Publications by authors named "Elvis Matini"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the Intra-Discal Vacuum Phenomenon (IDVP) in lumbar spines of people over 60, finding that IDVP is common, affecting over 50% of the sample, and its severity increases towards the lower spine.
- - Using CT scans, researchers analyzed 2020 cases to understand how age, pelvic incidence (PI), and degenerative issues like fractures impact the occurrence of IDVP.
- - Results suggest that lower pelvic incidence correlates with higher IDVP rates, especially at the L5S1 level, and reveal connections between IDVP and other spinal degenerative conditions, contributing to the understanding of aging spine mechanics.
Article Synopsis
- The study involved analyzing CT scans of the lumbar spine in older adults to understand the relationship between intradiscal vacuum phenomenon (IDVP) and disc degeneration over time.
- Results showed that while most cases of IDVP stayed at a similar severity, some worsened, improved, or fused, with new cases developing in some patients during the study period.
- Interestingly, the presence of IDVP did not correlate with significantly worse back pain among participants, suggesting that back pain experiences vary despite degeneration severity.
Unlabelled: This report describes a rare case of oligometastatic renal disease in a 69 year-old Caucasian male with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Diagnosed with Stage IIIb, NSCLC he completed chemoradiotherapy followed by 1 year of immunotherapy. Surveillance CT scans after nearly three years showed an ill-defined lesion in the left kidney.
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