The covered stents has been increasingly used in the prevention and treatment of the restenosis of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), outcoming with obvious achievement, Viatorr stent-graft has been proved to be more efficient for the improvement of shunt patency. The purpose of the article is to review the formation, the character, the application and efficacy of the covered stents used in TIPS. With the improvement of covered stents, TIPS will regain its lost popularity in the treatment of portal hypertension.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of CT-guided craniocerebral puncture biopsy, and to discuss its clinical safety. Methods During the period from April 2013 to June 2014 at authors’ hospital CT-guided craniocerebral puncture biopsy was carried out in 23 patients. All patients had clinical symptoms or signs of nervous system. Imaging examination revealed that all patients had intracranial space-occupying lesions. CT-guided craniocerebral puncture biopsy was performed to make pathological or bacteriological examinations. The results were statistically analyzed. Results In this group of patients, definite pathological diagnosis was made in 19 cases, biopsy positive diagnosis rate of biopsy was 82.6% (19/23), among them oncology-pathological diagnosis was obtained in 14 cases (60.9%), mainly including glioma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, choroid plexus papillary tumor, epidermoid cyst, etc. Non-neoplastic lesion was confirmed in 5 cases (21.7%), including suppurated meningitis, cerebral gliosis hyperplasia, cerebral telangiectasis, etc. Small amount of subdural hemorrhage was observed in one case (4.3%). No severe complications, such as intracranial infection or epilepsy, occurred in all patients. Conclusion CT-guided craniocerebral puncture biopsy is minimally-invasive with fewer complications, it can provide definite diagnosis for intracranial lesions, therefore, this technique has a broad development prospect in clinical practice.

Objective:To compare the values of medical image technologies in evaluating the tansperineal laser ablation (TPLA) in canine prostate.Methods:TPLA (3 W/600 J and 3 W/1 200 J) were operated in the prostate of six adult male beagles guided by transrectal ultrasound (TRUS). TRUS, transrectal contrast-enhanced ultrasound (TR-CEUS) and multiparameter magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) were used to evaluate the ablation on the day of TPLA, one week and one month after TPLA. The animals were sacrificed for pathology to calculate the volume of the ablation. SPSS 22.0 software was used for statistical analysis.Results:TRUS could be used to guide and observe the puncture and ablation process during TPLA. TR-CEUS and contrast enhanced MRI showed good consistency in the volume of ablation ( P>0.05). One month after TPLA, the ablation volume were (1.69±0.51)ml vs (1.73±0.36)ml vs (1.52±0.41)ml (3 W/600 J) and (2.23±0.54)ml vs (2.34±0.29)ml vs (2.19±0.34)ml (3 W/1 200 J) measured by the two medical image technologies and pathology, with good consistency ( P>0.05). Conclusions:TRUS can be used to guide and observe the puncture and ablation process during TPLA. TR-CEUS and mpMRI can be used for postoperative evaluation and follow-up of TPLA. The former has advantages of real-time and low price, which can be promoted and applied in clinical practice.