Magnetic resonance 4D flow char ...
Objectives To evaluate the applicability of 4D phase contrast (4D PC) MR imaging in the assessment of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in healthy volunt ...
Comparison of fluoroscopy-guide ...
Objectives To analyze the clinical results and complications of fluoroscopy guided internal-external Pull-type percutaneous radiological gastrostomy ...
Delayed enhancement imaging of ...
Objectives To evaluate the accuracy of high-pitch delayed enhancement (DE) CT for the assessment of myocardial viability with MRI as the reference s ...
Role of 68Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT in ...
Objective The objective of the present study was to evaluate the role of 68Ga-DOTA(0)-Phe(1)-Tyr(3)-octreotide (68Ga-DOTATOC) positron emission tomo ...
A method of adjusting SUV for i ...
Objective A time normalisation method of tumour SUVs in 18F-FDG PET imaging is proposed that has been verified in lung cancer patients. Methods A t ...
Estimation of energy expenditur ...
Over the last few years, the estimation of energy expenditure with accelerometers has become more and more accurate due to improvements in sensor te ...
Expert’s comment concerning Gra ...
The attempt to preserve motion below a long fusion is certainly praiseworthy even if it is clearly understood with the patient that the result might ...
Anatomical and surgical study o ...
Herniated intervertebral disc causes in a great number of cases of lumbar nerve root compression, especially in the segment L5/S1. Other reasons res ...
How is recovery from low back p ...
Recovery is commonly used as an outcome measure in low back pain (LBP) research. There is, however, no accepted definition of what recovery involves ...
Acute paraplegia after chiropra ...
Spinal manipulation is a form of back and other musculoskeletal pain treatment that often involves a highvelocity thrust, a technique in which the j ...
Minimally invasive mitral valve ...
Background: Minimally invasive (MICS) mitral valve surgery has become a valid alternative to the conventional approach by full median sternotomy; ne ...
Recently abused b-keto derivati ...
b-Keto derivatives of 3,4-methylenedioxyphenylalkylamines (bk-MDPAs), especially 2-methylamino- 1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)propan-1-one (methylone) ...
Overview of the quality standar ...
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely used for the prevention and treatment of various diseases for a long time in China. Due to its pro ...
The fundamental theory of tradi ...
Stressing the uniqueness and complexity of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory system, this paper analyzes the characteristics of TCM as a disc ...
Management of adjuvant S-1 ther ...
Background The aim of this study was to determine the optimal management of adjuvant S-1 therapy for stage II or III gastric cancer, encompassing th ...
Survival and prognosticators of ...
Background Some patients experience a recurrence of cancer even after curative D2 gastrectomy followed by adjuvant S-1 chemotherapy. The objective o ...
Clinical impact of a strategy i ...
Background Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a technique developed to enable the endoscopic resection (ER) of large and ulcerative neoplasti ...
Clinical features and predictiv ...
Background Various endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)-related complications, such as perforation or bleeding, occur frequently. However, the cli ...
Evaluation of modified Estimati ...
Background We recently modified our prediction scoring system ‘‘Estimation of Physiologic Ability and Surgical Stress’’ and have designated the curr ...
Thoracoscopic surgery for pulmo ...
Purpose. Details with regard to the standard criteria for a therapeutic metastasectomy and the use of videoassisted thoracic surgery (VATS) remain e ...
Successful excision of a saphen ...
Aneurysm of an aortocoronary saphenous vein graft (SVG) is a rare but potentially fatal complication after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). P ...
Radically resected epithelioid ...
Angiosarcoma is a rare neoplasm, accounting for only 1%–2% of all sarcomas. It occurs most frequently in the skin and soft tissue and rarely in the ...
Intrapulmonary solitary fi brou ...
Solitary pulmonary nodules are sometimes detected by routine chest radiography. Although many of them are suspected to be benign tumors following n ...
Unusual metastasis to all the d ...
Metastatic malignancies to the hand, although rare, usually develop from lung, breast, and kidney tumors. Very rarely the origin is the gastrointest ...
Extrafoveal traction in retinal ...
Background To present extrafoveal vitreous traction membranes, and their prevalence and association with diffuse macular oedema in eyes with retinal ...