Fatal group A Streptococcus pur ...
Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-ل) is effective in the treatment of many pediatric autoimmune diseases and inflammatory conditions. C ...
Perinatal stroke: a case-based ...
Neonatal stroke is a diverse clinical entity. Terminology and aetiology described in the literature are very varied. While numerous risk factors are ...
Negative pressure therapy for l ...
Management of lower limb wounds can present challenge to reconstructive surgeon if options for reconstruction are limited. The situation worsens whe ...
External tissue expansion using ...
Small- to medium-sized ulcers and wounds that are “difficult-to-close” constitute the bulk of wounds that cause problems in closure. Direct suture i ...
Variations in perforators of an ...
In our study of anterolateral thigh flaps, ten patients had musculocutaneous perforators (58%), four patients had septocutaneous perforators (24%), ...
Telesurgical evaluation of stab ...
Background We evaluated a robotic telesurgical platform in managing thoracic trauma in an animal model. Study design The da Vinci robot was used to ...
Intramedullary femoral nailing ...
Purpose In a level 1 university trauma center, an explorative randomized controlled study was performed to compare soft tissue damage and functional ...
Intra-articular fibroma of the ...
We present a case of intra-articular fibroma of the tendon sheath of the knee involving a teenager. The diagnosis, radiologic investigations, and tr ...
A novel approach to digital bre ...
Objective The complexity of anatomical structure within the breast represents the ultimate limit to signal detection on a mammogram. To increase les ...
4D-MR flow analysis in patients ...
Objectives Comprehensive analysis of haemodynamics by 3D flow visualisation and retrospective flow quantification in patients after repair of tetral ...
Radiation dose of cardiac compu ...
This review highlights the recently introduced techniques by manufacturers and various research workers to reduce radiation dose in coronary CT. It ...
Contribution of the hepatobilia ...
Objective To prospectively assess the additional value of the hepatobiliary (HB) phase of Gd-EOB-DTPA-MRI in identifying and characterising small (. ...
Computed tomography—old ideas a ...
Several recently introduced ‘new’ techniques in computed tomography—iterative reconstruction, gated cardiac CT, multiple-source, and dual-energy CT— ...
64-row MDCT perfusion of head a ...
Objectives To evaluate the technical feasibility of 64-row computed tomography (CT) quantitative perfusion imaging of head and neck squamous cell ...
Distinguishing benign from mali ...
Objectives To explore the percentage enhancement washout ratio (PEW) and relative PEW (RPEW) of low-dose multi-phasic computed tomography (CT) in di ...
Differentiation of benign and m ...
Objective To retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic ability of magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy for distinguishing benign and malignant lesions ...
8-bit or 11-bit monochrome disp ...
Objectives Vendors of medical displays promise a better diagnostic performance using 10- or 11-bit instead of 8-bit monochrome displays. We measured ...
Ultrasound-guided viscosuppleme ...
Objective To assess if ultrasound (US)-guided viscosupplementation can reduce pain and improve function in elderly patients with cuff tear arthrop ...
An iterative two-threshold anal ...
Objectives Current thresholding strategies for the analysis of functional MRI (fMRI) datasets may suffer from specific limitations (e.g. with respec ...
High-resolution spiral CTof the ...
Objective Mammography, today’s standard imaging approach, has deficits with respect to the superimposition of anatomical structures. Dedicated CT of ...
Sagittal spinopelvic alignment ...
The sagittal orientation and osteoarthritis of facet joints, paravertebral muscular dystrophy and loss of ligament strength represent mechanical fac ...
The transvaginal hybrid cholecy ...
Background: In the recent years natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has been an increasingly popular topic with rising numbers o ...
Hidden laparoscopic access (HiL ...
Background: The introduction of the NOTES concept led to several new approaches to laparoscopic or endoscopic cholecystectomy, e.g. transvaginal, SI ...
Gene expression profiles charac ...
Background: Preoperative ejection fraction (EF) is predictive for long-term survival in patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS). To gain insight in ...
Short-term outcomes of lung tra ...
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is currently the main indication for lung transplant (LTx) in the United States. Opinions differ reg ...