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Complement Ther Clin Pract 2019 May 23;35:342-347. Epub 2019 Mar 23.

Department of Fundamentals Nursing, Ege University College of Nursing, Izmir, 35100, Turkey. Electronic address:

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2019 Apr;50(4):238-241

The authors present an interventional case report of a patient with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome who developed simultaneous exudative and combined tractional, rhegmatogenous, and exudative retinal detachment (RD) in the right and left eyes, respectively, following uneventful cryotherapy application of retinal capillary hemangioblastoma (RCH). After pars plana vitrectomy combined with encircling scleral buckling with radial element placement and silicone oil injection, complete retinal reattachment was achieved. The exudative RD of the fellow eye was managed initially with intense topical corticosteroid treatment and subsequent placement of a radial scleral buckle due to the presence of clinically apparent traction. Read More

J Virus Erad 2019 Mar 4;5(Suppl 1):1-3. Epub 2019 Mar 4.

Papua New Guinea Collaborative Research Program in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNG IMR); Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid (VIA) has shown disappointing performance when used alone as part of screen and treat strategies for cervical cancer prevention in Papua New Guinea. Point-of-care testing with the Xpert® HPV assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) offers a new approach, enabling 'test and treat' services using self-collected specimens with same-day curative cervical ablation (cryotherapy or thermocoagulation). Read More

Klin Onkol 2019 ;32(2):124-128

Background: Gorlin-Goltz syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by a predisposition to various cancers. Clinicopathological findings of syndrome are very diverse and many symptoms begin to manifest in a certain period of life.

Case: The authors describe a case report of a man who, at the age of 34 years, presented to a dermatologist with multiple tumor lesions of the skin. Read More

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2019 Apr 11;52:e20180278. Epub 2019 Apr 11.

Department of Biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Introduction: The promising non-clinical antileishmanial effects of gentian violet (GV) encouraged us to evaluate the additive effect of GV on cryotherapy.

Methods: For 8 weeks, 59/161 cutaneous leishmaniasis patients/lesions underwent cryotherapy alone (group 1) or cryotherapy accompanied by 1% GV application (group 2). The primary endpoint was clinical response. Read More

Dermatol Ther 2019 Apr 16:e12940. Epub 2019 Apr 16.

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Department of Medical University Innsbruck, Central Hospital Bolzano/Bozen, Bolzano, Italy.

Background: The treatment of cutaneous viral warts caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is often subject to local recurrence and a long clinical and treatment course. Our aim was to analyze real-life data on the treatment of difficult-to-treat warts from a multicenter post-marketing surveillance assessment on the efficacy, tolerability and safety of a commercially available nitric-zinc complex solution (NZCS).

Methods: Dermatologists from 14 Italian centers completed a questionnaire about their clinical experience on treatment of "difficult-to-treat" warts, which included plantar, periungual, anogenital wartsand warts on aesthetically sensitive areas. Read More

Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2019 Apr 12. Epub 2019 Apr 12.

Private clinic of Dr. Alberdi, Madrid, Spain.

Background: Although surgical removal is the treatment of choice in Bowen's disease (BD), there are cases in which by age, comorbidities, use of anticoagulants, location, cosmetic result, or size, it is preferable to use other alternative treatments such as cryotherapy, 5-fluorouracil cream, imiquimod 5% cream or photodynamic therapy (PDT). Efficacy of PDT in BD is supported by substantial research and clinical data.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the long term effectiveness of methyl aminolevulinate-PDT (MAL/PDT) on a wide range of Bowen lesions in different locations and sizes. Read More

Dermatol Online J 2019 Mar 15;25(3). Epub 2019 Mar 15.

University of California Irvine, Department of Dermatology, Irvine, California.

The treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in situ by Mohs micrographic surgery is currently deemed as appropriate by the Mohs Appropriate Use Criteria. However, squamous cell carcinoma in situ is a very superficial, indolent, low-risk tumor amenable to destructive and non-surgical treatments. It is uncommon for squamous cell carcinoma in situ to have progressed to invasive malignancy subsequent to definitive management. Read More

Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2019 Apr;55(4):294-301

Beijing Key Laboratory of Vision Loss and Restoration, Ministry of Education, Department of Ophthalmology, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100044, China.

To investigate the treatment of retinopathy of incontinentia pigmenti by anti-vascular endothelial growth factor. Retrospective study of 5 patients(8 eyes) diagnosed retinopathy of incontinentia pigmenti from 2005 to 2017, including 0 males and 5 females (8 eyes involved) with an average age of 2.4 months(range, 1-5 months). Read More

Ophthalmology 2019 Apr 12. Epub 2019 Apr 12.

University of California San Francisco Department of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA, United States.

Objective: To evaluate geographic variation and characterize the relative contributions of patient characteristics, physician practice, and geographic region on variation in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) management.

Design: Retrospective claims-based analysis PARTICIPANTS: 12,779 commercially-insured patients with incident RRD diagnosed between 2008 and 2016.

Methods: We determined whether patients underwent primary RRD repair within 60 days of diagnosis, and identified type of repair performed. Read More

Int Urol Nephrol 2019 Apr 12. Epub 2019 Apr 12.

Division of Urology, University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML 0589, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA.

Biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer occurs in 25-33% of patients who undergo radiation therapy (RT). Unfortunately, greater than 90% of patients with radiation recurrence undergo androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), despite the detrimental side effect profile and the lack of supporting evidence for ADT use in local recurrence. In patients who experience recurrence after treatment with RT, options for treatment include salvage radical prostatectomy (SRP), salvage cryotherapy (SCT), salvage brachytherapy (SBT), and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). Read More

Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2019 Apr-Jun;62(2):310-312

Infectious Disease Center, Peking University Ditan Teaching Hospital; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Beijing Ditan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Condyloma acuminatum (CA) is a benign tumor primarily caused by infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) type-6 or type-11, lesions of which are most frequently found on the genital, perianal squamous mucosa, and skin. CA outside the anogenital region is not common. Here, we report a case showing simultaneous presence of CA on the vaginal orifice, areola, groin, and umbilicus in a 32-year-old pregnant woman. Read More

Einstein (Sao Paulo) 2019 Apr 8;17(2):eAO4533. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and applicability of a low-cost cryotherapy system.

Methods: Experimental study with 25kg Landrace pigs submitted to a longitudinal cervico-thoraco-abdominal incision for exposure of the trachea, thorax and abdomen. The tissues were frozen by continuous spray application at different periods of time (5, 10 and 15 seconds). Read More

Curr Sports Med Rep 2019 Apr;18(4):136-140

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Cryotherapy has gained popularity among athletes across many sports. The main goals of cryotherapy, and specifically whole-body cryotherapy, are for injury prevention and counteracting negative inflammatory symptoms following athletic performance in hopes of improving recovery. Read More

Adv Clin Exp Med 2019 Apr 5. Epub 2019 Apr 5.

Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland.

Background: Due to the chronic character of multiple sclerosis (MS), non-pharmacological treatment can be applied. These therapies can be a good complementation to standard pharmacological treatment.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) and physical exercise training on the psychological and general well-being of patients with MS. Read More

Scand J Med Sci Sports 2019 Apr 8. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of wetted ice bag, applied with high compression elastic wrap or held in place with low compression plastic wrap, on reducing vastus lateralis intramuscular temperature and skin surface temperature. Ten healthy male participants had wetted ice packs applied to a standardized area on the anterior aspect of the quadriceps simultaneously to both legs for 30 minutes. The ice pack was secured with high compression (elastic wrap) to the left anterior thigh (60. Read More

Gynecol Oncol Rep 2019 May 16;28:71-75. Epub 2019 Mar 16.

Innovating Health International, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

•Raising awareness is critical to any cancer program and through our outreach events we were able to educate 33,258 women.•We have treated over 4500 women with VIA and cryotherapy or thermocoagulation.•At least 30 of our patients are currently receiving individualized chemotherapy, whether neoadjuvant, adjuvant or palliative. Read More

J Thorac Dis 2019 Feb;11(2):613-617

Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2019 Mar 14;7(5):794-796. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Clinic of Dermatology, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

Background: Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia is an uncommon, benign, vasoproliferative cutaneous neoplasm with uncertain origin. It preferably affects middle-aged adults, manifesting as plum-colored pruritic papules, nodules and plaques, which can persist indefinitely, relapsing over time. Different response/resistance to various therapeutic modalities and frequent recurrences impose a great therapeutic dilemma. Read More

J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2019 Apr;17(4):358-364

aAbramson Cancer Center.

Background: Chemotherapy-induced oral thermal hyperalgesia (OTH) is a common and debilitating side effect of platinum-based anticancer agents. This study evaluated the efficacy of oral cryotherapy in preventing OTH during oxaliplatin chemotherapy infusion.

Methods: Patients with gastrointestinal cancer treated with biweekly oxaliplatin (85 mg/m2 over 120 minutes) at Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania were randomized to receive oral cryotherapy (ice chips) during oxaliplatin infusion or standard-of-care treatment. Read More

Plant Dis 2019 Apr 8:PDIS11181989FE. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Region, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, P.R. China.

Pathogen-free stock plants are required as propagation materials in nurseries and healthy materials are needed in germplasm exchange between countries or regions through quarantine programs. In addition, plant gene banks also prefer to maintain pathogen-free germplasm collections. Shoot tip cryotherapy is a novel biotechnology method whereby cryopreservation methods are used to eradicate obligate pathogens from vegetatively propagated plants. Read More

Int J Sports Physiol Perform 2019 Apr 8:1-26. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

2 Department of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness between cold water immersion (CWI) and phase change material (PCM) cooling on intramuscular, core and skin temperature and cardiovascular responses.

Methods: In a randomized, crossover design, 11 males completed 15 min of 15°C CWI to the umbilicus and 2 h recovery or 3 h of 15°C PCM covering the quadriceps and 1 h of recovery, separated by 24 h. Vastus lateralis intramuscular temperature at 1 and 3 cm, core and skin temperature, heart rate variability and thermal comfort were recorded at baseline, and 15 min intervals throughout treatment and recovery. Read More

Clin Rehabil 2019 Apr 8:269215519840406. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

1 Physical Therapy Department, Neuromuscular Plasticity Laboratory, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of cryotherapy on pain and physical function in knee osteoarthritis.

Data Sources: An electronic search was performed up to February 2019 on PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Lilacs, Cochrane, Web of Science, Ibecs, and Scielo databases with keywords knee osteoarthritis and cryotherapy.

Methods: Two authors independently performed the study selection. Read More

Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2019 Apr 13;23(2):221-228. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, MG, Brazil.

 Cold therapy (cryotherapy) is a common procedure recommended by dental surgeons after surgical removal of third molars, which is an invasive intervention that often deals with an expressive inflammatory response.  To investigate whether cryotherapy interferes with clinical outcomes such as pain, edema, and trismus in the postoperative period of mandibular third molar surgeries.  An electronic search was conducted in the OVID, PubMed, VHL, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases, through March 2018. Read More

Cryo Letters 2019 Jan/Feb;40(1):58-63

Key Laboratory of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Background: Ultrasound guidance of cryotherapy could be improved if changes of tissue characterization parameters during freezing could be used to monitor freezing profiles and estimate frostbite distributions.

Objective: To investigate if B-mode ultrasonic imaging can provide sufficient information to define the damaged zone during cryotherapy by quantifying the differences of texture features between fresh and frozen-thawed porcine liver tissue.

Materials And Methods: The B-mode ultrasonic images were obtained from ten porcine liver tissue samples before and after frozen-thawing treatment, then 20 texture parameters of the grey level histogram (GLH) and the grey level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) from each image were extracted and analyzed statistically. Read More

J Nucl Med 2019 Apr 6. Epub 2019 Apr 6.

Emory University, United States.

We evaluated F-fluciclovine uptake parameters that correlate with true positivity for local recurrence in non-prostatectomy treated patients. Twenty-one patients (prostate-specific antigen 7.4±6. Read More

Pain Res Treat 2019 4;2019:2405159. Epub 2019 Mar 4.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand.

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of cryotherapy for reducing postoperative pain in patients who underwent exploratory laparotomy for gynecologic surgery.

Materials And Methods: Patients who had indication for an exploratory laparotomy gynecologic procedure were selected by attending physicians to undergo abdominal surgery via low transverse skin incision. The participants were randomized into study and control groups with simple random sampling methods. Read More

Am Surg 2019 Mar;85(3):e157-e159

Arch Esp Urol 2019 04;72(3):277-282

Lyx Institute of Urology. Madrid. Spain. University Hospital Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda. Madrid. Spain.

Prostate cancer represents the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and is the second-leading cause of cancer related death in the United States. Primary treatment for prostate cancer includes radiotherapy or ablative procedures such as cryotherapy, and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). Unfortunately, a large proportion of these patients, especially with high risk features, may experience disease recurrence within 10 years. Read More

Aesthetic Plast Surg 2019 Apr 1. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hanyang University Seoul Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

Background: A congenital divided nevus, also known as kissing nevus, is a type of congenital compound nevus that affects equal areas of the upper and lower eyelids. The edges of the nevus touch or "kiss" during closure of the lids, owing to its extension to the lid margins. Multiple treatment modalities, such as dermabrasion, cryotherapy, primary closure after excision, and skin grafts, have been proposed; however, complications such as recurrence, ectropion, skin color mismatch, and scar contractures are known to occur. Read More

Can Respir J 2019 27;2019:5269728. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Yedikule Thoracic Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Hospital, Interventional Pulmonology Unit, Istanbul, Turkey.

Background And Aim: Endobronchial benign tumors are a rarely seen clinical entity but may cause significant symptoms. Endobronchial treatment has the potential for relieving symptoms while saving the patient from invasive surgical procedures. No trials have been published that present and compare the various endobronchial treatment modalities for endobronchial benign tumors. Read More

Mater Sociomed 2018 Dec;30(4):294-296

Private Gynecology Ordination ,,Dr Mahira Jahic" Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Introduction: Cervical erosion and squamouse intraepithelial lesion of low grade are most common gynecological problems of women. These changes on cervix are cause of painful coitus and enhanced vaginal secretion. Cryotherapy is widely accepted method in treating these changes and sympthoms. Read More

Retin Cases Brief Rep 2019 Mar 28. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Purpose: To describe a novel fluorescein angiographic finding in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Methods: Retrospective case series of patients diagnosed with retinal capillary hemangioblastoma (RCH) in the setting of von Hippel-Lindau.

Results: We identified six eyes of three patients with von Hippel-Lindau and leaky retinal vessels. Read More

Hong Kong Physiother J 2018 Dec 14;38(2):149-160. Epub 2018 Aug 14.

Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria.

Background: Radiating neck pain is one of the major symptoms of cervical radiculopathy (CR).

Objective: This study compared the effects of cervical traction (CT) and transverse oscillatory pressure (TOP) in management of CR.

Methods: Seventy-five participants with unilateral radiating neck pain were randomly allocated into three groups, 25 (14 males, 11 females) for CT, 25 (15 males and 10 females) for TOP and 25 (11 males and 14 females) control (Cnt) group. Read More

Dermatol Ther 2019 Mar 28:e12882. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

Department of Dermatology and Venereology Faculty of Medicine, Al- Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Warts are common viral infection of the skin, usually treated with destructive methods like electrocautery, cryotherapy or laser ablation. Topical vitamin D has been used to treat warts with variable success is to evaluate the efficacy of intralesional vitamin D injection in the treatment of common warts. Fifty patients were divided into two groups: 30 patients as cases group who received intralesional injection of 0. Read More

Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Mar 27;20(4):34. Epub 2019 Mar 27.

Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1, Nishicho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8503, Japan.

Opinion Statement: The symptom prevalence in patients with advanced cancer depends on the type of primary cancer, and the palliative treatment varies according to the nature of the primary cancer. Palliative treatment for unresectable skin cancer has not been fully discussed. Patients with unresectable skin cancer sometimes show the primary lesion in the skin and metastases to the lung, skin, liver, and bone. Read More

Int J Ophthalmol 2019 18;12(3):517-519. Epub 2019 Mar 18.

State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, China.

The aim of this study is to report and analyze the factors related with earlier occurrence of silicone oil (SO) emulsification in patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy and SO injection in our hospital. We retrospectively reviewed consecutive case series undergone both SO injection and removal in our hospital, and 182 ones were eligible. Possible related independent factors included: macula status (on/off), concomitant phacoemulsification with the surgery of SO tamponading, concomitant status of proliferative vitreoretinopathy, combined surgery of retinotomy, time to have emulsification (<6mo/≥6mo after primary SO injection), route of SO injection (anterior/posterior), lens status (aphakic/pseudophakic/phakic), anesthesia (local/general), brands and type of SO, with/without episcleral cryotherapy, with/without hypertension, with/without diabetes, with/without intraoperative use of triamcinolone acetonide. Read More

Anal Cell Pathol (Amst) 2019 19;2019:2965173. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

Division of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.

Recently, the interventional therapies are used more often in clinical practice for hepatocellular carcinoma. The most commonly used methodologies include radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, laser ablation, and cryotherapy. Most of the interventional operations need local anesthesia combined with intravenous sedation. Read More

Respirol Case Rep 2019 May 13;7(4):e00415. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Interventional Pulmonology Unit Pulmonary Institute, Sheba Academic Medical Center Tel Hashomer Israel.

Angioleiomyomas are rare airway tumours with potential to cause central airway obstruction or haemoptysis. Methods described to manage them include surgical resection, or rigid bronchoscopy and thermal ablation techniques. We describe a case presenting with central airway obstruction, safely and effectively treated with cryoextraction of the tumour using flexible bronchoscopy. Read More

Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2019 Mar 21. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address:

Office-based rhinologic procedures have seen a dramatic rise in incidence over the last decade. It is crucial to select appropriate patients and understand which pathologies may be amenable to in-office procedures. It behooves the otolaryngologist to be familiar with the array of technologic advances that are expanding the limits of office-based rhinology and to have a solid understanding of the technical nuances of using these technologies in the clinic. Read More

Eur Urol 2019 Mar 20. Epub 2019 Mar 20.

Urology Centre, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address:

There are few data on the outcomes and toxicity of radical prostatectomy (RP) among men experiencing local recurrence of prostate cancer (PC) following focal therapy (FT). To characterise perioperative, oncological, and functional outcomes after salvage robot-assisted RP (S-RALP) and determine the risk factors for S-RALP failure, we conducted a multicentre cohort study of 82 patients undergoing S-RALP after FT. All had histological confirmation of PC recurrence, with metastatic disease excluded using pelvic magnetic resonance imaging, a bone scan, and/or positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Read More

J Curr Ophthalmol 2019 Mar 22;31(1):43-48. Epub 2018 Sep 22.

Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Purpose: To investigate the features and outcomes of retinoblastoma (Rb) patients complicated by development of retinal detachment (RD) following systemic chemotherapy with or without local focal consolidation treatment and without external beam radiotherapy (EBRT).

Methods: A retrospective study of all Rb patients between April 2002 and April 2012 at a tertiary hospital center (Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Midlands Eye Centre, United Kingdom). All eyes that had developed RD during or after systemic treatment with or without local focal consolidation treatment were included in the study. Read More

J Curr Ophthalmol 2019 Mar 19;31(1):16-23. Epub 2018 Oct 19.

Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center, UKS, Homburg, Saar, Germany.

Purpose: To summarize actual literature data on clinical signs, differential diagnosis, and treatment of acanthamoeba keratitis.

Methods: Review of literature.

Results: Clinical signs of acanthamoeba keratitis are in early stages grey-dirty epithelium, pseudodendritiformic epitheliopathy, perineuritis, multifocal stromal infiltrates, ring infiltrate and in later stages scleritis, iris atrophy, anterior synechiae, secondary glaucoma, mature cataract, and chorioretinitis. Read More

Arch Bronconeumol 2019 Mar 14. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, España; Centro de Investigación en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, España.

Eur Radiol 2019 Mar 15. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

Department of Interventional Radiology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif, France.

Objectives: To evaluate post-ablation MRI for the detection of incompletely treated spinal osseous metastases (SOM) after cryoablation and to propose a post-ablation imaging classification.

Methods: After IRB consent, all patients treated with cryoablation of SOM between 2011 and 2017 having at least 1-year minimum follow-up and a spine MRI within 4 months after cryoablation were retrospectively included. A classification of MRI images into four types was set up. Read More

BMC Res Notes 2019 Mar 15;12(1):141. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

Laboratoire Mobilité Vieillissement Exercice (MOVE)-EA6314, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Poitiers, 8 allée Jean Monnet, 86000, Poitiers, France.

Objective: The aim of the present investigation was to determine whether using cryostimulation (partial-body cryostimulation) impacts sleep quality in professional soccer players. Different exposure durations at - 180 °C were tested randomly after standardized training sessions in nine professional soccer players (no cryostimulation, 180-s exposure, two 90-s exposures separated by a 5-min rest at room temperature, and 90-s exposure), and the effects on sleep quality using 3-dimensional accelerometers worn during sleep were assessed.

Results: The number of movements during the night after partial-body cryostimulation was significantly reduced only in the 180-s exposure condition (p < 0. Read More

J Oral Rehabil 2019 Mar 14. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.

The objective was to test the hypothesis of no difference in facial swelling, pain, trismus and immediate quality of life after surgical removal of mandibular third molars, with or without post-operative cryotherapy. A MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE database and Cochrane library search in combination with a hand search of relevant journals were conducted by including human randomised controlled trials published in English until 17 July 2018. The search identified 37 titles. Read More

Cureus 2018 Dec 28;10(12):e3793. Epub 2018 Dec 28.

Dermatology, San Diego Family Dermatology, San Diego, USA.

Penile angiokeratomas (peakers) are uncommon, benign vascular tumors typically presenting as multiple lesions on the corona of the glans penis. They have been observed in 21 men. They range from 0. Read More

BMC Gastroenterol 2019 Mar 12;19(1):40. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Section Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Background: The major concern in liver transplantation of grafts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors remains the high incidence of non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS). Machine perfusion has been proposed as an alternative strategy for organ preservation which reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). Experimental studies have shown that dual hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (DHOPE) is associated with less IRI, improved hepatocellular function, and better preserved mitochondrial and endothelial function compared to conventional static cold storage (SCS). Read More