recently, a number of procedures for interventional radiology diagnosis and treatment have been developed by the radiologists. the ‘interventional radiology’ refers to the therapeutic procedures performed under imaging guidance. the emergence of this specialty has been made possible by a lot of advances in the technology, imaging systems, and radiologists experience. interventional radiologists...

BACKGROUND Aesthetic surgery procedures have been performed at dramatically increased rates in recent years in Iran. Few researches exist documenting the usage of body image coping strategies and its relationship in seeking surgery. METHODS The present research examined data from 90 aesthetic surgery participants (30 Subjects each in invasive, minimally-invasive, and control groups). A...

OBJECT Postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs) have been reported after 2-6% of spinal surgeries in most large series. The incidence of SSI can be < 1% after decompressive procedures and > 10% after instrumented fusions. Anecdotal evidence has suggested that there is a lower rate of SSI when minimally invasive techniques are used. METHODS A retrospective review of prospectively collecte...

Background  Multiple procedures (Lumbar puncture and bone marrow aspiration /biopsy) cause pain, stress, depression and etc for the patients and their families. Various methods have been recommended for pain reduction during invasive procedures. The aim of this study is to report the complications following general anesthesia. Methods In this prospective observational study, two hundred and ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To assess self-perceived proficiency in minimally invasive surgical procedures among fourth-year Ob/Gyn residents in the United States and to evaluate trends in self-perceived proficiencies by comparing the current survey to a similar survey distributed in 2001. METHODS A Web-based survey was sent out to all fourth-year residents in accredited obstetrics and gynecolo...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency and rate of the first 50 common types of invasive procedures in Iran. METHODS Data about the number of all invasive procedures and each type of procedure that were conducted in Iran in 2010 were collected using the main insurance organizations database. These numbers were sorted in an excel database, and the first 50 invasive proc...

As patients and their physicians become more demanding, the desire to make the procedures "minimally invasive" is growing constantly. In short, "minimally invasive" is a code phrase for life saving procedures which in same time disrupt our quality of life the least. Its goals include reducing incision size, decreasing surgical trauma and pain, and improving cosmesits, patient satisfaction, and ...

The threshold for detection of pulmonary nodules has decreased due to advances in CT technology. Particularly in sub-centimetre nodules, non-invasive diagnostic procedures are required for classification into benign and malignant to avoid unnecessary invasive procedures as more than 95% of these lesions are benign.

Physicians and other professionals in the field of medicine have to perform invasive and non-invasive procedures on patients as part of their duties. There is a legal basis upon which these procedures are done; this is called 'informed consent.' Sociocultural factors have strong influence on the sick role. These factors influence the application of informed consent in Nigeria.

OBJECTIVES To describe the use and outcomes of operative delivery and invasive procedures in pregnancy amongst women living with HIV. STUDY DESIGN The National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood (NSHPC) is a comprehensive population-based surveillance study in the UK and Ireland. The NSHPC has collected data on operative delivery since 2008, and invasive procedures in pregnancy (amniocen...