Percutaneous Cholecystolithotomy [PDF]
Journal of Urology, 1988 A percutaneous method was used to remove stones from otherwise normal gall bladders, as assessed by cholecystography and ultrasonography. The procedure was performed in a single stage under general anaesthesia, adopting the method and instruments used for one stage percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
M J, Kellett, R C, Russell, J E, Wickham
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Percutaneous cholecystostomy [PDF]
American Journal of Roentgenology, 1982 Percutaneous cholecystostomy was performed in 13 patients; five patients had suspected acute cholecystitis and eight patients had suspected obstruction of the common bile duct. An anterior abdominal wall approach was used in nine patients, right anterior axillary line puncture in four.
R W, Shaver, I F, Hawkins, J, Soong
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Impact of incomplete percutaneous revascularization in patients With multivessel coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Up to half of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) with conflicting data regarding optimal revascularization strategy in such patients.
Bagur, Rodrigo +12 more
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Elevated Baseline Serum Fibrinogen: Effect on 2-Year Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundElevated fibrinogen is associated with short-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) after percutaneous coronary intervention, but the relation with late MACE is unknown.Methods and resultsBaseline demographics and 2-year MACE were ...
Ang, Lawrence +7 more
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Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2017 Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is a commonly performed procedure in critically sick patients. It can be safely performed bedside by intensivists.This has resulted in decline in the use of surgical tracheostomy in intensive care unit (ICU) except in few selected cases.
Chitra Mehta, Yatin Mehta
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A Surgical Perspective on Targeted Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. [PDF]
, 2015 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, is difficult to treat and highly lethal. Since HCC is predominantly diagnosed in patients with cirrhosis, treatment planning must consider both the severity of liver ...
Busuttil, Ronald W +2 more
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Stroke following percutaneous coronary intervention : type-specific incidence, outcomes and determinants seen by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society 2007-12 [PDF]
, 2016 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015.
Berry, Colin +11 more
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Updated management of malignant biliary tract tumors: an illustrative review [PDF]
, 2016 The management of malignant biliary tumors (MBTs) is complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach. Guidelines and methods of staging for biliary tumors have recently been released by main international societies, altering the clinical and radiologic
Cannavale, Alessandro +6 more
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Liver resection or combined chemoembolization and radiofrequency ablation improve survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma [PDF]
, 2007 Background/ Aims: To evaluate the long-term outcome of surgical and non-surgical local treatments of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: We stratified a cohort of 278 HCC patients using six independent predictors of survival according ...
Angelika Schrader +32 more
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Teaching percutaneous renal biopsy using unfixed human cadavers [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) is an important diagnostic procedure. Despite advances in its safety profile there remains a small but significant risk of bleeding complications.
Ali, Khalid A. +4 more
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