Variations in perforators of an ...
In our study of anterolateral thigh flaps, ten patients had musculocutaneous perforators (58%), four patients had septocutaneous perforators (24%), ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Optimization of simultaneous an ...
Recently, liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) has been recognized as a useful method to analyze tetrodotoxin (TTX), the primary toxin fo ...
Prognostic factor analysis of t ...
Background Almost all patients with advanced gastric cancer will eventually develop progressive disease after first-line chemotherapy. However, the ...
En bloc resection and extended ...
We present the technical details of en bloc resection and extended replacement of an infected aortic arch. A 74-year-old man underwent emergent surg ...
Bronchial and cardiac ruptures ...
Tracheobronchial and cardiac injuries following blunt thoracic trauma are uncommon but can be lifethreatening. We report a case in which the patient ...
Use of contrast-enhanced comput ...
This is a rare case of a 68-year-old woman who was rehospitalized after uneventful redo double-valve surgery. An 8.3 × 12.9 × 16.4 cm tense right ch ...
Long-term visual course after a ...
Background In phase III trials, the therapeutic efficacy of anti-VEGF therapy with ranibizumab (Lucentis) in patients with choroidal neovascularizat ...
Diurnal rodents as animal model ...
Background Cone photoreceptor-based central vision is of paramount importance in human eyesight, and the increasing numbers of persons affected by m ...
Multifocal iris melanoma treate ...
Background A 73-year-old patient presented in our clinic with multiple pigmented iris nodules in the left eye. Though asymptomatic, there was a repo ...
NovaSure endometrial ablation: ...
The objective of this study is to review outcomes and factors predictive of patient satisfaction following NovaSure endometrial ablation in the trea ...
Treatment options for dysfuncti ...
Abnormal uterine bleeding is one of the most common problems in women of reproductive age, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) accounts for abo ...
The arthroscopic treatment of d ...
Purpose This article summarises the results of a newly developed technique that utilises Meniscus Arrows for the arthroscopic fixation of displaced ...
Three- to six-year follow-up re ...
Purpose We evaluated 3- to 6-year clinical and radiological follow-up results after NexGen LPS-flex total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods A retro ...
Navigated intra-articular ACL r ...
Purpose In some complex cases, standard anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is not enough and could lead to a new failure. Lateral extra-artic ...
Gender differences in the knees ...
The goal of this study was to characterize the geometry of the distal femur and proximal tibia in the Chinese population. Three-dimensional models o ...
A biomechanical comparison of t ...
effect of bioabsorbable interference screw (BIS) tibial fixation with the Delta screw (antegrade) and RetroScrew (retrograde) on initial (time zero) ...