Publications by authors named "Gisela Bischoff"
Integrated FDG-PET-CT: its role in the assessment of bone and soft tissue tumors.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
July 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate prospectively, whether integrated 2-deoxy-2-[(18)F]fluoro-D: -glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG-PET-CT) is more accurate for determination musculoskeletal tumors compared with separate interpretation of CT and FDG-PET, because most of the current clinical data come from patients studied with PET.
Methods: Eighty patients with newly diagnosed musculoskeletal tumors underwent FDG-PET-CT. CT, FDG-PET, and FDG-PET-CT were interpreted separately to determine the performance of each imaging modality.
Article Synopsis
- In a study of 125 patients who had surgery to fix a type of aneurysm in the aorta, doctors looked at how different ways of doing the surgery affected recovery.
- They found that using a retroperitoneal (RP) method with epidural anesthesia (EDA) led to fewer patients needing help with breathing after surgery.
- Both surgical methods (RP and transperitoneal) had similar risks for complications, but the RP+EDA group had better overall outcomes.
Background And Aims: Metalloproteinases (MMPs) are considered to be key enzymes in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), with elevated levels in diseased aorta and in patient sera. Statins seem to exert an inhibitory effect on MMP activity in the aortic wall. No data exist on the effect of statins on serum activity of MMPs and inflammatory cytokines (interleukins, IL).
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