The impact of dermatoscopy on the pretreatment assessment of lower limbs telangiectasias: a prospective study.

Background: Telangiectasias treatment can lead to skin hyperpigmentation, and pretreatment evaluation with dermoscopy was never performed. This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of dermatoscopy before telangiectasias treatment.

Methods: A prospective study evaluating patients of both sexes (18 to 60 years old), with telangiectasias (venous disease C2-C3 CEAP) of the lower limbs treated at outpatient clinics.

Comparison of the efficacy of transforaminal and interlaminar radicular block techniques for treating lumbar disk hernia.

Objective: To compare the interlaminar and transforaminal block techniques with regard to the state of pain and presence or absence of complications.

Method: This was a randomized double-blind prospective study of descriptive and comparative nature, on 40 patients of both sexes who presented lumbar sciatic pain due to central-lateral or foraminal disk hernias. The patients had failed to respond to 20 physiotherapy sessions, but did not present instability, as diagnosed in dynamic radiographic examinations.