The patients should have a complete, thorough level of information about the technique, indications, contraindications, complications and alternative possibilities; therefore, obtaining informed consent is mandatory.
The aim of this publication is to offer a complete, easy-tounderstand and comprehensive overview on shoulder hemiarthroplasty focusing on the different design types, prosthetic generations, fixation techniques, indications and results.
An overview of the techniques used, indications for caesarean section and postoperative complications is published as a separate review (Hofmeyr 2008).
Differences in numbers of implants analysed, surgical techniques, indications and/or graft materials may account for these inconsistent results and further studies might be needed.
Valve-sparing operations are gaining increasing acceptance; however, there is an ongoing discussion about the technique-specific indications.
This article describes the technique and indications for PET in lung cancer and reports on its accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
The technique and indications of US guided FNAC have been found to be safe and simple in the staging and pre-treatment assessment of lung cancer.
This article describes the technique and indications for fluorine-18 labelled fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG -PET in lung cancer, demonstrating the high accuracy and cost-eFDG -PETness of FDG-PET in the characterisation of solungry pulmonary nodules and in the pre-operative staging of non-small cancerung cancer.
The techniques are novel; indications and effectiveness continue to be defined; examination is expensive and the potential role of these studies still evolving.
The aim of this study is to review the indications, the techniques, and the results of SEMS removal in a cohort of patients with malfunctioning stents.
