Asymmetric closure of ischiopubic synchondrosis in pediatric patients: correlation with foot dominance.

Objective: The enlarged ischiopubic synchondrosis is a well-known anatomic structure; however, little is known about its physiology. In early childhood, enlargement of this synchondrosis occurs bilaterally, whereas before complete ossification, it is frequently found unilaterally. In most children, the unilateral enlarged ischiopubic synchondrosis is observed in the left hemipelvis, a finding that was hitherto unexplained.

Outcomes of surgical, percutaneous endoscopic, and percutaneous radiologic gastrostomies.

Objectives: To evaluate and compare outcomes and complications in patients having undergone gastrostomy by surgical (SG), percutaneous endoscopic (PEG), or percutaneous radiological (PRG) procedure.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Setting: University-based tertiary care center.

Arterial hepatic embolization of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma using a cyanoacrylate/lipiodol mixture.

Purpose: A survival analysis in 16 patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) using a combination of lipiodol and N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (5:1) was performed in a retrospective study.

Methods: A combination of lipiodol and N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (5:1) was used for TAE. All patients had disease compatible with Okuda stages I and II.

[Treatment of arterial aneurysms of the pelvic leg vessels using dacron covered nitinol stents].

Purpose: To evaluate the success rates of the implantation of stent grafts in the treatment of peripheral aneurysms.

Materials And Methods: In 13 patients with 15 aneurysms at the common iliac artery (n = 6), external iliac artery (n = 1), hypogastric artery (n = 2), femoral artery (n = 2) or popliteal artery (n = 4), implantation of dacron-covered nitinol stents was performed. The patients were followed up for three to 20 months (mean, 8.

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and cardiac arrhythmias.

The approach to the liver for a transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPS) is through the venous system. Because catheter and guidewire system traverses the heart, cardiac arrhythmias may be expected during the procedure. We have prospectively investigated the incidence of such dysrhythmias during TIPS implantation.