Background: The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting balloon (DEB) in vascular access for dialysis remain unclear. Methods: Data obtained from using DEB in highly recurrent stenosis were retrospectively analyzed. These data were obtained from procedures performed in the Vascular Access Center, responsible for attending over 3600 patients from 30 dialysis centers. Highly recurrent stenosis is defined ...
Resumo A atual pandemia de COVID-19 (doença clínica causada pelo SARS-CoV-2) teve disseminação mundial incluindo, desde 2 de março, Portugal. Por decisão de Conselho Executivo da José de Mello Saúde, interpretando o dever e a necessidade de cooperação com o Sistema Nacional de Saúde (SNS), foi decidido receber os seus beneficiários que procurassem os hospitais da rede, centrando toda a atividade COVID-19 da reg...
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a safe technique for long-term enteral feeding. The most common PEGassociated adverse events are minor. Gastrocolocutaneous fistula (GCCF) results from misplacement of the PEG tube through the colon. The importance of this complication is not currently defined, and there is no clearly established therapeutic algorithm. The authors report a series of 3 cases of GCCF d...
Hibernomas are benign lipomatous tumors which show differentiation toward brown fat. Recently, unusual variants have been described, including myxoid, spindle cell, and lipoma-like variants. Lipoma-like hibernoma (LLH) is characterized by mature univacuolated adipocytic cells with rare admixed multivacuolated brown fat-like cells, which may resemble lipoblasts, leading to a misdiagnosis of atypical lipoma/well-...