Association between postprandial symptoms and gastric emptying after sleeve gastrectomy.

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is an effective bariatric procedure. However, postprandial symptoms can compromise its beneficial effect. It is not known if a changed gastric emptying and these symptoms are related.

Modified-release recombinant human TSH (MRrhTSH) augments the effect of (131)I therapy in benign multinodular goiter: results from a multicenter international, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

Background: Recombinant human TSH (rhTSH) can be used to enhance (131)I therapy for shrinkage of multinodular goiter (MG).

Objective, Design, And Setting: The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy and safety of 0.01 and 0.

Giant cell arteritis as a cardiovascular entity.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a relatively infrequent disorder that is underdiagnosed and little appraised in the field of general cardiology. However, it is important to be familiar with the clinical picture of this disease, especially because of the risk of developing fatal aortic aneurysms. If the disease is suspected after a thorough history and clinical examination combined with laboratory investigation, the diagnosis can be confirmed with (18)F-2-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomographic (FDG-PET) imaging.

Pre-operative staging with positron emission tomography in patients with pelvic recurrence of rectal cancer.

Background/aim: The treatment of pelvic recurrences of rectal cancer is primarily surgical. The substantial morbidity and mortality of such resections warrant stringent patient selection. Recent literature reports PET to be of additional value to CT for the detection of metastases in colorectal cancer patients.