The Role Of Interventional Radiology In Modern Medical Practice

Little is known about the role of surgery in pre-modern medical practice in general, and in the lands under Muslim dominance in particular. There is an acknowledged gap between theoretical knowledge and medical practice, but evidence of the latter is difficult to find. Many fundamental questions therefore remain unanswered. For example, was there a division of labour between surgeons and physicians? We are also mostly ignorant about who practiced surgery, the legal context surrounding this practice, and its financial aspects. This article offers an analytical edition of two documents from the Syrian town Hamah dating from 1212/1798, which can help answer some of these questions. They concern a respected and learned physician who also personally performed the removal of bladder stones and was paid well for his services.

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Particulate steroids in axial spinal blockade and the increasing role of patient consent: Les grains de sable dans l’engrenage

British Journal of Pain ◽

10.1177/2049463720921199 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 141-146

Author(s):

Rajesh Munglani ◽

Roger Knaggs ◽

Giles Eyre

Keyword(s):

Medical Practice ◽

Single Issue ◽

Definitive Answer ◽

Patient Consent ◽

The Law ◽

Modern Medical Practice

The complexity of modern medical practice is such that it is very unlikely that on any single issue we can give a definitive answer in any circumstance, and in our view the medical debate as to the use of particulate corticosteroid medicines in axial spinal blockade is one such argument. The medical discussion of the use of particulate corticosteroids has to be set against the uncertain risk and benefits of axial spinal procedures in which the drugs are utilised, and in which the most likely catastrophic complication may occur with their use, and then, as the law now demands, involve the patient in the relevant consenting issues.

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Quality assurance and quality improvement in medical practice – Part 1. Definition and importance of quality in medical practice

Orvosi Hetilap ◽

10.1556/oh.2012.29291 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 153 (3) ◽

pp. 83-92

Author(s):

Sándor Gődény

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Health Status ◽

Quality Management ◽

Medical Practice ◽

Quality Measurement ◽

The European Union ◽

Management Quality ◽

Hungarian Population ◽

Healthcare Finance

In Hungary healthcare finance has decreased in proportion with the GDP, while the health status of the population is still ranks among the worst in the European Union. Since healthcare finance is not expected to increase, the number of practicing doctors per capita is continuously decreasing. In the coming years it is an important question that in this situation what methods can be used to prevent further deterioration of the health status of the Hungarian population, and within this is the role of the quality approach, and different methods of quality management. In the present and the forthcoming two articles those standpoints will be summarized which support the need for the integration of quality assurance in the everyday medical practice. In the first part the importance of quality thinking, quality management, quality assurance, necessity of quality measurement and improvement, furthermore, advantages of the quality systems will be discussed. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 83–92.

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Role of USG guidance in percutaneous needle puncture in interventional radiology

MedPulse International Journal of Radiology ◽

10.26611/10131426 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 49-53

Author(s):

Sharad B Ghatge ◽

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Shivraj M Ingole ◽

Keyword(s):

Interventional Radiology ◽

Needle Puncture

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Bioengineered in vitro Vascular Models for Applications in Interventional Radiology

Current Pharmaceutical Design ◽

10.2174/1381612824666180416114325 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (45) ◽

pp. 5367-5374 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xiaoyun Li ◽

Seyed M. Moosavi-Basri ◽

Rahul Sheth ◽

Xiaoying Wang ◽

Yu S. Zhang

Keyword(s):

Interventional Radiology ◽

Animal Models ◽

Blood Vessels ◽

In Vitro Models ◽

The Past ◽

Endovascular Interventions ◽

Conventional Animal ◽

Vascular Structures

The role of endovascular interventions has progressed rapidly over the past several decades. While animal models have long-served as the mainstay for the advancement of this field, the use of in vitro models has become increasingly widely adopted with recent advances in engineering technologies. Here, we review the strategies, mainly including bioprinting and microfabrication, which allow for fabrication of biomimetic vascular models that will potentially serve to supplement the conventional animal models for convenient investigations of endovascular interventions. Besides normal blood vessels, those in diseased states, such as thrombosis, may also be modeled by integrating cues that simulate the microenvironment of vascular disorders. These novel engineering strategies for the development of biomimetic in vitro vascular structures will possibly enable unconventional means of studying complex endovascular intervention problems that are otherwise hard to address using existing models.

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