Two hundred and thirty-nine patients with renal and ureteric calculi associated with renal failure were evaluated for recovery potential before definitive surgery. Ultrasonography was carried out pre-operatively in all, followed by percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) as an initial management before definitive surgery. Diethylene triamine penta acetic acid (DTPA) scan was done in 125 patients after p...

PURPOSE To introduce a commercially available three-dimensional ultrasonography unit into everyday clinical practice and to evaluate the qualitative and quantitative information of the acquired images and to clarify the indications for 3-D echography. MATERIALS AND METHODS 3-D scanning was performed on 59 referred patients with indications for conventional B/A-scan. On 7 patients with an intr...

Introduction: Studies on morphological variations of the thyroid gland have been published from various parts world. Awareness these becomes critical for diagnosing pathologies involving and surgeons dealing with head neck surgery. Aim: To observe document asymmetry in morphology using ultrasonography (visual inspection followed by size estimation) asymptomatic subjects. Materials Methods: It w...

Introduction: Obstetric ultrasonography in antenatal care (ANC) is globally recognized as one of the ways through which maternal mortality can be reduced. Pregnant women’s knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes are thought to influence their response towards obstetric ultrasonography. This study was conducted assess attitudes, practices pregnant women sonography at Mulago hospital. Methods: a de...

A 37-year-old male was referred to our hospital due to an abnormal ultrasound report of the right kidney in a regular health examination. The patient was asymptomatic and did not report fever, flank pain or dysuria. Repeated ultrasonography at our hospital revealed a hypoechoic area in the right central renal sinus, suggesting right hydronephrosis, but the obstructive site could not be found (F...

INTRODUCTION Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major and potentially lethal disorder in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED). Several methods are being used to investigate for elevated ICP. Here we assessed and compared the diagnostic accuracy of two existing tools of ophthalmoscopy and optic nerve ultrasonography in detection of elevated ICP. METHODS 131 participants wi...

PURPOSE To evaluate a diagnostic strategy for pulmonary embolism that combined clinical assessment, plasma D-dimer measurement, lower limb venous ultrasonography, and helical computed tomography (CT). METHODS A cohort of 965 consecutive patients presenting to the emergency departments of three general and teaching hospitals with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism underwent sequential non...