Noninvasive, in vivo assessment of the cervical microcirculation using incident dark field imaging.

Aim: This study evaluates the feasibility of handheld vital microscopy for noninvasive, objective assessment of the microcirculation of the human uterine cervix. We qualitatively and quantitatively describe the microcirculation in healthy subjects in order to provide a basis for its application in cervical pathology.

Methods: Incident dark field imaging was used to image the microcirculation in four quadrants of the uterine ectocervix in ten healthy participants.

Are there parameters that predict a nondiagnostic biopsy outcome taken during laparoscopic-assisted cryoablation of small renal tumors?

Background And Purpose: The histopathologic diagnosis of a small renal mass (SRM) that is managed with cryoablation relies on preoperative or intraoperative biopsies. Because a considerable number of these SRMs are benign, accurate diagnosis has prognostic and follow-up implications. The main problem in SRMs is the high rate of nondiagnostic biopsies.

Laparoscopic renal cryoablation using ultrathin 17-gauge cryoprobes: mid-term oncological and functional results.

Unlabelled: Study Type - Therapy (case series).

Level Of Evidence: 4. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Laparoscopic Cryoablation of renal masses has a low persistence and recurrence rates at short term follow-up albeit higher than Partial Nephrectomy.

Quality of life and perceived pain after laparoscopic-assisted renal cryoablation.

Purpose: Assessing changes in quality of life (QoL) and perceived pain after laparoscopic-assisted cryoablation (LAC) of renal tumors.

Patients And Methods: Data for 57 patients who were treated with LAC were prospectively collected. QoL, divided into various domains, and postoperative pain were assessed using the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30 (EORTC-QLQ-C30), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS).

The performance of 17-gauge cryoprobes in vitro.

In cryosurgery it is crucial that the performance of cryoprobes is predictable and constant. In this study we tested the intra- and interneedle variation between 17-gauge cryoprobes in two homogeneous mediums. Also, a multiprobe setup was tested.