Smart entertainment devices like Smart TVs, game consoles and Blu-ray players are getting more and more popularity in households. They have at least one interface that can establish a connection to the Internet. Especially Smart TVs and set-top boxes with network connection enable many third parties to provide real-time information and content directly to the consumers, for example additional i...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the importance of subjecting the patient to an outpatient (office) hysteroscopy (OH) before assisted reproductive techniques (ART) and patient compliance, possible side effects, and complications of the procedure. DESIGN Comparative observational cross-sectional study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENT(S) One hundred fifty-two patients attending the outpatient inf...

Primary aldosteronism (PA) and subclinical Cushing's syndrome (SCS) are conditions in which the adrenal glands autonomously produce excessive amounts of aldosterone and cortisol, respectively. The conventional adrenal venous sampling (cAVS) method collects blood samples from both adrenal central veins and is useful for identifying the laterality of excess hormone production in a unilateral lesi...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a common condition which causes pain and reduced fertility. Treatment can be difficult, especially for severe disease, and an accurate preoperative assessment would greatly help in the managment of these patients. The objective of this study is to assess the accuracy of pre-operative transvaginal ultrasound scanning (TVS) in identifying the specific features of pelvi...

OBJECTIVE Transvaginal sonography (TVS) is core to any ovarian cancer screening strategy. General-population screening involves older postmenopausal women in whom ovarian visualization is difficult because of decreasing ovarian size and lack of follicular activity. We report on factors affecting the visualization of postmenopausal ovaries in the multicenter United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of...