Publications by authors named "Kirk D Minkus"

Objective: Since the approval of mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) for routine clinical use, reports have appeared about hepatobiliary excretion deleteriously affecting available diagnostic and quantitative information. The purpose of this study was to evaluate gallbladder (GB) uptake of MAG3 in the clinical setting and its effect on the evaluation of relative renal function and imaging.

Methods: Sixty patients with varying degrees of renal impairment were studied.

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Purpose: To determine the efficacy and durability of percutaneous vertebroplasty for the treatment of back pain associated with vertebral body compression fractures.

Materials And Methods: One hundred patients (79 women, 21 men; mean age, 73.7 y) underwent 156 percutaneous injections of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) into a vertebra (68 thoracic and 88 lumbar) under fluoroscopic guidance over a 35-month period.

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