There is increasing evidence that minimally invasive approaches including a step-up approach that incorporates percutaneous catheter or endoscopic transluminal drainage, followed by video-assisted ...

The recommended treatment for liver abscesses exceeding 5 cm in a diameter is anti-infection therapy combined with percutaneous catheter drainage. Complications may include local spread to adjacent ...

Per oral endoscopic and percutaneous catheter based approaches are both feasible methods for management of walled off necrosis when intervention is needed, and can be combined. Minimally invasive ...

We read with great interest the study by Tang et al,1 published in this issue of Polish Archives of Internal Medicine, which assessed sex differences in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among patients ...

Although temporary drainage solutions were implemented in response to local complaints, the issue inevitably resurfaced within days since the city's sewerage and drainage system is approximately ...

Cinacalcet for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis therapy TA117 24 January 2007 24 January 2007 Methadone and buprenorphine ...

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Professional societies have endorsed endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) as an alternative to percutaneous cholecystostomy in high-risk surgical patients with acute ...

Twenty-three patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax and 30 patients with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax treated by intercostal catheter drainage with underwater seal were divided randomly ...