[Dual interventional therapy for malignant gastroduodenal obstruction].

Background & Objective: The patients with malignant gastroduodenal obstruction usually have unresectable primary lesion and distant metastasis. Intra-luminal metallic stent implantation followed by intra-arterial chemotherapy via the tumor feeding arteries, so-called "dual interventional therapy", could temporarily relieve obstructive symptoms. This study was to evaluate the clinical safety and efficacy of dual interventional therapy on advanced malignant gastroduodenal obstruction.

[Intradiscal electrothermal treatment combined with epidural steroid injection for discogenic lumbago-leg pain].

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of intradiscal electrothermal treatment (IDET) combined with epidural steroid injection for discogenic lumbago-leg pain.

Methods: Fifty-nine patients with discogenic lower back pain and radical pain underwent IDET and CT guided spinal cord epidural steroid injection (Limethason). Thirty-eight patients with discogenic lower back pain and radical pain underwent IDET only.