Repeated combined endovascular therapy with milrinone and nimodipine for the treatment of severe vasospasm: preliminary results.

Background: Delayed vasospasm (VSP) following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) remains a major source of morbidity. Milrinone was recently suggested as an invasive VSP treatment option. It is a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor with vasodilating and additional positive inotrope and anti-inflammatory effects.

Aneurysm wall thickness measurements of experimental aneurysms: in vivo high-field MR imaging versus direct microscopy.

Background: Thin cerebral aneurysm wall thickness (AWT) is connected to high aneurysm rupture risk. MR imaging of AWT leads to overestimations. The aim of the present study was to quantify MR inaccuracy by comparison with accurate light microscopic measurements.

Evaluation of cerebral aneurysm wall thickness in experimental aneurysms: comparison of 3T-MR imaging with direct microscopic measurements.

Background: Thin aneurysm wall thickness (AWT) is thought to portend an elevated risk of intracranial aneurysm rupture. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is biased by AWT overestimations. Previously, this suspected bias has been qualitatively described but never quantified.

Osteointegration and implant position after cementless total knee replacement.

Osteointegration and implant position are regions of interest after cementless total knee replacement. The radiographic and functional status of 101 implants in 101 patients were evaluated 3, 12, and 24 months after implantation. To obtain satisfactory radiographs, a fluoroscopically assisted technique was used.