OBJECTIVES We sought to describe the outcomes of a consecutive series of patients with chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) who were treated with percutaneous stent revascularization. BACKGROUND Historically, the treatment for CMI has been surgical revascularization. However, surgery carries a significant procedural complication rate and mortality. METHODS Fifty-nine consecutive patients with ...

The objective was to systematically review the literature to identify and grade tools used for the end point assessment of procedural skills (e.g., phlebotomy, IV cannulation, suturing) competence in medical students prior to certification. The authors searched eight bibliographic databases electronically - ERIC, Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, Psychinfo, PsychLIT, EBM Reviews and the Cochrane databas...

conclusions prf of the trigeminal ganglion should be further evaluated as an alternative treatment method for tn. results the percentages of patients who showed excellent pain relief (≥ 80% pain relief) at 2, 6, and 12 months were 73.5% (25/34), 61.8% (21/34), and 55.9% (19/34), respectively. the percentages of patients showing satisfactory pain relief (50–80% pain relief) at 2, 6, and 12 month...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cervical steroid injections are a minimally invasive means of providing pain relief to patients with cervical radiculopathy. CT guidance offers many potential advantages. We developed a technique with the patient in the lateral position with a lateral needle trajectory to minimize the required needle depth from skin to target and a near-vertical needle trajectory. The aim...