Early CT perfusion measurement after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a screening method to predict outcome?
The determination of MTT and TTP using early CTP measurements in patients suffering from aneurysmal SAH demonstrated a significant correlation with the initial neurological status and the early clinical outcome.
The overall rates of stricture diagnosis decreased from 1992 to 2001. Despite the poor overall efficacy of urethrotomy and urethral dilation relative to urethroplasty and despite the known complications of stent placement in this setting, the urethroplasty rates were the lowest of all treatments. Although we could not determine the treatment success with these data, these findings suggest an underuse of the most efficacious treatment of urethral stricture disease, urethroplasty.