Knee kinematics are variously influenced by different correction angles in high tibial osteotomy (HTO).

Purpose: Literature reveals good to excellent data concerning patient satisfaction, as well as long-term outcomes after high tibial osteotomy (HTO). These results might be influenced by changes of knee kinematics through the procedure. However, exact influence of HTO on tibiofemoral kinematics remains unknown so far.

Use of Three-Dimensional Arterial Spin Labeling to Evaluate Renal Perfusion in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Background: A noninvasive method for evaluating renal blood flow (RBF) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may have clinical value in disease staging, management, and prognostication.

Purpose: To evaluate effectiveness of three-dimensional pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) and pulsed arterial spin labeling (PASL) in assessment of cortex and outer medulla (cortex/OM) RBF in CKD patients and healthy volunteers (HVs).

Study Type: Prospective, in a single institution.

Waterpipe tobacco smoke toxicity: the impact of waterpipe size.

Introduction: Waterpipe tobacco smoking continues to show increasing popularity, especially among individuals between 18 and 22 years old. Waterpipe tobacco smoke (WTS) is a mixture of particulates and gases formed from the combustion of the charcoal and volatilisation and humidification of the tobacco+humectant+flavouring substrate known as shisha or mu'assel. As such, variation in the configuration of the waterpipe may affect the particles produced.

Contributions of charcoal, tobacco, and syrup to the toxicity and particle distribution of waterpipe tobacco smoke.

The use of waterpipes in the United States is increasing in a largely unregulated market. The shisha smoked in a waterpipe is a complex matrix of tobacco, flavorings, and humectant with smoke generated by an external heat source. This study explored the relationship between shisha components and the particulate matter size distributions and toxicity of smoke generated with heating.

The combination of preoperative PET/CT and sentinel lymph node biopsy in the surgical management of early-stage cervical cancer.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the use of PET/CT and/or SLN mapping alone or in combination in cervical cancer patients.

Materials And Methods: Data on stage IA1-IIA cervical cancer patients undergoing PET/CT and SLN mapping were retrospectively collected. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of PET/CT and SLN mapping, alone or in combination, in identifying cervical cancer patients with lymph node metastases were calculated.