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The Use of Clinical Parameters as Adjuncts to Endoscopic Evaluation of Mural Thickening on Conventional Computed Tomography in Diagnosing Malignancy.
Dig Surg
November 2021
Department of General Surgery, Mayo University Hospital, Mayo, Castlebar, Ireland.
Background: Mural thickening (MT) on computed tomography (CT) poses a diagnostic dilemma in the absence of clear reporting guidelines. The aim of this study was to analyse CT reports, identifying patients in whom gastrointestinal wall MT was observed, and to correlate these reports with subsequent endoscopic evaluation.
Methods: Patients with MT who had follow-up endoscopy were included in the study (n = 308).
Effectiveness of contrast-associated acute kidney injury prevention methods; a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
BMC Nephrol
November 2018
Lambe Institute for Translational Research, Discipline of Surgery National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Background: Different methods to prevent contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) have been proposed in recent years. We performed a mixed treatment comparison to evaluate and rank suggested interventions.
Methods: A comprehensive Systematic review and a Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials was completed.
Diaphragmatic hernias are typically congenital or caused by trauma. Delayed presentation is not uncommon. Repair can be undertaken through an open or minimally invasive abdominal or thoracic approach.
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