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Chapter
Liver Neuroendocrine Metastases Laser Ablation
Liver metastases are frequently present at the initial diagnosis of neuroendocrine neoplasms, or occur in the course of the disease, also in slow-growing tumors. Systemic treatments often obtain disease stabil...
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Kidney Tumors Laser Ablation
Cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, and in a lesser degree microwave ablation are the ablative techniques currently used worldwide to treat small renal tumors, whereas the experience with laser ablation is ...
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Article
Can Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography Document Both an Iatrogenic Bleeding and the Stop of the Bleeding? A Case Report
Ultrasonography-guided percutaneous drainage is an effective and safe procedure to treat abdominal fluid collections. However, bleeding complications can sometimes occur. Ultrasonography can document the prese...
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Percutaneous Laser Ablation of Liver Metastases from Neuroendocrine Neoplasm. A Retrospective Study for Safety and Effectiveness
To retrospectively assess safety and efficacy of laser ablation (LA) of multiple liver metastases (LM) from neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN).
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of post-interventional hematoma: the bleeding mushroom is growing inside
Catheter ablation is an effective treatment in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation. Complications are infrequent and usually resolve with minimal or no intervention, but active bleeding due to arteri...
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Coagulation Areas Produced by Cool-Tip Radiofrequency Ablation and Microwave Ablation Using a Device to Decrease Back-Heating Effects: A Prospective Pilot Study
To compare the ablation area produced by a single application of a microwave ablation (MWA) system, equipped with a miniaturized device on the tip of the antenna entrap** reflected microwaves, with that prod...
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Active bleeding revealed by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography: beyond the abdominal cavity
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Sonographically guided puncture of pancreatic lesions: a low number of needle passes does not compromise the diagnostic yield
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors and Other Malignancies: a Case Series
This paper aims to review the clinical and pathological features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) occurring with other malignancies.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Improvements in Fatigue Evaluations of Helicopter Transmissions
Helicopter transmission is a critical assembly which significantly contributes to helicopter performance, life cycle costs and safety. Any improvement in fatigue evaluation can therefore give relevant benefits...
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Article
Open AccessUltrastructural pathology of nephropathies with organized deposits: a case series
Renal organized or structured deposits are much less frequent than those with usual type immunocomplex deposits and are encountered in a wide variety of primary and systemic disorders. It has been suggested th...
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Central venous catheter-related thrombosis in cancer patients: what we know and what we need to know
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Open AccessLight chain deposition disease presenting as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a case report
Light chain deposition disease (LCDD) can involve the heart and cause severe heart failure. Cardiac involvement is usually described in the advanced stages of the disease. We report the case of a woman in whom...
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Article
Treating sialorrhea with transdermal scopolamine. Exploiting a side effect to treat an uncommon symptom in cancer patients
Sialorrhea is a distressing symptom accompanying oral cancer and many heterogeneous cancer-related conditions (chemotherapy-induced nausea, bowel subocclusion, pharmacologic side effects), but its incidence is...
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Article
Outcome research in palliative care: could it represent a new dimension of clinical research or clinical practice?
Outcome research is a new dimension of clinical research, and all fields of clinical medicine are involved in this kind of analysis. Overall survival and quality of life are the main outcomes identified in cli...
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Appropriateness of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Hospital-Based Study
Aims of this study were to evaluate: (1) whether upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) is used appropriately according to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and British Society of Gast...
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Article
Helicobacter pylori Stool Antigen Test (Clinical Evaluation and Cost Analysis of a New Enzyme Immunoassay)
Noninvasive tests for Helicobacter pylori areincreasingly used. Recently, an enzyme immunoassay forH. pylori detection in feces has been put on the market.Aim of this multicenter study was to evaluate the usef...
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Touch Cytology (A Reliable and Cost-Effective Method for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection)
A variety of reliable methods are available fordetecting Helicobacter pylori (Hp) during uppergastrointestinal endoscopy. We evaluated the clinicalutility and cost-effectiveness of rapid urease test (RUT), tou...
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Cost analysis of long-term feeding by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in cancer patients in an Italian health district
The aim of this study was to evaluate prospectively the cost of long-term feeding by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). Cost analysis was carried out in 34 head and neck cancer patients, followed from ...
