ʻO ka radiologist interventional a me ka mea noiʻi Prof. Jim Reekers (Kikowaena Lapaʻau Academic – University of Amsterdam) ua loaʻa i ka Brilliant Failures Award Care 2014.
Ua loiloi ʻo Reekers i kahi ala lapaʻau hou no ka fibroids (lāʻau ʻiʻo) iloko o ka opu. He embolization (pili) ʻo nā kīʻaha koko e hānai ana i ka fibroid - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa, alakaʻi i ka hoʻokomo pōkole a emi ʻole ka invasive, ʻoiai ka maikaʻi o ke ola e like me ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻōpū - ke kaʻina hana maʻamau. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i alakaʻi ka haʻawina i ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻana i ka lāʻau hou. De bottleneck: ʻAʻole makemake nui ka poʻe gynecologists e hāʻawi i kā lākou mau maʻi i kahi loea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka mea radiologist interventional. No laila ʻaʻole no ka mea ʻole ke poʻo inoa o ke komo ʻana o Reekers: Nā hopena i loaʻa i ka wā i hala, ʻaʻohe hāʻawi hōʻoia no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
