High-intensity focused ultrasound of uterine fibroids and adenomyosis: maneuver technique for bowel loops located inside the treatment window IntroductionUterine fibroids and adenomyosis are two commonly gynecological benign tumors negatively affected women's health [1,2]. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a promisingly alternative treatment to conventional surgery and is increasingly worldwide used because of its completely non-invasive method [3][4][5][6]. During the ablation procedure, appearance of bowel loops inside the treatment window was generally problematic because hard elements and air bubbles inside bowel loops absorb and reflect ultrasound energy caused unpredictable thermal injury even bowel perforation [7,8]. Thus, in this concise communication, we aimed to introduce the filling bladder, filling rectum, and emptying bladder (BRB) technique for manipulating bowel loops out of the treatment Appearance of bowel loops in the sonication beam path during high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation therapy is a problematic condition. Filling bladder, filling rectum and, emptying bladder (BRB) maneuver technique might be helpful in producing a non-bowel treatment window for HIFU ablation of uterine fibroids and adenomyosis and ensuring the safety profile for patients.
The identification of potential predictors for motor outcome after rehabilitation helps underscore the factors that may affect treatment outcomes and target individuals who benefit the most from the therapy. In this study, we addressed and utilized a classifier to identify the potential predictors for motor performance outcome for patients with stroke after rehabilitation. The potential predictors selected and used by different assessments in this study were age, sex, time since stroke, education, neurologic status, and the movement performance of the upper extremity. This study aimed to identify predictors of motor performance outcomes after rehabilitation for stroke patients. The PSO-SVM was chosen in this study to find the predictor of motor function for clients with stroke. The potential predictors for motor outcome after rehabilitation were motor ability assessment of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). This study is to investigate the potential demographic and clinical characteristics of stroke that can serve to predict rehabilitation outcomes in motor performance.
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