Do not request surveillance investigations for patients with pancreatic cysts who are poor surgical candidates, irrespective of cysts nature and characteristics
Pancreatic cystic lesions are an increasingly common finding, usually incidentally detected at abdominal investigations requested for other indications, due to the increased quality of imaging modalities. Patients with asymptomatic pancreatic cysts who are medically...
Do not routinely check a carotid stenosis of less than 50% every year with Color Doppler Ultrasound.
The so-called “low-grade” stenoses are largely represented (up to 90%) in observational series of “first examinations”. In these, the progression of the stenosis has been calculated in around 7% of cases. The “uncritical” and...
In infants and children with torticollis without trauma, do not perform X-rays of the cervical spine.
The diagnosis of torticollis is clinical. Congenital torticollis is usually diagnosed within the first month of life; diagnosis after 6 months is rare and other causes must be considered. In the newborn or suckling infant, the main cause is muscular and the imaging...
In children less than 3 years of age, do not perform X-rays of the nasal bones if a fracture is suspected.
Although nasal fractures represent about half of facial fractures in pediatric age, the frequency is much lower in children under 3 years of age, in whom the cartilage component of the nasal skeleton prevails (with poor development of the cortical bone component) and...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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