Percutaneous Cholecystolithotomy [PDF]
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 Nephrolithotomy [PDF]
Summary— Small mobile stones in the major renal collecting system can be extracted through a percutaneous tract. Initially the radiologist performs a conventional percutaneous needle nephrostomy and inserts a pigtail catheter into the renal pelvis. Over the next week the tract formed is serially dilated to a size large enough to pass a cystoscope into ...
J E, Wickham, M J, Kellett
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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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Stroke following percutaneous coronary intervention : type-specific incidence, outcomes and determinants seen by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society 2007-12 [PDF]
Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015.
Berry, Colin +11 more
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Infarct size and left ventricular remodelling after preventive percutaneous coronary intervention [PDF]
Objective: We hypothesised that, compared with culprit-only primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), additional preventive PCI in selected patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with multivessel disease would not be associated with ...
Berry, Colin +13 more
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Percutaneous cholecystostomy [PDF]
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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Objective Studies have compared the safety and accuracy of robot‐assisted techniques for inserting conventional open pedicle screws for spinal surgery. However, no relevant studies have confirmed that robot‐assisted percutaneous screw placement is better
Shu Lin +3 more
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Impact of early versus late tracheostomy on patient outcomes in a tertiary care multispeciality ICU
Background and Aims: Tracheostomy is a commonly performed procedure in critically ill patients because patients requiring chronic mechanical ventilation (MV) are rising by as much as 5.5% per year.
Puneet Chopra +4 more
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Percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly: changes in case-mix and periprocedural outcomes in 31758 patients treated between 2000 and 2007 [PDF]
<p>Background: The elderly account for an increasing proportion of the population and have a high prevalence of coronary heart disease. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most common method of revascularization in the elderly.
Eteiba, H. +9 more
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Percutaneous closure of PFO in patients with reduced oxygen saturation at rest and during exercise : short- and long-term results [PDF]
Background. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare cause of hypoxemia and clinical symptoms of dyspnea. Due to a right-to-left shunt, desaturated blood enters the systemic circulation in a subset of patients resulting in dyspnea and a subsequent ...
De Cuyper, Celine +8 more
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