AIM To assess the diagnostic value of pre-surgery axillary ultrasound for nodal staging in patients with primary breast cancer and to identify clinical/histopathological factors impacting diagnostic performance. STUDY DESIGN Single-center, retrospective chart analysis. We assessed sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value of clinical examination as well as axillary ...

The diagnostic ultrasound was considered safe after the intensity threshold was known and the output intensity (Ispta) was regulated to be less than 10 mW/cm2 in diagnostic devices in Japan, and diagnostic ultrasound was thought safe in USA when both thermal index (TI) and mechanical index were less than 1.0 in the obstetrical setting. Simple B-mode machine was not concerned from the thermal re...

Advances in ultrasound technology continue to enhance its diagnostic applications in daily medical practice. Bedside echocardiographic examination has become useful to properly trained cardiologists, anesthesiologists, intensivists, surgeons, and emergency room physicians. Cardiac ultrasound can permit rapid, accurate, and noninvasive diagnosis of a broad range of acute cardiovascular pathologi...

background: healing of critical-sized defects (csds) is one of the major challenges facing orthopedic surgeons. to assess the bone healing process usually plain radiography is used. serial radiography results in certain side effects and recent findings are indicating the early detection of bone healing via ultrasonography. objectives: the purpose of current study is to compare the diagnostic ac...

BACKGROUND Minimally invasive breast biopsy technology is now considered a standard of care for the diagnostic evaluation of suspicious breast lesions. The aim of the current study was to present a comprehensive evaluation of the 8-gauge vacuum-assisted Mammotome(R) system for ultrasound-guided diagnostic biopsy and selective excision of breast lesions. METHODS A retrospective analysis was co...