Background Achalasia is a chronic disease that can be managed with effective endoscopic modalities. Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of single setting of pneumatic balloon dilatation for achalasia and assess the long-term success and outcomes. Materials and methods This is a retrospective study of all achalasia patients who underwent pneumatic balloon dilatation at our institute. Patients ...

BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography is a relatively noninvasive technique of biliary and pancreatic duct imaging. MRCP technique utilizes T2-weighted sequences, in which bile is characterized by high signal intensity, whilst signal intensity of surrounding tissues is reduced. The purpose of this publication was to assess the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance cholangiopan...

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of prenatal ultrasound in predicting bowel obstruction requiring surgery in fetuses with prenatal diagnosis of gastroschisis. METHODS The database of our center was searched for cases with an antenatal diagnosis of gastroschisis. The ultrasound images were reviewed blindly to assess the presence of intra- or extra-abdominal bowel dilatation. Details of surgical p...

Goal of the Study is to assess risk coronary disease asymptomatic ischemia in patients with left ventricular moderate dilatation. Methods: The work was based on results investigation 185patients dilatation, aged 35-55 years from “Tbilisi Heart and Vascular Clinic” contingent. Among them, there are 159 men 26 women. Results: Patients who suffer dilatation don’t expose typical symptom possibly ca...