Stent fracture is an emerging complication of coronary stenting. Stent fractures were originally reported in the superficial femoral arteries but have since been reported in almost all vascular sites. They are the result of the complex interplay among stent design, the stented segment, plaque morphology, deployment technique, including forceful exaggerated motion in the atrioventricular groove ...

Over the past decade, the introduction of robotics in the field of medicine has provided a new approach to patients requiring surgery, and both its advantages and disadvantages are currently under study by many groups worldwide. The use of robotics has especially been considered by the urological community as a treatment option in radical prostatectomy. The current case report is one in which t...

In most oil pumping units have been using manual control in the oilfield. In this paper, wireless network based automatic control is proposed for OPU system. This proposed network can sequentially realize automatic data sensing, automatic malfunction detection, remote data transmission, intelligent data organization and management, automatic malfunction warning, and state report via RF module s...

asymptomatic after the unipolar lead was changed to a bipolar system. Monitoring artificial pacemaker function is an important application of ambulatory electrocardiography. Of 48 patients with suspected pacemaker malfunction reported by Iyengar et al., 24-hour monitoring detected failure in nine in whom routine examination, standard electrocardiograms, and pacemaker evaluation clinics failed t...

As surgeons, we should continue to strive to do what is best for the donor without compromising graft function. The laparoscopic approach is the preferred approach in the vast majority of US transplant centers. The options for laparoscopic control of the renal vessels are staplers or clips. If clips are not used, we must rely on staplers. The vascular staplers and multiple locking clips were gi...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of epicardial lead failure during long-term follow-up and its mode of presentation. BACKGROUND Despite the high prevalence of epicardial lead-based implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, their long-term performance is unknown, and appropriate follow-up has not been established. METHODS The study group comprised all patients in...

To determine the clinical value of radionuclide shuntography in the evaluation of adult hydrocephalic patients with suspected ventriculoperitoneal (V-P) shunt malfunction. All adult patients who underwent Tc-99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid shuntographic scans at Far Eastern Memorial Hospital between August 2005 and December 2015 were included. Shuntographic results were visually evaluat...

BACKGROUND Most patients with hydrocephalus are treated with ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt placement; however, malfunction is common and is usually caused by mechanical failure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the per-operative findings accompanying presumed VP shunt malfunction. METHODS This is a descriptive study of 72 patients operated for shunt malfunction in the Department of Ne...