All patients underwent balloon dilation, with bailout stenting required in 13 cases in the membranous obstruction group and 43 cases in the segmental obstruction group. Follow-up was conducted at 1, 3 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Short-term stents were not superior to balloon dilatation and correlated with a significantly higher rate of ...

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 08 — Balloon catheters safely and effectively treat persistent nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children, according to an interventional case series in the March issue of ...

Post-stent balloon dilatation in carotid stenting patients decreases the restenosis risk by almost two-thirds. The effect on periprocedural stroke, though, is not as clear-cut, according to a CREST ...

In order to shorten the procedure time as well as minimizing the chance of complications, simplifying the procedure while maintaining the effectiveness of stone removal is warranted. Therefore, in the ...

The American Medical Association has accepted three new CPT codes for balloon sinus dilation technology during endoscopic sinus surgery for 2011 claims, according to reports from the AAPC and American ...

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Chronic sinus sufferers can now bypass invasive surgery in the hospital and opt for a quick in-and-out procedure in their doctor's office. It's thanks to an innovative procedure ...

ATLANTA -- Balloon catheter dilation yielded no improvement for obstructive sleep apnea patients with sinus pressure headache, a small prospective single-blind study found. The group randomized to ...

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It's springtime in Southeast Texas, and many Houstonians who would like to stop and smell the flowers can't because of sinus misery. Warm, damp weather makes Houston heaven for mold spores and hell ...

SALT LAKE CITY – A procedure now being performed in doctors’ offices is helping people breathe a little easier. The process is called a balloon sinus dilation and it is an outpatient procedure that ...

In patients undergoing percutaneous treatment for bifurcation lesions, both stent volume and symmetry are reduced in the main vessel by side branch dilatation. But finalizing the procedure with ...