A single paravertebral injection via a needle vs. a catheter for the spreading to multiple intercostal levels: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Purpose: Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) provides a unilateral nerve block at multiple intercostal levels allowing injection of a local anesthetic into paravertebral space (PVS) via a needle or catheter.
Ban, Yasutaka +6 more
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Balloon-Catheter Buddy Technique for Coiling of Very Small Aneurysm
The catheter movement and stability in coiling of very small aneurysms is challenging. We describe a technique for controlled catheter movement and successful coiling of a very small aneurysm.
Vikas Bhatia, Bharat Hosur, Ajay Kumar
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Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Repair of Vesicovaginal Fistula: A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Care Centre, Chennai, India [PDF]
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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Catheter Event Rates in Medical Compared to Surgical Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion [PDF]
Introduction: How patient, center, and insertion technique factors interact needs to be understood when designing peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion pathways.
Harry Hill +32 more
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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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Inside-Out access strategy using new trans-vascular catheter approach
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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Central Venous Catheter Complications during Home Parenteral Nutrition: A Prospective Pilot Study of 481 Patients with More than 30,000 Catheter Days [PDF]
Background: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) has been shown to delay deterioration in cancer patients with malnutrition. Its risk-benefit ratio, however, is determined by the threat of central venous catheter (CVC) complications.
Weimann, Arved +4 more
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INNOLAB- image guided surgery and therapy lab
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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Miniature CNT-based X-ray tube: assessment for use in intraoperative radiation therapy
Carbon nanotube (CNT) is a new technology used to generate gamma photons in X-ray tubes. CNTs, in comparison to other small X-ray sources, produce high X-ray intensities and as they are not based on a thermionic principle they considered cold electron ...
Mahmoud-Pashazadeh Ali +5 more
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Flexible interventional imaging system based on miniaturized X-ray tubes (FlexScan)
In orthopedic hand surgeries C-arms are the standard imaging modalities for procedure and tool guidance. However, the currently used systems have a large footprint and high weight, which can lead to workspace restrictions and difficult positioning of the
Lagotzki Sinja +3 more
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