Published in Journal of pediatric surgery
Testicular torsion is one of the most common causes of acute scrotum in pediatric age. The present study aimed to evaluate the role of preoperative manual detorsion in the management of testicular torsion. Retrospective data analysis of pediatric patients treated for acute testicular torsion at a tertiary center over the last 5 years. Manual detors...
Published in Journal of Medical Case Reports
BackgroundSyphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Recently, its incidence has been increasing worldwide. We encountered a young woman who presented with induration mimicking squamous cell carcinoma in the lower lip, without major medical conditions.Case presentationA 25-year-old Japanese woman present...
Published in Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
Objective: To construct valid reference standards reflecting optimal cerebroplacental ratio and to explore its physiological determinants. Methods: A cohort of 391 low-risk pregnancies of singleton pregnancies of nonmalformed fetuses without maternal medical conditions and with normal perinatal outcomes was created. Doppler measurements of the midd...
Published in Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS
Modern microsurgical reconstruction aims to achieve functional and satisfactory esthetic outcome and the primary thinning procedure results in one-stage reconstruction. However, current techniques are lacking preoperative knowledge of the peripheral perforator in the adipose layer. We hypothesized that the combination of the knowledge of microvascu...
Published in Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
BackgroundDoppler ultrasonography (US) is the main imaging modality of hemodialysis AV fistula as it is safe non-invasive accurate modality. This study is to measure the arteriovenous (AV) fistula blood flow during early postoperative period (7–14 days) and assess its predictive role in AV fistula failure in hemodialysis patients. Color Doppler ult...
Published in Clinical neuroradiology
Acute neck pain can have non-vascular and vascular causes. Some patients present with distinct vascular and perivascular changes on imaging at the site of tenderness. This study aimed to evaluate the imaging findings of transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome with an emphasis on vessel wall imaging using 3‑Tesla (...
Published in Ultrasonography
Purpose The purpose of this study was to describe the ultrasonographic findings of testicular atrophy after mumps orchitis. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the case files of eight patients (14 to 24 years old; mean, 17 years) with mumps orchitis and testicular atrophy who were treated between January 2011 and September 2017. On gray-scale and c...
Published in Insights into Imaging
BackgroundThe study was to investigate the role of color Doppler ultrasonography in the evaluation of the effect of Rex-bypass shunt on the cavernous transformation of the portal vein (CTPV) in children.MethodsFifty children with symptomatic extrahepatic portal hypertension who received Rex-bypass shunt were retrospectively reviewed, and they were ...
Published in International urology and nephrology
The study summarizes the effectiveness of ultrasound-assisted microsurgical left spermatic-inferior epigastric vein anastomosis for treating nutcracker syndrome (NCS)-associated varicocele. Cases of NCS-associated varicocele were recruited between December 2012 and December 2018. Prior to the operation, all patients were tested for the internal dia...
Published in Animal Reproduction
Establishment of pregnancy after embryo transfer is the ultimate goal of an embryo transfer program and increasing pregnancy rates and reducing pregnancy loss are mandatory. The utilization of treatments to improve conception rates in recipient mares has been the focus of several research groups over the last years and the results are controversial...
