Tunnel widening after anatomic double-bundle and mid-position single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the amount of postoperative bone tunnel enlargement after anatomic double-bundle (DB) and single-bundle (SB) anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction 6 to 8 months after surgery.

Methods: Twenty-one consecutive patients undergoing anatomic 4-tunnel DB ACL reconstruction and 24 patients undergoing anatomic 2-tunnel SB ACL reconstruction were included in this study. In both groups a hybrid fixation technique with interference screw and extracortical fixation at the tibia and an extracortical fixation technique at the femur were used.

Paclitaxel-coated balloons reduce restenosis after femoro-popliteal angioplasty: evidence from the randomized PACIFIER trial.

Background: Peripheral percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is fraught with a substantial risk of restenosis and reintervention. A drug-eluting balloon (DEB) based on a novel coating was compared with uncoated balloons in patients undergoing femoro-popliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

Methods And Results: Patients with symptomatic femoro-popliteal atherosclerotic disease undergoing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty were randomized to paclitaxel-coated IN.

Assessment of the cerebellar arteries with multidetector computed tomography angiography benefits from submillimeter slice thickness.

Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of 64-row-multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) with different slice thickness (0.625 vs. 1.

Plasma levels following application of paclitaxel-coated balloon catheters in patients with stenotic or occluded femoropopliteal arteries.

Purpose: Paclitaxel-coated balloon catheters inhibit restenosis after coronary and peripheral angioplasty (PCI,PTA). The aim of this study was to investigate paclitaxel plasma levels and laboratory parameters following PTA with paclitaxel-coated balloons (PCB) in peripheral arteries.

Materials And Methods: This single treatment arm, multicenter study included 14 patients with Rutherford stage 1 - 5 with occlusions of up to 5 cm or ≥ 70 % diameter stenosis of the superficial femoral or popliteal arteries (SFA, PA).

MR spectroscopy (MRS) and magnetisation transfer imaging (MTI), lesion load and clinical scores in early relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis: a combined cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

The purpose of this study was to correlate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based lesion load assessment with clinical disability in early relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Seventeen untreated patients (ten women, seven men; mean age 33.0 +/- 7.