Point-of-Care Thoracic Ultrasound in Children: New Advances in Pediatric Emergency Setting
Diagnostics, 2023 Point-of-care thoracic ultrasound at the patient’s bedside has increased significantly recently, especially in pediatric settings. Its low cost, rapidity, simplicity, and repeatability make it a practical examination to guide diagnosis and treatment ...
Silvia Bloise +11 more
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Minimally Invasive Short-Segment Anteroposterior Surgery for Thoracolumbar Osteoporotic Fractures with Canal Compromise: A Prospective Study with a Minimum 2-Year Follow-up [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2022 Study Design A prospective study with a minimum follow-up of 24 months. Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the results of minimally invasive anteroposterior surgery for osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) associated with bony spinal canal ...
Mohamed Alhashash, Mootaz Shousha
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Lymphangiography to treat postoperative lymphatic leakage: a technical review. [PDF]
, 2014 In addition to imaging the lymphatics and detecting various types of lymphatic leakage, lymphangiography is a therapeutic option for patients with chylothorax, chylous ascites, and lymphatic fistula.
Kim, Soo Hwan +5 more
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Clinical methods to quantify trunk mobility in an elite male surfing population [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Thoracic mobility in the sagittal and horizontal planes are key requirements in the sport of surfing; however to date the normal values of these movements have not yet been quantified in a surfing population. Objectives: To develop a reliable
Abbott, Allan +4 more
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Spinal Intradural Schwannoma with Acute Intratumoural Haemorrhage: Case Report and Review [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Schwannomas account for around half of all intradural spinal tumours, with chronic progressive symptoms as the most common presenting features. Intratumoural haemorrhage as a presenting feature of spinal schwannoma is very rare and only 11 cases have ...
G. Lakshmi Prasad +2 more
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Biomechanical and biochemical properties of the thoracic aorta in warmblood horses, Friesian horses, and Friesians with aortic rupture [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Thoracic aortic rupture and aortopulmonary fistulation are rare conditions in horses. It mainly affects Friesian horses. Intrinsic differences in biomechanical properties of the aortic wall might predispose this breed.
Chiers, Koen +10 more
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Video assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of pneumothorax and lung resections: systematic review of randomised clinical trials [PDF]
, 2004 <b>Objectives</b> To determine if video assisted thoracic surgery is associated with better clinical outcomes than thoracotomy for three common procedures: surgery for pneumothorax, minor resections, and lobectomy.
Lewsey, J. +3 more
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Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
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Clinical measurement of the thoracic kyphosis : A study of the intra-rater reliability in subjects with and without shoulder pain [PDF]
, 2010 Copyright © Lewis and Valentine; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use ...
Lewis, J.S., Valentine, R.E.
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 Objective: Cerebral air embolism (CAE) is an extremely rare but serious complication of pigtail catheter drainage. The aim of the case report is to review our experience in the diagnosis and treatment for CAE after pigtail catheter drainage.Case ...
Yi Chen +5 more
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