Radiofrequency ablation in the management of advanced pancreatic cancer should be no longer utilized in patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Menorrhagia and polymenorrhea are common complaints of perimenopausal women. Safe, effective, and minimally invasive endometrial ablation can be offered as a permanent non-hormonal treatment option. This article provides information on the basic diagnostic work-up of perimenopausal abnormal uterine bleeding. It also discusses the screening and counseling of patients and treatment outcomes for e...

Copyright © 2017 The Korean Society of Radiology RE: Should We Use a Monopolar or Bipolar Mode for Performing No-Touch Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors? Clinical Practice Might have Already Resolved the Matter Once and for All Olivier Seror, MD, PhD 2, , Olivier Sutter, MD Department of Radiology, Jean Verdier Hospital, Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis Universitary Hospitals, Bondy 93140, France;...

We report a case of painful and disabling anterior acetabular bone metastasis treated with bipolar radiofrequency ablation and cementoplasty. Due to the high risk of complications related to the proximity of the femoral neurovascular structures with a direct approach, we successfully performed a retrograde transpubic approach under combined CT and fluoroscopic guidance. In the present report, w...

The purpose of this Technical Note is to introduce a surgical technique using a fluid pressure pump, mid-lateral portal, and radiofrequency ablation for visualization, assessment, and subsequent, accurate/adequate removal of patellofemoral articular lesions for the treatment of patellofemoral compartment pathology. With the patient in the supine position, and an inflated thigh tourniquet, stand...

Gynaecological photomedicine offers new diagnostic and therapeutic methods based on the interaction of light with the reproductive organs. One example is photodynamic therapy (PDT) in which photosensitizers are applied systemically or topically for selective endometrial ablation. Several studies describing the potential use of PDT for this application are reviewed. Basic experimental and clinic...

P hotorefractive keratectomy for correction of myopia was the first excimer laser-based technique to be developed. During the last 25 years, excimer lasers have improved technologically, several variations of the technique have been developed and preand postoperative pharmaceutical therapies have been investigated. This review article summarises these developments and the published meta-analyse...

BACKGROUND Studies of lizards have shown that offspring size cannot be altered by manipulating clutch size in species with a high clutch frequency. This raises a question of whether clutch frequency has a key role in influencing the offspring size-number trade-off in lizards. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To test the hypothesis that females reproducing more frequently are less likely to trad...