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Open AccessInfluence of intercostal muscles contraction on sonographic evaluation of lung sliding: a physiological study on healthy subjects
To investigate the following: (a) effects of intercostal muscle contraction on sonographic assessment of lung sliding and (b) inter-rater and intra-observer agreement on sonographic detection of lung sliding a...
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Endovascular Embolization of Uterine Myomas and Adenomyosis
Endovascular embolization of uterine myomas and adenomyomatosis is a safe and effective organ-sparing treatment for symptomatic patients based on a broad range of published evidence including randomized-contro...
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Regarding “Post-mortem CT lung findings at a medicolegal institute in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positive cases with autopsy correlation”
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Optimizing the Angiography Protocol to Reduce Radiation Dose in Uterine Artery Embolization: The Impact of Digital Subtraction Angiographies on Radiation Exposure
The aim was to compare a protocol of uterine artery embolization (UAE) consisting in three digital subtraction angiographies (DSAs)—Group A, with a protocol based on a single DSA—Group B.
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Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy using a single-operator cholangioscope (pSOC), a retrospective, observational, multicenter study
Percutaneous cholangioscopy (PC) is more complex and invasive than a transpapillary approach, with the need for a large percutaneous tract of 16 French (Fr) on average in order to advance standard percutaneous...
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Diagnostic accuracy of resection margin in specimen radiography: digital breast tomosynthesis versus full-field digital mammography
We investigated the accuracy of digital breast tomosynthesis compared to full-field digital mammography for evaluating tumor-free resection margins in the intraoperative specimen during breast-conserving surg...
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The usefulness of the IMAP propeller flap for trachea and tracheostome reconstruction after resection of parastomal recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma following salvage total laryngectomy
Parastomal recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with tracheal involvement following salvage total laryngectomy after prior concurrent chemoradiotherapy is one of the most insidious challenges in head an...
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Longitudinal study of interventional radiology activity in a large metropolitan Italian tertiary care hospital: how the COVID-19 pandemic emergency has changed our activity
To retrospectively analyze interventional radiology (IR) activity changes in the COVID-19 era and to describe how to safely and effectively reorganize IR activity.
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Open AccessAssociation between omentin-1 and major cardiovascular events after lower extremity endovascular revascularization in diabetic patients: a prospective cohort study
Cardiovascular complications represent the major cause of morbidity and mortality of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. In particular, peripheral artery disease (PAD) represents a frequent T2DM vascular...
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CT: What We Need to Know to Start to Interpret Radiological Pictures
For both biliary and pancreatic diseases, imaging plays a pivotal role in initial diagnosis, evaluation of treatment response and long-term surveillance. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) im...
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MR: What We Need to Know to Start to Interpret Radiological Pictures
Magnetic resonance (MR) with cholangiopancreatography imaging has evolved considerably in the last decades. Improving in spatial resolution and speed of acquisition, MR provides comprehensive information to ev...
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Uterine fibroid embolization efficacy and safety: 15 years experience in an elevated turnout rate center
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Open AccessSpontaneous renal allograft rupture complicated by urinary leakage: case report and review of the literature
For more than forty years, graftectomy has been the standard treatment of spontaneous renal transplant rupture. However, recent evidences suggest that graft salvage strategies can be safely pursued, even in di...
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Essential thrombocythemia as underlying cause of malabsorption syndrome
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Open AccessMassive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to acute postoperative sialadenitis or "anesthesia mumps": a case report
A case of massive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to an acute sialadenitis is described that occurred a few hours after a neurosurgical procedure performed in the prone position. Literature on th...
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Infected pancreatic necrosis after extraperitoneal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Report of a case
We report a case of acute necrotizing pancreatitis after extraperitoneal repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an uncommon complication of vascular surgery; however, managing...
