PURPOSE To report a case of type IIIb endoleak developed six years after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). CASE REPORT A 75-year-old man underwent successful Talent™ stent-graft positioning to treat a 53 mm abdominal aortic aneurysm. Subsequently the patient did well and yearly routine control computerized tomography (CT) was unremarkable. Six years later the patient sudde...

BACKGROUND In the present work we compared the spatial uncertainties associated with a MR-based workflow for external radiotherapy of prostate cancer to a standard CT-based workflow. The MR-based workflow relies on target definition and patient positioning based on MR imaging. A solution for patient transport between the MR scanner and the treatment units has been developed. For the CT-based wo...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to document the feasibility of self-positioning after awake fiberoptic intubation of the trachea using primarily effective topical anesthesia rather than sedation. METHODS We investigated 14 patients (ASA physical status 1 to 3) with a neurosurgical diagnosis of cervical instability or at risk of secondary cervical injury, who were scheduled for awake fibero...

Background: While various radiographic parameters and application of manual/gravity stress have been proposed to elucidate instability for Weber B fibula fractures, the prognostic capability of these modalities remains unclear. Determination of anatomic positioning of the mortise is paramount. We propose a novel view, the Gravity Reduction View (GRV), which helps elucidate non-anatomic position...