Background: Distal radius fractures constitute 17% of all fractures and 75% of forearm fractures in adults. Due to the vital role of the hands in a wide range of daily tasks, quick recovery and fewer complications for the patients are important. The purpose of this study was to compare the two common treatments of distal radius fractures namely, percutaneous pinning and pin-in-plaster. Methods...

Percutaneous replacement of the aortic and pulmonic valves has rapidly gained acceptance in clinical practice as a feasible alternative to open valve surgery in patients deemed to be at high operative risk.1,2 Total percutaneous tricuspid valve replacement (TVR), on the other hand, has not yet been documented in humans, although this approach has been described in experimental animals.3 Webb et...

this report summarizes the results of 64 percutaneous catheter drainage of abdominal abscesses and fluid collections in 56 patients. aspiration and drainage was guided with computed tomography in 34 patients and with ultrasound in 30 patients. success rate was 90%. infected collections were successfully drained in 94% and noninfected collections in 72% . partial success was achieved in two pati...

advantages as an alternative dosage form (i) avoiding firstpass metabolism, (ii) easy discontinuation of administration, and (iii) reduced side effects; however, the stratum corneum, which is the outermost layer of skin, provides a primary barrier to transdermal drug delivery. Pentazocine (PTZ), a relatively short-acting narcotic-antagonist analgesic, is used clinically for the relief of cancer...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that intracoronary nitroprusside injection is safe and effective after slow reflow complicates percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the safety and efficacy of selective intracoronary administration of nitroprusside through the drug delivery catheter before balloon dilatation to prevent no or slow reflow during PCI f...

s of Articles Authored or Coauthored by Permanente Clinicians From the Northwest: Fetal fibronectin: the impact of a rapid test on the treatment of women with preterm labor symptoms Plaut MM, Smith W, Kennedy K. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003 Jun;188(6):1588-93; discussion 1593-5. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether knowledge of the results of a rapid fetal fibronectin test ...

background nowadays percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pcnl) is performed in prone and supine positions. physiologic solutions should be used to irrigate during pcnl. irrigation can cause hemodynamic, electrolyte and acid-base changes during pcnl. objectives the current study aimed to compare the electrolyte, hemodynamic and metabolic changes of prone and complete supine pcnl. patients and methods i...

introduction: the precise time of using percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) after fibrinolytic therapy for maximum efficiency and minimum side effects is still undetermined. therefore, the present study was designed to compare the outcome of myocardial infarction (mi) patients who underwent surgical intervention (angiography and pci) within 48 hours of thrombolytic therapy or after that. m...

many properties of chemicals depend on their streochemistry. among these, the effects of streoisomerism on percutaneous absorption of drugs, which is subject of the present investigation, is not well studied yet. in this study, tretinoin (tt) and isotretinoin (itt) (geometric isomers) were chosen and their permeations (alone or in the presence of each other) through enhancer-treated excised rat...

transcatheter aortic valve replacement (tavr) is a novel therapeutic intervention for the replacement of severely stenotic aortic valves in high-risk patients for standard surgical procedures. since the initial partner trial results, use of tavr has been on the rise each year. new delivery methods and different valves have been developed and modified in order to promote the minimally invasive p...