BACKGROUND Central venous access is an essential part of patient management in many clinical settings and is usually achieved with a blinded, external landmark-guided technique. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether an ultrasound technique can improve on the traditional method. METHODS AND RESULTS We prospectively evaluated an ultrasound-guided method in 302 patients undergoing int...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate ultrasound-guided surgery for palpable breast cancer by comparing the standard palpation-guided surgery in terms of the extent of healthy breast tissue resection, the percentage of tumor-free margins, and cosmetic outcomes. METHODS This was a prospective, observational cohort study conducted from January 2009 to July 2011. Breast cancer pat...

Abstract. Introduction: aspiration of total hip arthroplasty (THA) is commonly performed to assist in the diagnosis prosthetic joint infection (PJI). This study aimed determine whether fluoroscopic- or ultrasound- guided differs ability acquire synovial fluid and accuracy diagnosing infection. Methods: all THA aspirations between 2014 2021 at our institution were retrospectively identified. Asp...

conventional hydrostatic barium reduction or pneumatic reduction of intussusception is associated with considerable ionizing radiation. the aim of this study was to evaluate ultrasound-guided hydrostatic reduction for childhood intussusception using water enema. a total of 76 children who diagnosed as having intussusception were referred to doctor sheikh children hospital in mashhad (northeast ...

Introduction: The prevalence of clinically palpable thyroid nodules is approximately 4–7%, but the prevalence of ultrasound-detectable nodules is 19 to 67%. FNAC is widely accepted and has become cornerstone in evaluation of thyroid nodules, because it is a simple and accurate screening test with high sensitivity and specificity in the preoperative evaluation of thyroid lesions. Ultrasound guid...

Ultrasound-guided surgery is an area of minimally-invasive surgery where surgical procedures are performed with the aid of ultrasound imaging throghout the operation. This requires the operator to posses a certain degree of experience in endoscopic procedures, and to be adeptly skillfull in conducting US examinations. It is combining and finely tuning together these two elements that allows to ...

INTRODUCTION Subcutaneous trunk abscesses are frequent, and current treatment options generally involve incision. By contrast, the standard care for breast abscesses is ultrasound-guided drainage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound-guided drainage combined with antibiotics in the treatment of subcutaneous abscesses on the trunk. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this pr...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided cyst drainage is increasingly performed in the treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off pancreatic necrosis. We have experienced three cases of colonic fistula after endoscopic ultrasound-guided cyst drainage. Case #1 was a patient with walled-off pancreatic necrosis, in which a fistula into the transverse colon occurred as a late complication of endoscopi...

BACKGROUND Extent of lymph node involvement in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the cornerstone of staging and influences both multimodality treatment and final outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate accuracy and characteristics of intraoperative ultrasound guided systematic mediastinal nodal dissection in patients with resected NSCLC. METHODS From January 2008 t...

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcomes of ultrasound-guided vs direct approach corticosteroid injection in patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome. METHODS A double-blind randomized controlled study. Wrists affected by carpal tunnel syndrome were randomized to the ultrasound-guided (n = 22 wrists) or direct approach injection group (n = 17 wrists) before receiving 1 ml Betamethasone. Outco...