INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Abdominal sonography is regarded as a quick and effective diagnostic tool for acute abdominal pain in emergency medicine. However, final diagnosis is usually based on a combination of various clinical examinations and radiography. The role of sonography in the decision making process at a hospital with advanced imaging capabilities versus a hospital with limited imag...

  Rectal cancer is the second most common cancer in large intestine. The prevalence and the number of young patients diagnosed with rectal cancer have made it as one of the major health problems in the world. With regard to the improved access to and use of modern screening tools, a number of new cases are diagnosed each year. Considering the location of the rectum and its adjacent organs, ma...

the effect of intracerebroventricular injections of prostaglandins e2 and f2a was studied on the rectal temperature of sheep. pge2 but not pgf2a at the same dose of 50mg elevated the 1h post-injection of rectal temperature. pge2 but not pgf2a at the same dose of 100mg increased 3.5 and 2h post-injection of rectal temperature, respectively. elavation of rectal temperature following pge2 and pgf2...

rectal prolapse is a relatively common disease of children and is defined as a rectal mucosa protrusion or a fullthickness protrusion (all layers) from anus. the purpose of this retrospective study is the review of different surgical techniques used in our centers and recommendations for optimal surgical management of rectal prolapse. this study was based on a 19 years experience in rectal prol...

1695 he central focus of carotid Doppler sonography studies is the detection and characterization of atherosclerotic disease and stenosis. Doppler sonography samples are used primarily to quantify velocity elevations at sites of stenosis. However, more subtle clues to disease are contained in the shape and contour of the Doppler sonography waveform itself. Aberrations of waveform morphology can...

Background: Thrombosis of parametrial veins are rarely diagnosed by transvaginal sonography. The clinical importance vein thrombosis is not known. We present the first fully documented case pelvic varicosities with non-occlusive resulting in subsequent development pain that alleviated resolution thrombus. Case report: a perimenopausal woman underwent sonography for routine check-up. patient su...

abstract background: to compare pregnancy outcomes in women at risk for cervical incompetence after elective versus ultrasound- indicated cerclage. methods: in a prospective randomized tlial, singleton pregnancies with at least one previous spontaneous midtrimester loss or early preterm delivery (between 15 and 32 weeks' gestation) who met clinical crite1ia for the diagnosis of cervical in...