Air gap technique is recommended in axiolateral hip radiographs.

Purpose: To investigate the replacement of conventional grid by air gap in axiolateral hip radiographs. The optimal air gap distance was studied with respect to radiation dose and image quality using phantom images, as well as 26 patient axiolateral hip radiographs.

Methods: The CDRAD phantom, along with polymethylmethacrylate slabs with thicknesses of 10.

Laparoscopic versus hybrid approach for treatment of incisional ventral hernia: a prospective randomised multicentre study, 1-year results.

Purpose: Laparoscopic incisional ventral hernia repair (LIVHR) is often followed by seroma formation, bulging and failure to restore abdominal wall function. These outcomes are risk factors for hernia recurrence, chronic pain and poor quality of life (QoL). We aimed to evaluate whether LIVHR combined with defect closure (hybrid) follows as a diminished seroma formation and thereby has a lower rate of hernia recurrence and chronic pain compared to standard LIVHR.

Effect of display type and room illuminance in chest radiographs.

Objectives: To compare diagnostic accuracy in the detection of subtle chest lesions on digital chest radiographs using medical-grade displays, consumer-grade displays, and tablet devices under bright and dim ambient light.

Methods: Five experienced radiologists independently assessed 50 chest radiographs (32 with subtle pulmonary findings and 18 without apparent findings) under bright (510 lx) and dim (16 lx) ambient lighting. Computed tomography was used as the reference standard for interstitial and nodular lesions and follow-up chest radiograph for pneumothorax.

Early and midterm outcomes after endovascular treatment of degenerative aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta: a Finnish multicenter study.

Purpose: To evaluate results of endovascular stent-graft placement for aneurysms of the descending aorta in 3 Finnish university hospitals during 1998-2010.

Methods: Among 158 consecutive patients treated with stent-graft placement for disease of the descending thoracic aorta, all 69 patients (58 men; mean age 71.7 years, range 54-90) with an aneurysm were included in the analysis.

Inferior mesenteric artery embolization before endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm: effect on type II endoleak and aneurysm shrinkage.

Purpose: To evaluate the value of preoperative embolization of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) before endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Materials And Methods: From January 2000 to October 2006, 79 patients (mean age, 72.3 years; 69 men) scheduled for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) were found to have a patent IMA at computed tomography.

Risk prediction in patients undergoing elective endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate three risk scoring methods in predicting outcome after elective endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Design: A Zenith stent graft was employed in 205 patients during years 2001-2005.

Results: The 30-day postoperative mortality rate was 2.

Type II endoleak after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: effectiveness of embolization.

The purpose of this study was to report our experience in treating type II endoleaks after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Two hundred eighteen patients underwent EVAR with a Zenith stent-graft from January 2000 to December 2005. During a follow-up period of 4.

Finnish multicenter study on the midterm results of use of the Zenith stent-graft in the treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Purpose: To assess the midterm results of endovascular repair of abdominal aneurysm (AAA) with a Zenith stent-graft.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2001 and December 2005, a Zenith stent-graft was employed for endovascular repair of an infrarenal AAA in 206 patients. The mean patient age (+/-standard deviation) was 73.

Outcome of symptomatic, unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms after endovascular repair with the Zenith stent-graft system.

Objective: Symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) account for up to 20% of patients with unruptured AAA undergoing open repair. This condition is associated with an average postoperative mortality rate after open repair of about 16%. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of a consecutive series of patients who underwent endovascular repair for symptomatic, unruptured AAA.