Airway imaging in disease: Gimmick or useful tool?

Airway imaging in disease: gimmick or useful tool?

Airway remodeling is an important pathophysiological mechanism in a variety of chronic airway diseases. Historically investigators have had to use invasive techniques such as histological examination of excised tissue to study airway wall structure. The last several years has seen a proliferation of relatively noninvasive techniques to assess the airway branching pattern, wall thickness, and mo...

Magnification in dentistry: useful tool or another gimmick?

In spite of their significant cost, the relatively long learning curve associated with their use, frustrations during use, their occasional need for being replaced and their peculiar appearance to patients, magnifying loupes assist all types of clinical dentists in producing higher-quality dentistry. Seeing better also means decreasing operating time. Properly fitted loupes also can improve pos...

Bayesian inference: statistical gimmick or added value?

Diode laser for paediatric airway procedures: a useful tool.

OBJECTIVE A wide range of lasers have been used in the larynx. Diode laser is a portable and relatively inexpensive laser which is delivered via a glass fibre hand-held probe. The objective of this study was to report our experience with the use of diode laser in a variety of paediatric airway pathologies. METHODS In this study, 90 diode laser laryngeal procedures were performed on 31 patient...

Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy: an advance or a gimmick!

Objective: Transvaginal Hydrolaparoscopy (TVHL) is the recent modification of a well known gynecological procedure culdoscopy used for exploration of the pelvic cavity that takes advantages of micro-endoscopic technology and uses aquafloatation for inspection of the tubo-ovarian structures. This is a case series to evaluate the feasibility, procedure performance and complications of Transvagina...