Alexa Levey
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingCards
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2025
Common Cryoneurolysis Targets in Pain Management: Indications, Critical Anatomy, and Potential Complications
Sailer, Anne MD, Latich, Igor MD, Levey, Alexa O. MD. Common Cryoneurolysis Targets in Pain Management: Indications, Critical Anatomy, and Potential Complications. Seminars in Interventional Radiology. 2025 April 3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-1804492.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsCommon Cryoneurolysis Targets in Pain Management: Indications, Critical Anatomy, and Potential Complications
Sailer A, Latich I, Levey A. Common Cryoneurolysis Targets in Pain Management: Indications, Critical Anatomy, and Potential Complications. Seminars In Interventional Radiology 2025, 42: 205-212. PMID: 40376212, PMCID: PMC12077947, DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1804492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality of lifePain managementCombination of therapiesImprove quality of lifeIncreased healthcare costsOpioid consumptionAdjunctive therapyHealthcare costsPatient's painUncontrolled painPhysical sufferingPainPotential complicationsAnatomical considerationsCryoneurolysisAbstract PainImprove qualityPatient outcomesPatientsClinical settingPerson's abilityCritical anatomyPatient pathologyTherapyPersons
2024
Central Venous Catheters
Brandt and Helm’s Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, 6th Edition. 2024.ChaptersThe Effectiveness and Safety of Stellate Ganglion Block in the Treatment of Symptoms from Long COVID-19: A Pilot Study.
Levey A, Chen G, Ngyuen A, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Hasoon J, Saroukhani S, Lin M. The Effectiveness and Safety of Stellate Ganglion Block in the Treatment of Symptoms from Long COVID-19: A Pilot Study. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 2024, 54: 8-17. PMID: 39263197, PMCID: PMC11385263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStellate ganglion blockGanglion blockTreatment of symptomsFatigue severity scoresCOMPASS-31Degree of symptomatic improvementEffect of stellate ganglion blockSafety of stellate ganglion blockNo significant differenceSymptomatic improvementPost-procedureAdjunctive treatmentPre-procedurePilot studyLong COVID-19Severity scoreLow riskPatientsGAD-7 scoresFSS scoresEffective procedureSignificant differenceHeart ratePost-intervention surveysCOVID infection
2023
Safety and Effectiveness of Stellate Ganglion Cryoablation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Latour C, Prologo J, Lin M, Amsbaugh A, Xhang Z, Levey A. Safety and Effectiveness of Stellate Ganglion Cryoablation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 35: 69-73. PMID: 37797740, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.09.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex regional pain syndromeRegional pain syndromePain syndromeAdverse eventsTreatment of complex regional pain syndromeEffectiveness of percutaneous cryoablationMinor adverse eventsMinimally invasive procedureAdjunctive treatment optionBudapest criteriaPercutaneous cryoablationTreatment optionsInvasive proceduresCryoablationStellate ganglionPatientsStellateSyndromeSymptom severity
2022
Treating phantom limb pain: cryoablation of the posterior tibial nerve.
Fiala M, Azariah A, Woo J, Aal AKA, Levey A. Treating phantom limb pain: cryoablation of the posterior tibial nerve. Radiol Case Rep 2022, 17: 3168-3171. PMID: 35801126, DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.05.042.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2019
Predictors of Overall and Progression-Free Survival in Patients with Ocular Melanoma Metastatic to the Liver Undergoing Y90 Radioembolization
Levey A, Elsayed M, Lawson D, Ermentrout R, Kudchadkar R, Bercu Z, Yushak M, Newsome J, Kokabi N. Predictors of Overall and Progression-Free Survival in Patients with Ocular Melanoma Metastatic to the Liver Undergoing Y90 Radioembolization. CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2019, 43: 254-263. PMID: 31686137, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-019-02366-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalECOG performance statusPredictors of prolonged OSPerformance statusOcular melanomaMedian OSProlonged OSConcurrent immunotherapyOverall survivalY-90Median hepatic progression-free survivalMethodsAn IRB-approved retrospective reviewHepatic progression-free survivalProlonged progression-free survivalIRB-approved retrospective reviewPredictor of overall survivalDiagnosis of liver metastasesY-90 treatmentLog-rank analysisKaplan-Meier analysisPatient performance statusResultsMedian OSTumor responseTumor burdenCalculate OS03:18 PM Abstract No. 230 Predictors of overall and progression-free survival in patients with ocular melanoma metastatic to the liver undergoing Y90 radioembolization: a 15-year single-institution experience
Levey A, Elsayed M, Lawson D, Ermentrout R, Kudchadkar R, Bercu Z, Yushak M, Newsome J, Kokabi N. 03:18 PM Abstract No. 230 Predictors of overall and progression-free survival in patients with ocular melanoma metastatic to the liver undergoing Y90 radioembolization: a 15-year single-institution experience. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2019, 30: s103. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.289.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Locoregional Therapies in the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Levey A, Ermentrout R, Bercu Z, Kies D. Locoregional Therapies in the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 2018, 57-72. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91977-5_5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatocellular carcinomaLocoregional therapyLiver functionConcomitant chronic liver diseaseImage-guided percutaneous ablationLiver diseaseManagement of hepatocellular carcinomaPatient's liver functionPrimary liver malignancyDevelopment of hepatocellular carcinomaIntrinsic liver diseaseManagement of patientsCancer-related deathsChronic liver diseaseUnresectable diseasePercutaneous ablationPerformance statusRare causeLiver malignanciesBiliary cirrhosisViral hepatitisAlcoholic cirrhosisTreatment optionsTumor therapyPatientsPrimary and Metastatic Liver Tumors: Treatment Strategy and Evolving Therapies
Cardona, Kenneth, and Shishir Kumar Maithel, eds. Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors : Treatment Strategy and Evolving Therapies. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Print.Chapters
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