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Guidance for percutaneous tracheostomy: ultrasonography, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, or no guidance at all

Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2019
Background Percutaneous tracheostomy is widely practiced in intensive care units. It had lower rate of complications. However, serious adverse events still liable to occur. Guidance is proposed to decrease such events.
Ibrahim Fadl Mahmoud, Neazy A Abdelmottaleb, Ahmed M El-Shiekh, Saud M Erwi   +3 more
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Effectiveness of Ultrasound-guided VS Electrical-stimulation-guided Botulinum Toxin Injections in Triceps Surae Spasticity after Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
Objective: To compare the efficacy of botulinum toxin injections using ultrasound-guidance vs electrical-stimulation-guidance in triceps surae (soleus and gastrocnemius) spasticity after stroke.
Isabelle Hauret, Lech Dobija, Pascale Givron, Anna Goldstein, Bruno Pereira, Emmanuel Coudeyre   +5 more
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Fetal heart quantification technique improves the prenatal prediction of coarctation of the aorta: A retrospective analysis

Biomolecules & Biomedicine
Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) ranks among the most prevalent congenital heart defects and poses a life-threatening risk if left undiagnosed. Herein, we utilized fetal HQ technology to improve the prenatal prediction of CoA.
Xiaoxi Lu , Bowen Zhao, Mei Pan, Lijian Huang , Xiaomin Zhang, Xiaohui Peng, Ran Chen, Xiangdong Zhang   +7 more
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Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Trucut Needle Biopsy for Musculoskeletal Tumours [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2008
PURPOSE: To evaluate the usefulness of ultrasound guidance in percutaneous needle biopsy for musculoskeletal tumours. METHODS: Forty-five consecutive patients underwent ultrasound-guided needle biopsy.
A Sallehuddin, A Saw, J George, S Sengupta   +3 more
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Artificial intelligence in fetal echocardiography: Recent advances and future prospects

International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
In the past few decades, great progress has been made in prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD). Fetal echocardiography is recognized as the main prenatal screening and diagnostic tool that can accurately detect approximately 85 % of fetal ...
Mingming Ma, Li-Hua Sun, Ran Chen, Jiang Zhu, Bowen Zhao   +4 more
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Ultrasound guidance for radial artery catheterization: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundSince a previous meta-analysis reported that ultrasound guidance was associated with a higher first-attempt success rate in catheterization of the radial artery, a number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have reported inconsistent results.
Lu Tang, Fei Wang, Yuxiang Li, Liang Zhao, Huijun Xi, Zhihong Guo, Xiuyun Li, Chengjie Gao, Jian Wang, Lingjun Zhou   +9 more
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Ultrasound Guidance Enhances the Efficiency of Brachial Plexus Block and Ameliorates the Vascular Injury Compared with Nerve Stimulator Guidance in Hand Surgery Patients

Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2020
Background: Nerve stimulation guidance and ultrasound guidance are two major methods that have been widely accepted and applied in axillary brachial plexus block.
Liandi Li, Yanjing Zhao, Ling Guo, Xie Lv, Guanghao Yu   +4 more
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Overall Survival and Complication Rates in the Treatment of Liver Carcinoma: A Comparative Study of Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Combined Ultrasound and Computed Tomography Guidance for Radiofrequency Ablation

Diagnostics
Background: Liver cancer is a major health concern worldwide. Radiofrequency ablation is a safe treatment option that can be guided by either ultrasound, computer tomography (CT), or fluoroscopy.
Chia-Hsien Chien, Chia-Ling Chiang, Huei-Lung Liang, Jer-Shyung Huang, Chia-Jung Tsai   +4 more
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HPB ultrasound guidance techniques - Targeting

Surgery Open Science
Ultrasound is an indispensable tool for intraoperative assessment and treatment of hepatopancreatobiliary pathology. As minimally invasive approaches to HPB surgery continue to expand and the benefits of parenchymal-sparing liver surgery are increasingly
Matthew S. Strand, David A. Iannitti
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Can ultrasound guidance reduce the risk of pneumothorax following thoracentesis?

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2014
OBJECTIVE: Thoracentesis is one of the bedside procedures most commonly associated with iatrogenic complications, particularly pneumothorax. Various risk factors for complications associated with thoracentesis have recently been identified, including an
Alessandro Perazzo, Piergiorgio Gatto, Cornelius Barlascini, Maura Ferrari-Bravo, Antonello Nicolini   +4 more
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