Publications by authors named "A Baloji"
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- This study investigates the effectiveness of combining chemotherapy with irreversible electroporation (IRE) in patients with advanced gallbladder cancer (GBC) that cannot be surgically removed.
- It involves enrolling patients with specific criteria and randomly assigning them to either receive chemotherapy alone or the combination treatment, aiming to measure clinical benefits, overall survival, feasibility, safety, and quality of life.
- The research seeks to enhance treatment outcomes for inoperable gallbladder cancer by utilizing both local and systemic therapeutic approaches.
Background: The growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor (GH-IGF-1) axis and its impairment with sarcopenia, frailty, bone health, complications, and prognosis are not well characterized in cirrhosis.
Methods: We investigated the adult decompensated cirrhosis out-patients at a tertiary care institute between 2021 and 2023 for serum GH and IGF-1 levels, and associated them with sarcopenia (CT-SMI in cm/m), liver frailty index (LFI), osteodystrophy (DEXA), clinical decompensations (overall, ascites, encephalopathy, infection, and bleed), and survival up to 180 days.
Results: One-hundred-seventy-two patients, 95% males, aged 46.
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- Hemoptysis, or coughing up blood, is commonly caused by pulmonary tuberculosis, especially in countries like India, with Rasmussen aneurysm being a related complication.
- A 32-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis experienced recurrent hemoptysis; imaging revealed multiple pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms, which were treated successfully with endovascular coil embolization.
- This treatment is a safe and effective minimally invasive option that helps prevent severe blood loss and potential death in patients with Rasmussen aneurysms.
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Transarterial radioembolisation (TARE) involves selective intra-arterial administration of microspheres loaded with a radioactive compound like Yttrium-90 (Y-90). Conventionally, C-arm-based cone-beam computed tomography has been extensively used during TARE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA young teenage boy was referred to this tertiary care centre with a history of penetrating trauma to the flank. He had severe pain abdomen and gross haematuria on presentation. Imaging studies revealed a high flow direct fistulous communication between the renal artery and the inferior vena cava.
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