Results of Palliative Stenting in Malignant Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Analyzing Self-Expanding Stainless Steel and Nitinol Venous Bare Metal Stents.

Purpose: The purpose was to analyze the technical, clinical, and survival outcomes of our patients with malignant superior cava vein syndrome (SVCS) treated with endovascular approach and analyze the efficacy of different stent types used.

Material And Methods: It is an observational, retrospective, single-center study. From 2006 to 2023, 42 patients (32 male, 10 female, mean age 62 years, age range, 41-87 years) underwent percutaneous stent placement for malignant SVCS.

[Diabetic foot osteomyelitis: is conservative treatment possible?].

Introduction: The aim of the present study is to determine the proportion of foot ulcers, complicated by osteomyelitis in diabetic patients, that heal without amputation. Furthermore, an attempt is made to analyze the main clinical and microbiological characteristics of episodes, and to identify potential predictive factors leading to the failure of conservative treatment.

Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out between 2007 and 2009 on diabetic patients with a foot lesion and attending a diabetic foot clinic.