Computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are the most commonly used methods for diagnosis and staging in both malignant and benign diseases of the lung parenchyma and mediastinum. Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) guided transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy (TBNA) has become widespread in recent years because it allows minimally invasive tissue sampling. PET-CT has high sensitivity in the diagnosis of malignancy but has low specificity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), sphincterotomy, balloon biliary tract scanning, and plastic stenting in diagnosing and treating bile duct leakage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy and hydatid cyst surgery in this study.
Methods: The study evaluated patients who underwent ERCP, sphincterotomy, and stenting for post-operative bile leakage. The patients were grouped under 4 groups (cystic duct stump, sac bed, hydatid cyst, and choledochal) according to the bile leakage de-tected in the ERCP procedure.
Introduction: Bronchoscopic volume reduction treatments are among the important alternatives for selected emphysema patients with a dyspneic course despite optimal medical treatment. Our aim was to carry out a retrospective scan of the data for COPD patients subject to coil treatment at our center for assessing whether coil procedure has an impact on the respiratory symptom and pulmonary function tests in COPD patients.
Materials And Methods: The data of 41 patients with severe emphysema and treated with coils between 2017-2020 were evaluated retrospectively.