Drug-coated balloons versus conventional percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for treatment-naïve dysfunctional arteriovenous fistulas.: A 10-year single center retrospective study.

Objectives: To compare the primary patency and restenosis rates in treatment naieve dialysis arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) after drug-coated balloons (DCB) versus plain balloon angioplasty (PTA).

Methods: This retrospective study included 157 patients who underwent AVF angioplasty for treatment-native AVF stenosis between January 2012 to 2022. The fistulas were Brachiocephalic (75%), Brachiobasilic (17%), and radiocephalic (8%).

The value of repeating fine-needle aspiration for thyroid nodules.

Background: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is an invaluable technique used in the evaluation of thyroid nodules.

Objectives: Evaluate the concordance of results for consecutive FNA readings.

Design: Retrospective, descriptive.

The incidence and diagnostic relevance of pathological fracture in conventional central chondrosarcoma.

Objective: To determine the incidence and diagnostic relevance of pathological fracture in patients with conventional central chondrosarcoma (CC-CS).

Materials And Methods: Retrospective review of patients with CC-CS diagnosed between January 2007 and December 2019. Data collected included age, sex, skeletal location and the presence of pathological fracture at presentation.

Quality of life in living kidney donors: A single-center experience at the king abdulaziz medical city.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) results in irreversible decline in renal function, which ultimately progresses to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Transplantation is the treatment of choice for ESRD, and this is possible only if donor kidneys are available. Several doubts can appear in the minds of donors and among general public regarding the quality of life (QOL) after donation which can affect the willingness to donate.