 | Percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy for a patient with an intractable small bowel injury after... |  Figure 6: Abdominal radiograph taken 28 days after gastrojejunostomy tube insertion. Contrast medium administered via the tube reached the transverse colon. No obstruction or leakage was found. Intestinal distention was improved at this time.Bottom Line: Surgical treatment for patients with severe adhesions sometimes results in further intestinal injury.After this operation, she developed peritonitis as a result of a small bowel perforation thought to be due to an injury sustained during the operation, with... | Hara M, Takayama S, Takeyama H - J Med Case Reports (2011) |
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 | Synchronized bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in a horseshoe kidney. |  Figure 0001: Pre operative KUB showing bilateral staghorn stonesBottom Line: STONE MANAGEMENT IN HORSESHOE KIDNEYS IS CHALLENGING: percutaneous nephrolithotripsy is a safe and effective procedure in the treatment of large stones within horseshoe kidneys.Simultaneous bilateral PCNL has been described with a single surgeon operating sequentially... | Rao RK, Ranganath MS, Prasad TK - Indian J Urol (2008) |
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 | Cardioembolic stroke in atrial fibrillation-rationale for preventive closure of the left atrial appendage. |  Figure 1: Angiographic contrast filling defect in the contast shadow of the LAA (white arrows) indicating a spherical thrombus, which was not diagnosed by TOE. Note the TOE probe at the left margin and the loop of the pigtail catheter (striped arrow), indicating the...Bottom Line: Unfortunately, this treatment is often contraindicated, particularly in the elderly, in whom risk of stroke is high.Moreover, given the risk of major bleeding, there is reason to be skeptical of the net benefit when warfarin is used in those patients.This work... | Leithäuser B, Park JW - Korean Circ J (2009) |
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 | Necrotizing sialometaplasia of palate: a case report. |  Figure 2: Maxillary cross-sectional occlusal radiograph shows no bone involvement.Bottom Line: He had a history of local trauma and was long-term user of salbutamol inhaler.An incisional biopsy was carried out and the diagnosis was established through history, clinical examination, histopathology using Hematoxylin and Eosin stain.The patient was given... | Krishna S, Bk R - Imaging Sci Dent (2011) |
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 | Synchronized bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in a horseshoe kidney. |  Figure 0005: KUB at 4 months no significant residual fragmentsBottom Line: STONE MANAGEMENT IN HORSESHOE KIDNEYS IS CHALLENGING: percutaneous nephrolithotripsy is a safe and effective procedure in the treatment of large stones within horseshoe kidneys.Simultaneous bilateral PCNL has been described with a single surgeon operating sequentially... | Rao RK, Ranganath MS, Prasad TK - Indian J Urol (2008) |
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 | Placement of an aortomonoiliac stent graft without femorofemoral revascularization in endovascular aneurysm... |  Figure 7: X-ray of the completed reconstruction with stent graft, leg extension, and microcoils.Bottom Line: His aneurysm was treated by a left-sided aortomonoiliac stent graft without femorofemoral revascularization, resulting in occlusions of both internal iliac arteries.No ischemic symptoms appeared, although perfusion of his right side was maintained only over... | Keese M, Niedergethmann M, Schoenberg S, Diehl S - J Med Case Rep (2011) |
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 | Percutaneous coronary intervention in two patients with a solitary coronary artery from the right coronary... |  Figure 2: Right anterior oblique view of the common coronary artery and its branches with critical disease in the proximal LM artery.Bottom Line: Two patients with a common coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva, who underwent coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention following an acute coronary syndrome, are presented.The anatomic description based on previously published... | AlFaleh HF - Ann Saudi Med (2011 Nov-Dec) |
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 | Therapeutic ultrasound in fracture healing: The mechanism of osteoinduction. |  Figure 0002: Radiological evaluation at 2 weeks. Note the exuberant callus in the test groupBottom Line: When various neurotransmitters were added to the cells, there was an increased thymidine incorporation in the ultrasound group.In cytological study, thymidine incorporation was found to be increased in the ultrasound group.The results of animal and clinical... | John PS, Poulose CS, George B - Indian J Orthop (2008) |
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 | Sarcoidosis in a dental surgeon: a case report. |  Figure 2: Particles of calcium phosphate found in the lung biopsy.Bottom Line: Although the causes of sarcoidosis are still unknown, past and current studies have provided evidence that this disease may be associated with occupational exposure to specific environmental agents.We describe a case of sarcoidosis in a dental surgeon with... | Checchi L, Nucci MC, Gatti AM, Mattia D, Violante FS - J Med Case Reports (2010) |
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 | Initial experience with the Pascal photocoagulator: a pilot study of 75 procedures. |  BJ1-92-08-1061-f03: Retinopexy image.Bottom Line: Each burn is reduced to 10 or 20 ms to achieve this.No adverse events were noted.Although the shorter pulse duration of the Pascal necessitates the use of a higher power, it is not associated with adverse effects.The results here suggest that the Pascal photocoagulator... | Sanghvi C, McLauchlan R, Delgado C, Young L, et al. - Br J Ophthalmol (2008) |
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 | Incredibly late thromboses in first generation drug eluting stents: a case series. |  Figure 5: Angiogram showing thrombosis of DES in Left Circumflex artery.Bottom Line: The drug-eluting stents have decreased the incidence of instent restenosis compared to bare metal stents.But, the incidence of late and very late stent thrombosis has increased with the drug-eluting stents.We are here, reporting three cases of incredibly late... | Shaik Z, Mohammed KS, Siddiqi A, Mohammed I, et al. - Cases J (2009) |
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 | Biomaterials in cochlear implants. |  Figure 9: Swelling around the implant site in a case where the implant is chronically infected. Right of picture: spontaneous perforation of the skin.Bottom Line: The cochlear implant (CI) represents, for almost 25 years now, the gold standard in the treatment of children born deaf and for postlingually deafened adults.Furthermore, certain parts of the implant face considerable mechanical challenges, such as the need... | Stöver T, Lenarz T - GMS Curr Top Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2011) |
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 | Cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in septuagenarians: a prospective study. |  Figure 1: Fluoroscopy angiography of the left superior pulmonary vein during occlusion with the cryoballoon(arrow). Quadripolar catheter in the coronary sinus. PV:pulmonary vein; CS: coronary sinus.Bottom Line: Successful isolation could be obtained in all 82 (100%) PV ostia at the end of procedure.No major complication occurred during procedure.Moreover a large proportion of the latter did not present AF recurrence during follow-up. | Chierchia GB, Capulzini L, de Asmundis C, et al. - Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J (2010) |
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