CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

, Volume 41, Issue 1, pp 200–201 | Cite as

No Need for Prophylactic Abdominal Ice Packing During Radioembolization

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Notes

Compliance with Ethical Standards

Conflict of interest

AJATB has no conflicts of interest. MEGHL has acted as a consultant for BTG, Sirtex, Mirada and Bayer Healthcare. University Medical Center Utrecht receives royalties from Quirem Medical B.V. (producer of 166Ho microspheres).

Ethical Approval

All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed Consent

Need for informed consent in this retrospective study was waived by the institutional ethics committee.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Imaging DivisionUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrechtThe Netherlands

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