Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation of Painful Spinal Bone Metastases Performed under Local Anesthesia: Feasibility Regarding Patient's Experience and Pain Outcome.

To assess the pain relief of bipolar RFA combined or not with vertebroplasty in patients with painful vertebral metastases and to evaluate the feasibility and tolerance of the RFA procedure performed under local anesthesia. : 25 patients (18 men, 7 women, mean age: 60.X y.

Prostate cancer diagnosis: Efficacy of a simple electromagnetic MRI-TRUS fusion method to target biopsies.

Objective: To assess that transrectal ultrasound guidance (TRUS) targeted biopsies (TB) aimed with an easy to use electronic real-time fusion registration device have a higher rate of prostate cancer (PC) detection than standard biopsies (SB).

Material And Methods: This prospective study included 130 patients referred for TRUS biopsies after suspicious MRI. They underwent 16-core SB and 2 to 3 cores in each MRI suspicious area, using a fusion software.

DWI in the Etiologic Diagnosis of Excretory Upper Urinary Tract Lesions: Can It Help in Differentiating Benign From Malignant Tumors? A Retrospective Study of 98 Patients.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of high-field DWI in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions of the upper urinary tract (UUT).

Materials And Methods: Ninety-eight patients who underwent 3-T DWI (b = 1000 s/mm(2)) for assessment of a UUT lesion were retrospectively included in the study. Data on the size, location, and mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value of the lesions were collected and correlated with the final diagnosis.

Repair of distal biceps brachii tendon assessed with 3-T magnetic resonance imaging and correlation with functional outcome.

Objective: Objectives were to study the MRI appearance of the repaired distal biceps tendon (DBT), anatomically reinserted, and to search for a correlation between tendon measurements and functional results.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five patients (mean age, 49 ± 4.9 years old) who benefited from 3-T MRI follow-up of the elbow after surgical reinsertion of the DBT were retrospectively included and compared to a control group (n = 25; mean age, 48 ± 10 years old).

Treatment of painful extraspinal bone metastases with percutaneous bipolar radiofrequency under local anesthesia: feasibility and efficacy in twenty-eight cases.

Purpose: To retrospectively assess the feasibility and efficacy of bipolar radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of extraspinal osseous neoplasms performed under local anesthesia.

Methods And Materials: Twenty-eight patients (21 males, 7 females; mean age, 61.2 years) underwent RFA under local anesthesia between 2005 and 2012.

Analgesic effects of microwave ablation of bone and soft tissue tumors under local anesthesia.

Objective: To assess the feasibility and efficacy of microwave ablation (MWA) of painful refractory bone and soft tissue tumors performed under local anesthesia.

Study Design: A retrospective study between 2011 and 2013.

Setting: A single center, Academic Interventional Pain Management Unit.