OBJECTIVES:To compare clinical outcomes in patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with renal tract dilatation performed under fluoroscopic guidance vs renal tract dilatation with ultrasound guidance. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We conducted a prospective observational cohort study, enrolling successive patients undergoing PCNL between ...
Published in BJU international
To compare clinical outcomes in patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with renal tract dilatation performed under fluoroscopic guidance vs renal tract dilatation with ultrasound guidance. We conducted a prospective observational cohort study, enrolling successive patients undergoing PCNL between July 2015 and March 2018. Includ...
Published in Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy
Intraoperative radiographic evaluation during total hip arthroplasty (THA) has shown to improve the accuracy of acetabular component placement, however, differences in interpretation based on radiographic technique has not been established. This study aims to determine if differences exist in the interpretation of acetabular component abduction and...
Minimizing radiation exposure during x-ray fluoroscopically guided procedures is critical to patients and to medical personnel. Tableside adjustment of x-ray image acquisition parameters can vary the fluoroscopic radiation exposure rate. To determine the impact of adjusting four tableside controllable image acquisition parameters on x-ray fluorosco...
Published in Journal of applied clinical medical physics
The purpose of this study was to measure fluoroscopic dose calculation factors for modern fluoroscopy-guided interventional (FGI) systems, and to fit to analytical functions for peak skin dose (PSD) calculation. Table transmission factor (TTF), backscatter factor (BSF), and a newly termed kerma correction factor (KCF) were measured for two interven...
Published in Acta chirurgica Belgica
Introduction: To evaluate the use and awareness of radiation during URS among Belgian and Dutch urologists.Material and methods: An online questionnaire was send to all members of the Belgian and Dutch Association of Urology.Results: 170 urologists finished the complete questionnaire. 10% of the respondents are not familiar with the ALARA-principle...
Aims This study aimed to compare the head dose of a cardiologist to scrub and scout nurses during cardiac angiography. Design A correlational longitudinal quantitative design was used to examine the relationship between the variable of occupational dose to the medical operator when compared with the dose to the scrub and scout nurse. Methods A quan...
Published in Equine veterinary journal
Tracheal collapse in horses is reportedly uncommon; however, American Miniature Horses are more commonly affected. There is no description of the tracheal luminal diameter of American Miniature Horses, making early detection of tracheal luminal narrowing difficult. To 1) describe radiographic tracheal luminal diameter in clinically normal American ...
Published in Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
The response rate to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) may be improved if echocardiographic-derived parameters are used to guide the left ventricular (LV) lead deployment. Tools to visually integrate deformation imaging and fluoroscopy to take advantage of the combined information are lacking. An image fusion tool for echo-guided LV lead plac...
Published in The Journal of hand surgery
Intraoperative assessment of distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) alignment is often based on lateral radiographs whose interpretation is dependent upon positioning the forearm in neutral rotation. The dorsal tangential view (DTV) is a near-axial view of the dorsal wrist used in assessing dorsal screw penetration during radius fixation. The purpose of th...
