background dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub) is the most common gynecologic disorder in women of reproductive age. medical treatments are often ineffective. endometrial ablation is an alternative to hysterectomy for these women. objective to evaluate the response to treatment rate of the cavaterm tm plus technique for management of menorrhagia secondary to dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub...

TO THE EDITOR: From their study of patients referred for radioiodine ablation, Cholewinski et al. (1) concluded that diagnostic whole-body scanning can be performed effectively with a 185-MBq (5-mCi) dose of 131 I 72 h before radioiodine ablation with no evidence of, and therefore no concern for, thyroid stunning. Their study group consisted of 122 patients who were given a diagnostic dose of 1...

conclusions echocardiography and 2d speckle tracking strain imaging shows improvements in left ventricular deformation indices in atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (avrt) and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (avnrt) patients for the mean systolic strain and strain rate at 24 hours and the three-month follow-up. in spite of the normal lvef, even during sinus rhythm, deformation ...

Background: Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a novel tumor ablation technique. IRE is associated with high electrical fields and is often reported in conjunction with thermal damage caused by Joule heating. For good response to surgery it is crucial to produce minimum thermal damage in both tumoral and healthy tissues named Non-Thermal Irreversible Electroporation(NTIRE). Non-thermal irrev...

background: after radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias, patients have to bed rest for 4-6 h to prevent bleeding and hematoma. however, such a rest may cause back pain in the patients. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of continuous change in body position during and after the radiofrequency ablation on the back pain. materials and methods: in a quasi‑experimental des...