[Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and atrial fibrillation: a dangerous union].

Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is the major complication of oral anticoagulant therapy. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is an age-related disease characterized by the pathological deposition of β-amyloid protein in leptomeningeal and cortical cerebral vessels. Such vascular alterations expose to the risk of spontaneous vascular rupture.

Early Postoperative Imaging of the Labyrinth by Cone Beam CT After Stapes Surgery for Otosclerosis With Correlation to Audiovestibular Outcome.

Background: Sensorineural complications of stapes surgery are rare but potentially serious. Imaging is usually performed to identify an underlying cause, such as excessive intravestibular penetration of the prosthesis or pneumolabyrinth suggesting perilymphatic fistula. Unfortunately, there is very little data in an unselected series of uneventful patients.

Incidence of pulmonary cement embolism after real-time CT fluoroscopy-guided vertebroplasty.

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the incidence of pulmonary cement embolism (PCE) after vertebroplasty in procedures performed under real-time computed tomographic (CT) fluoroscopy guidance.

Materials And Methods: A total of 85 vertebroplasties were performed in 51 consecutive patients (31 women, 20 men; mean age, 71.9 y; range, 48-92 y) in 51 sessions.

Ethmoid sinus osteoma: diagnosis and management.

Background: Ethmoid sinus osteomas are uncommon, benign, osteogenic tumors. The purpose of this retrospective study was to describe their usual clinical presentation and to discuss their surgical management.

Methods: The medical records of 25 patients treated for ethmoid osteoma between March 2001 and December 2010 were retrospectively reviewed.

Relevance of 5 different imaging signs in the evaluation of carotid artery invasion by cervical lymphadenopathy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective: The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the relevance of 5 different imaging signs in the evaluation of carotid artery invasion.

Subjects And Methods: Between September 2001 and September 2008, 22 patients (20 men and 2 women) presented with lymph node metastasis of a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma that invaded the carotid artery. The patients received either carotid artery dissection (CAD, group 1 [n = 17]) or carotid resection (group 2 [n = 5]).

Comparison of LigaSure vessel sealing system, harmonic scalpel, and conventional hemostasis in total thyroidectomy.

Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the efficiency, safety, and cost of the different methods of hemostasis (conventional hemostasis versus LigaSure vessel sealing system [LVSS] versus harmonic scalpel) currently available for thyroid surgery.

Study Design: Randomized, controlled trial.

Setting: The study was conducted from September 2007 to December 2008 in a university hospital.

Carotid artery resection and reconstruction with superficial femoral artery transplantation: a case report.

Introduction: Managing advanced head and neck cancer is often a difficult task, particularly when massive invasion of the carotid artery is present. However, en bloc resection can be a curative procedure, and reconstruction of the carotid artery limits the risk for stroke. The aim of this study was to describe the interest, indication, potential risks, and methods by which we carried out resections as well as reconstructions of the carotid artery using superficial femoral artery transplantation.