A Successful Model of Expedited Antiretroviral Therapy for Clinically Stable Patients Living With HIV in Haiti.

Background: Recommendations for universal antiretroviral therapy have greatly increased the number of HIV-infected patients who qualify for treatment, particularly with early clinical disease. Less intensive models of care are needed for clinically stable patients.

Setting: A rapid pathway (RP) model of expedited outpatient care for clinically stable patients was implemented at the Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) Center, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Radiofrequency ablation for osteoid osteoma - Recurrence rates and predictive factors.

Background And Purpose: Osteoid osteoma is an infrequent but debilitating benign bone lesion which can be successfully managed by percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA). There are few studies investigating the efficacy and follow-up of this treatment. An arbitrary upper limit of 15 mm has been used to differentiate between osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma with surgery used for lesions above this limit.

The diagnostic accuracy of radiographs in Lisfranc injury and the potential value of a craniocaudal projection.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of radiographs in the diagnosis of Lisfranc injury. In addition, a foot phantom was investigated to determine the optimum degree of craniocaudal angulation on the anteroposterior radiograph to best show the joint. The angle of the joint in patients with midfoot injury was investigated to determine the optimum degree of craniocaudal angulation.