Publications by authors named "M Dijkstra"
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- This study explores the views and experiences of individuals who have had major lower limb amputations due to blood circulation issues, focusing on their nutritional habits and challenges.
- Thirteen participants shared insights through interviews, leading to four key themes: food choices are influenced by non-health factors, there is a lack of understanding about nutrition's impact on health, support for nutrition mainly comes from personal networks rather than professionals, and there is minimal motivation to change eating habits.
- The study emphasizes the need for better awareness of healthy eating and suggests that personalized nutritional care, using motivational interviewing techniques, could enhance health outcomes for these individuals.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFMinimally Invasive Image-Guided Percutaneous Irreversible Electroporation of Adrenal Metastases.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol
November 2024
Purpose: A single-center retrospective study was performed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of minimally invasive irreversible electroporation (IRE) to treat metastatic adrenal tumors.
Materials And Methods: This single-center study, approved by the Institutional Review Board, retrospectively analyzed six patients who underwent image-guided percutaneous IRE for adrenal metastases. Pre-procedural imaging included CT, MRI and/or F-FDG PET-CT scans.
Low-stress stoichiometric silicon nitride (SiN) waveguides with an unprecedented thickness of up to 1350 nm and a width in the range of 2.2 - 2.7 µm are fabricated using a single LPCVD step on sapphire substrates (SiNOS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Previous evidence suggests that glioma re-resection can be effective in improving clinical outcomes. Furthermore, the use of mapping techniques during surgery has proven beneficial for newly diagnosed glioma patients. However, the effects of these mapping techniques during re-resection are not clear.
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