Chun, Julian K R Bordignon, Stefano Last, Jana Mayer, Lukas Tohoku, Shota Zanchi, Simone Bianchini, Lorenzo Bologna, Fabrizio Nagase, Takahiko Urbanek, Lukas
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Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) represents the cornerstone in atrial fibrillation ablation. Cryoballoon and laserballoon catheters have emerged as promising devices but lack randomized comparisons. Therefore, we sought to compare efficacy and safety comparing both balloons in patients with persistent and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). Symptoma...
Coles-Black, Jasamine Bolton, Damien Chuen, Jason
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Frontiers in Surgery
Introduction: 3D printed patient-specific vascular phantoms provide superior anatomical insights for simulating complex endovascular procedures. Currently, lack of exposure to the technology poses a barrier for adoption. We offer an accessible, low-cost guide to producing vascular anatomical models using routine CT angiography, open source software...
Liu, Junbo Jiang, Binglei Mao, Juan Zeng, Zhen Gong, Lifeng Huang, Chaoyou
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The Journal of International Medical Research
Intravenous misplacement of the nephrostomy catheter following percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL) is extremely rare, and little information is available about this complication. Because the patient’s prognosis may be poor, sufficient attention should be paid to early identification and treatment of this complication. We present an uncommon case...
Konst, Bente Nøtthellen, Jacob Nalum Naess, Stine Båth, Magnus
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Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Purpose This study attempted to develop a method to measure the applied recursive filtration and to determine the noise reduction of four different fluoroscopic systems. The study also attempted to elucidate the importance of considering the recursive filter for quality control tests concerning signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) or image quality. The vend...
Sadoughi, Ali Virdi, Sahil
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Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
Despite development of multiple technologies, distinguishing benign from malignant lung nodules when they are still small in size is challenging. A high yield and minimally invasive bronchoscopic technology with low cost for diagnosis of small lung lesions is needed in pulmonary and lung cancer clinical practice. Peripheral airway bronchoscopy usin...
Thiessen, Kathleen M Apostoaei, A Iulian Zablotska, Lydia B
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Health physics
This paper documents the estimation of mean heights and body masses, by age and sex, used in development of organ-specific dose conversion coefficients for external radiation for a historical cohort of about 64,000 patients from the Canadian Fluoroscopy Cohort Study. Patients were exposed to repeated fluoroscopy and chest radiography examinations i...
Buckland, Aaron J Ashayeri, Kimberly Leon, Carlos Manning, Jordan Eisen, Leon Medley, Mark Protopsaltis, Themistocles S Thomas, J Alex
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The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) and Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) with percutaneous posterior screw fixation are two techniques used to address degenerative lumbar pathologies. Traditionally, these anterior-posterior (AP) surgeries involve repositioning the patient from the supine or lateral decubitus position to prone for posterio...
Lee, Jongseok Jo, Daehyun Song, Shinmi Park, Dahee Kim, Dohyeong Oh, Jinyoung
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Journal of Pain Research
Purpose Dispersion of contrast media into the anterior epidural space is correlated with better outcomes after transforaminal epidural injection (TFEI). Needle tip position is an important factor affecting the pattern of contrast media dispersion. It is difficult to advance the needle medially to the interpedicle line with a conventional approach, ...
Reddy, Shawn Wu, Jiang
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Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain
Cervical selective nerve root blocks (C-SNRBs) maintain utility for presurgical planning in patients with cervical radiculopathy. Traditional fluoroscopic or stationary computed tomography (CT)-guided methods have been associated with complications, including catastrophic neurologic insults, while ultrasound guidance has been investigated based on ...
Ian Dhar, Shumon Wegner, Adam M Rodnoi, Pope Wuellner, John C Mehdizadeh, Omid Benjamin Shen, Shih C Nachalon, Yuval Nativ-Zeltzer, Nogah Belafsky, Peter C Klineberg, Eric O
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The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology
To evaluate the precise objective fluoroscopic abnormalities in persons with dysphagia following anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS). 129 patients with dysphagia after ACSS were age and sex matched to 129 healthy controls. All individuals underwent videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS). VFSS parameters abstracted included upper esophageal sphin...
