Fibrinolytic effects of transparietal ultrasound associated with intravenous infusion of an ultrasound contrast agent: study of a rat model of acute cerebral stroke.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the thrombolytic effect of focused transparietal ultrasound in combination with a specific contrast agent (microbubbles) in acute cerebral ischemia. Acute cerebral ischemia was induced in 10 rats by intra-arterial clots injection. Five rats (group 1) were treated with a combination of transparietal ultrasound (probe 2 MHz, acoustic power 500 mW/cm(2)) and intravenous injection of 0.

Telebrix Gastro in the management of adhesive small bowel obstruction.

Background: This study aimed to determine whether an abdominal radiograph 8 hours after ingesting oral Telebrix Gastro is a reliable marker for non-operative management in patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction.

Methods: During a 5-year period (January 1, 1995, through December 31, 2000), 97 patients were admitted for small bowel occlusion due to adhesion with no indication for immediate surgery. All received 100 mL of Telebrix Gastro via gastric tube for small bowel obstruction due to adhesion.

A tamponade leading to death after radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma.

A case of hemorrhagic cardiac tamponade after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) leading to death is presented. The complication occurred during a procedure performed under general anesthesia with an expandable needle system for a 2-cm HCC sited in the second segment of the liver close to the diaphragm. Thermal damage to the organs surrounding the liver are major complications of liver tumor RFA.