Materials and techniques for percutaneous retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies

The presence of an intravascular foreign body represents a well-known risk of serious complications. While in the past surgical removal of intravascular foreign body was the most common intervention, nowadays a percutaneous approach in the retrieval of an intravascular foreign body is widely accepted as the first-line technique. In the literature, many case reports describe different techniques and materials. This article summarizes and illustrates the main materials and techniques currently applied for percutaneous retrieval of intravascular foreign body, providing a simplified tool with different interventional possibilities, adaptable to different clinical situations

Report from the OECI Oncology Days 2014

The 2014 OECI Oncology Days was held at the ‘Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta’ Oncology Institute in Cluj, Romania, from 12 to 13 June. The focus of this year’s gathering was on developments in personalised medicine and other treatment advances which have made the cost of cancer care too high for many regions throughout Europe

Studio radiografico a distanza del movimento dei supporti meniscali della protesi di ginocchio NewJersey LCS.

The authors report the results of a radiographic study of 26 New Jersey LCS-type knee prostheses with mobile menisci after a mean follow-up of 36 months. A standard X-ray using a latero-lateral projection was performed for each knee. Meniscal movement was evaluated using the method proposed by Goodfellow. The results of this study highlight that the characteristics of the New Jersey LCS-type knee prosthesis are similar to those of the Oxford knee prosthesis used by Goodfello

Rectosigmoid endometriosis with unusual presentation at magnetic resonance imaging.

We report on a patient with a bowel endometriotic nodule that was hypointense on both T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); histologic examination revealed that the MRI appearance of the nodule was due to the presence of extensive fibrosis. Bowel endometriotic nodules with extensive fibrosis and limited endometrial tissue have a signal intensity similar to that of the muscle on both T1- and T2-weighted images. In these patients, additional techniques such as multislice computed tomography enteroclysis may be used for adequate diagnosis before surgery