Publications by authors named "H C van Heusden"
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- Awake craniotomy is the preferred method for removing brain lesions near critical brain areas, requiring patients to be awake right after anesthesia stops.
- The study aimed to see if skeletal muscle mass, alongside body mass index (BMI), could predict how quickly patients wake up after sedation with propofol.
- Results from 260 patients showed no link between skeletal muscle mass and time-to-awake, nor any interaction with BMI, indicating that muscle mass doesn't help predict recovery time in these cases.
Background: Fibroadenomas are the most common benign breast lesions in women. They present as a unilateral mass and can rapidly enlarge in size through hormonal changes. Fibroadenomas could be classified as small or giant, and as simple or complex.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients with head and neck cancer are at increased risk of developing low skeletal muscle mass (SMM), which is associated with adverse treatment outcomes and prognosis. Low SMM is most commonly assessed by the skeletal muscle cross sectional area (CSA) at the third lumbar vertebra (L3) or more recently the third cervical vertebra (C3). L3 is not routinely imaged and C3 may be impacted by disease or treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) determined on computed tomography (CT) is emerging as a novel imaging biomarker. Cross-sectional area (CSA) of SMM at the level of the third lumbar vertebra (L3) on abdominal imaging is considered the clinical reference standard for measuring SMM. In certain patient groups, such as those with oncological or non-oncological lung disease like COVID-19, a chest CT may be available while an abdominal CT is not.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular grafts as compared to synthetic expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) grafts in infrainguinal bypass surgery.
Methods: A single-center, retrospective, observational study was performed reviewing patients with critical limb ischemia who underwent infrainguinal bypass surgery between 2014 and 2018. Patients characteristics, graft characteristics, and treatment outcomes were collected.