. They behave differently, even though they all look the same...It's really important for a new user to not only find a safe vascular bed to try this for the first time in, but also to make sure that they're appropriately educated on the technique and the nuances of the particular product that they want to use. I think that I'm not trying to scare people away from using it. I would say that this has been transformative for us, but you just need to be careful and just know the specifics about the product that you're using, the nuances of the vascular bed that you're treating, and just make sure that you're educated appropriately. I think that's the advice I would give to people.