Interventional treatment of venous insufficiency has been revolutionized by endovascular techniques. Some of these techniques, and particularly thermal ablation (endovenous laser, radiofrequency) are now recommended as first-line therapy in the latest international guidelines. This is because of less post-operative pain, a shorter leave from employment and similar or lower recurrence rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Current guidelines recommend native arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) as the vascular access of choice for hemodialysis on account of the lower incidence of complications. However, this kind of vascular access has a high rate of early failure (early thrombosis or non-maturation). Our aim was to examine whether clear risk factors for early AVF failure could be identified in our patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
June 2002
Deep-vein thrombosis is a frequent affection that needs precise diagnosis. Indeed, the clinical complications (from post-thrombotic syndrome to fatal pulmonary embolism) as well the risk of anticoagulant treatment require a precise diagnosis. Since clinical evaluation cannot assure reliably diagnosis by lack of sensitivity and specificity, complementary exams are needed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAging of the population and technical improvements may contribute to increase the possibility of multiple malignant tumours to be diagnosed. Over a period of 18 years, 2,749 consecutive autopsies of elderly patients were performed. In addition to macroscopic examination of every single organ, bone marrow and prostate were routinely stained and microscopically examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pain Symptom Manage
April 2000