Transient elastography may be effective in evaluating endovascular treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome
1. In a retrospective study of 25 patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) treated with endovascular interventions, the decrease in liver...
Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation may be effective in severe secondary hyperparathyroidism
1. In a prospective cohort study of 51 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and severe secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT), ultrasound-guided...
Laser therapy may be effective in patients with infantile hemangiomas
1. In a retrospective review of over 140 infants with infantile hemangiomas (IH), combined neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser and...
External compression computed tomography may increase diagnostic accuracy in appendicitis
1. In a prospective trial of 168 patients with suspected acute appendicitis (AA), patients that underwent external compression (EC)...
Patients with psoriasis associated with increased systemic arterial and subcutaneous adipose inflammation
1. In a retrospective cohort study of 12 patients with psoriasis, 8F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) demonstrated...
Patients with psoriasis at an increased risk of avascular necrosis
1. In a population-based cohort study of over 28 000 patients with psoriasis and their age- and sex-matched controls, patients...
Hidradenitis suppurativa associated with increased risk of subclinical atherosclerosis
1. In a prospective study of 62 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and their matched controls, HS was associated with...
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography associated with high sensitivity to renal stone detection
1. In a retrospective review of 72 patients with renal stones that underwent unenhanced computed tomography (CT) followed by contrast-enhance...
Oral contraceptive use associated with increased risk of alveolar osteitis
1. In a meta-analysis of 40 articles evaluating alveolar osteitis (AO), the use of oral contraceptives (OCP) was significantly associated...
Longer duration of elastic compression therapy may help prevent post-thrombotic syndrome
1. In a randomized controlled trial of over 500 patients with a diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the use...
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