Quantitative Prostate MRI Analysis Following Fluvastatin Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer - A Pilot Study.

Purpose: To assess the role of multi-parametric MRI (mpMRI) in assessment of tumor response to fluvastatin administered prior to radical prostatectomy.

Methods: Men with MRI-visible, clinically significant prostate cancer and due to be treated with radical prostatectomy were prospectively enrolled. mpMRI was performed at baseline and following 6-7 week of neoadjuvant oral statin therapy (40 mg fluvastatin, twice daily), prior to prostatectomy.

Computerised tomography skeletal muscle and adipose surface area values in a healthy Caucasian population.

Background: The analysis of computerised tomography (CT) images to provide body composition data has grown exponentially. Despite this, there remains limited published data defining the normal range of skeletal muscle area and adipose tissue area using CT. The aim of this study was to determine age- and sex-specific body composition values using CT at the level of the third lumbar vertebrae, in a Caucasian population with a healthy body mass index (BMI).

Initial experience using the rigid forceps technique to remove wall-embedded IVC filters.

Introduction: Severely tilted and embedded inferior vena cava (IVC) filters remain the most challenging IVC filters to remove. Heavy endothelialisation over the filter hook can prevent engagement with standard snare and cone recovery techniques. The rigid forceps technique offers a way to dissect the endothelial cap and reliably retrieve severely tilted and embedded filters.