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The benefit of thrombolytic therapy was assessed in 54 patients with a mismatch between infarct core as seen on DWI and penumbra as seen on SWI. Favorable outcomes were significantly higher in patients with DWI-SWI mismatch than in those without it. The accuracy of the DWI-SWI mismatch for predicting good outcome was higher than that for the more traditional DWI-perfusion mismatch.

The safety and effectiveness of minimally invasive sacroplasty was assessed in 53 patients treated for cancer-related, osteoporotic insufficiency and traumatic fractures. The procedure was judged to be safe and resulted in significant short-term gains in pain relief, increased mobility, and decreased dependence on pain medication.

The authors describe the treatment of 22 vertebral compression fractures in 11 patients with metastases and prior spinal instrumentation. Pain improved in all patients, only 1 patient needed additional surgery, and there were no vertebral cement augmentation–related complications.

The benefit of thrombolytic therapy was assessed in 54 patients with a mismatch between infarct core as seen on DWI and penumbra as seen on SWI. Favorable outcomes were significantly higher in patients with DWI-SWI mismatch than in those without it. The accuracy of the DWI-SWI mismatch for predicting good outcome was higher than that for the more traditional DWI-perfusion mismatch.

The authors describe the imaging and pathology results of 47 patients who underwent surgery for incidentally found thyroid nodules. All patients had biopsies before surgery but only 4% of these showed benign processes. Surgery eventually demonstrated that 51% of nodules were benign and when malignant the most common histology was papillary type.

The benefit of thrombolytic therapy was assessed in 54 patients with a mismatch between infarct core as seen on DWI and penumbra as seen on SWI. Favorable outcomes were significantly higher in patients with DWI-SWI mismatch than in those without it. The accuracy of the DWI-SWI mismatch for predicting good outcome was higher than that for the more traditional DWI-perfusion mismatch.

The benefit of thrombolytic therapy was assessed in 54 patients with a mismatch between infarct core as seen on DWI and penumbra as seen on SWI. Favorable outcomes were significantly higher in patients with DWI-SWI mismatch than in those without it. The accuracy of the DWI-SWI mismatch for predicting good outcome was higher than that for the more traditional DWI-perfusion mismatch.

The safety and effectiveness of minimally invasive sacroplasty was assessed in 53 patients treated for cancer-related, osteoporotic insufficiency and traumatic fractures. The procedure was judged to be safe and resulted in significant short-term gains in pain relief, increased mobility, and decreased dependence on pain medication.

The authors explored the relationship between white matter changes and outcome in 129 patients who received endovascular therapy for acute stroke. Severe white matter changes were associated with poor outcomes at 90 days. Those who survived and had pre-existing severe white matter changes also showed significantly less improvement.