PURPOSE To obtain successful arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we evaluated the sensitivity of proximal arteriography, superselective (subsegmental or more distal branch) arteriography and computed tomography (CT) during superselective arteriography and assessed the method for the injection of contrast medium. METHODS Thirty-two patients with 38 HCCs (< or = 5 cm)...

In my present paper I wish to consider certain disease processes which have increased in number in the past few years, not only among hospital patients, but also in general practice. The processes in question are due to pathological changes in the blood vessels of the limbs. The patients are chiefly men of relatively young age otherwise fit for work. Their lot is pitiable, not only because of t...

a case of intramuscular hemangioma of the right forearm and hand muscle is presented in this study. this tumor may infiltrate the muscle and be misdiagnosed as a malignant neoplasm. the patient, a 14-year-old girl, presented to the clinic with right forearm and hand pain and swelling which began when she was 2 years old and had been gradually increasing in size. because the mass might have been...

PURPOSE Many urban trauma centers have abandoned proximity arteriography, which is defined as exclusion arteriography used to evaluate the asymptomatic patient with penetrating extremity trauma near major arteries. However, decision analysis has not been applied to study proximity arteriography. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cost-effectiveness of proximity arteriography was examined by creating a...

The purpose of this study was to apply decision analysis to an established practice in vascular trauma diagnosis. While exclusion arteriography has resulted in an increase in positive surgical explorations, no formal analysis that determined either the cost-effectiveness of exclusion arteriography or the cost-effectiveness ratio has been reported in the literature. We created a decision model t...