With an increasing number of interventional radiology (IVR) procedures, it is a critical issue to control and reduce the radiation dose for patients by radiological technologists. In our study, we analyzed the usefulness of a provision for radiation reduction on catheter ablation and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures based on the data from radiation information system (RIS). W...

Infarction in the optic nerve is a well-known complication in cases of giant-cell arteritis, but may not be diagnosed when it is related to atherosclerosis. The three patients to be reported were referred during the same year with papilloedema and a diagnosis of suspected brain tumour. Two underwent extensive radiological procedures to exclude an intracranial tumour. The three patients illustra...

Femoral artery Pseudoaneurysm (FAP) is one of the most troublesome complications after various invasive radiological procedures related to the femoral arterial access site. Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms (IPA) form when an arterial puncture site fails to seal, allowing arterial blood to ooze into the surrounding tissues and form a pulsatile hematoma. This occurs in 0.8% to 2.2% after interventional...

This paper evaluates the use of STPA in a heatlhcare setting specifically a complex setting involving controllers participating in multiple processes at one time. This is a scenario that has not been explored with STPA before but is the status quo in most healthcare systems. In an intensive care unit, the process of providing care to patients is comprised of many processes including drug delive...

BACKGROUND The International Commission of Radiology recommends a pregnancy screening test to all female patients of childbearing age who will undergo a radiological study. Radiation is known to be teratogenic and its effect is cumulative. The teratogenic potential starts at doses close to those used during these procedures. The prevalence of positive pregnancy tests in patients undergoing elec...

OBJECTIVES Ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the most common radiological procedures for the diagnosis of tumor-like lesions of the salivary glands. The aim of the present study was to determine whether MRI or CT provide additional information besides that delivered by US. STUDY DESIGN/METHODS 109 patients with a tumor-like lesion of the s...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term results after managing intraoperative and late-diagnosed cases of iatrogenic ureteric injury (IUI), treated endoscopically or by open surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients immediately diagnosed with IUI were managed under the same anaesthetic, while those referred late had a radiological assessment of the site of injury, and endoscopic management. Open sur...

Sir, I read the recent article by Oranusi CK with great interest. [1] The authors present their experience of nephron-sparing surgery in the treatment of localized renal cell carcinoma. The study has great contributions to the literature. Nowadays, renal masses can be diagnosed incidentally during abdominal ultrasonography examination or other radiological examinations.[1,2] In the light of dev...

conclusions timely detection and appropriate antibiotic therapy of afbn are essential to prevent renal abscess formation. a possible diagnosis of afbn needs to be considered in all patients being treated for febrile uti. detection and surgical correction of the underlying malformation are necessary to prevent further recurrences. case presentation here we describe a case of a 4-year-old boy adm...

Objective- In this study, the general anatomical features of the digestive tube and the transit time of the digestive tube of the Zarudni’s spur-thighed tortoises were examined by contrast radiology. Design - Experimental study. Animals - 4 adult female Zarudni’s Spur-thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca zarudnyi). Procedures- At a temperature of 25-27°c a set of dorsoventral rad...