Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021 There are numerous reports in the medical literature documenting urethral foreign bodies with nearly all cases found in men and often associated with underlying psychiatric disorders, autoerotic stimulation, and/or intoxication.
Scott B. Crawford +2 more
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Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Repair of Vesicovaginal Fistula: A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Care Centre, Chennai, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) is the most common acquired fistula of the urinary tract in women. Robotic surgery is recently introduced for VVF repair and has benefits over conventional methods.
Mohsin Quadri +6 more
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A central line care maintenance bundle for the prevention of central line–associated bloodstream infection in non–intensive care unit settings [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a central line care maintenance bundle to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in non-ICU settings. DESIGN: Before-after trial with 12 month follow-up period.
Ball, Kelly +7 more
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Design and Performance Evaluation of a Novel Slave System for Endovascular Tele-Surgery
Machines, 2022 Vascular interventional robots have attracted growing attention in recent years. However, current vascular interventional robot systems generally lack force feedback and cannot quickly clamp the catheter/guidewire.
Chaochao Shi +2 more
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Inside-Out access strategy using new trans-vascular catheter approach
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2016 Image guided minimal invasive treatment can have large benefits for patient recovery and is lowering hospitalisation costs. But an access path, minimizing patient’s risk, is needed to reach the target structure inside of the body.
Boese Axel +3 more
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Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR, 2023 Purpose Critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) require intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The management of pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs) in this group is challenging.
Pankaj Gupta +8 more
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Design and implementation of a medical device test stand for micro-catheters and guide-wires
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2021 The use of catheters and guide-wires in minimally invasive therapeutic approaches is an important part of clinical practice. In the neurovascular field, the unique nature of cerebral blood vessels necessitates very thin-walled and flexible catheters. The
Klink Fabian +3 more
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The Effect of Aloe vera Compress in Reducing the Degree of Phlebitis among Hospitalized Children in Indonesia [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Neonatology, 2021 Background: Aloe vera is more effective than routine treatment in relieving the symptoms of phlebitis. However, fewstudies, to the best of our knowledge, have been conducted in Indonesia to explore the effectiveness of Aloe vera onphlebitis among ...
Reni Anggraeni +2 more
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INNOLAB- image guided surgery and therapy lab
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2017 Incremental innovation, something better or cheaper or more effective, is the standard innovation process for medical product development. Disruptive innovation is often not recognized as disruptive, because it very often starts as a simple and easy ...
Fritzsche Holger +2 more
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Distal subgaleal-peritoneal shunt migration into the abdominal wall with subsequent formation of a pre-peritoneal pseudocyst: a rare complication. [PDF]
, 2010 Distal ventriculo-peritoneal shunt migration and extra-peritoneal CSF pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement. We present a 65-year-old-female who received a subgaleal-peritoneal shunt to decompress a post-surgical subgaleal ...
Carmel, Peter W +4 more
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