Safety and efficacy of oral antiplatelet for patients who had acute ischaemic stroke undergoing endovascular therapy

Background and purpose To investigate the safety and efficacy of oral antiplatelet therapy (APT) for patients who had acute ischaemic stroke (AIS), receiving endovascular therapy (EVT).Methods Patients were divided into non-APT group and APT (single APT or dual APT (DAPT)) group.The safety and efficacy endpoints at 3-month follow-up were symptomati

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Discoscopic Findings of High Signal Intensity Zones on Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lumbar Intervertebral Discs

A Ornament 32-year-old man underwent radiofrequency thermal annuloplasty (TA) with percutaneous endoscopic discectomy (PED) under local anesthesia for chronic low back pain.His diagnosis was discogenic pain with a high signal intensity zone (HIZ) in the posterior corner of the L4-5 disc.Flexion pain was sporadic, and steroid injection was given twi

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