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Open AccessClinical experience with shear wave elastography (SWE) for assessing healthy uterus in a transabdominal approach
Aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance and feasibility of transabdominal ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) in assessing sonoelastographic features of the uterus. Twenty-seven premen...
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Open AccessAnästhesie bei Aortenklappenstenose
Die Aortenklappenstenose ist eine häufige Erkrankung, die dem behandelnden Anästhesisten profundes Wissen über die Pathophysiologie, Diagnostik und die perioperativen Besonderheiten der Erkrankung abverlangt. ...
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Open AccessPreoperative cerebral oxygenation in high-risk noncardiac surgical patients: an observational study on postoperative mortality and complications
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) has become widely accepted to evaluate regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rScO2), potentially acting as a surrogate parameter of reduced cerebral oxygen delivery or increase...
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Open AccessExtended neuromonitoring in aortic arch surgery
Aortic arch repair for aortic dissection is still associated with a high mortality rate. Providing adequate means of neuromonitoring to guide cerebral hemodynamics is advantageous, especially during selective ...
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Open AccessMultidisciplinary management to optimize outcome of ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in patients with uterine fibroids
Little is known about the specific anaesthesiological and multidisciplinary management of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in uterine fibroids. This observational single-center study is the first repor...
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Open AccessControlled arterial hypotension during resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformations
Resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) is technically demanding because of size, eloquent location or diffuse nidus. Controlled arterial hypotension (CAH) could facilitate haemostasis. We perf...
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Improving quality of life in pancreatic cancer patients following high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in two European centers
Pancreatic cancer patients often have a high symptom burden, significantly impairing patients’ quality of life (QOL). Nevertheless, there are hardly any reports on the impact of high-intensity focused ultrasou...
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Open AccessRelative cerebral hyperperfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with risk for postoperative delirium: a cross-sectional cohort study
Our objective was to evaluate if changes in on-pump cerebral blood flow, relative to the pre-bypass baseline, are associated with the risk for postoperative delirium (POD) following cardiac surgery.
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Open AccessCommon carotid artery diameter responds to intravenous volume expansion: an ultrasound observation
In case of intravascular fluid depletion, large veins react to volume expansion with dilation. Little is known about the reaction of arterial vessels. We herein report on the effect of a standardized fluid bol...
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Comparison of ventral corpectomy and plate-screw-instrumented fusion with dorsal laminectomy and rod-screw-instrumented fusion for treatment of at least two vertebral-level spondylotic cervical myelopathy
The objective of the article is to verify the hypothesis that the dorsal multilevel laminectomy and rod-screw-instrumented fusion (DLF) for multilevel spondylotic cervical myelopathy (MSCM) is less strenuous f...
