Ziel: Ziel dieser Studie war die Evaluation der diagnostischen Genauigkeit eines Ganzkörper-Linearröntgenscanners (LS) bei Polytraumapatienten im Vergleich zur 128-Zeilen-Mehrschicht-Computertomografie. Material und Methoden: 106 Polytraumapatienten (33 Frauen; 73 Männer) wurden retrospektiv in diese Studie eingeschlossen. Alle Patienten erhielten eine LS-Untersuchung des gesamten Körpers sowie...

An in vitro gas production technique was used to investigate the associative effects of untreated or biologically-treated linen straw with berseem hay (H). The linen straw (LS) was biologically treated with white rot fungi (TLS). Ground samples (200 mg DM) of H, LS, TLS and the mixtures (50% w/w) of H + LS and H + TLS were incubated in 100 ml glass syringes with buffered rumen fluid. Cumulative...

Different molecular weight fractions of lignosulfonates (LS), LS having different cations, and modified LS with different degree of sulfonation and intrinsic viscosity were prepared and used as dispersants for Dimethomorph water-dispersible granules (DWG). The suspending ratio of DWG was tested to evaluate the effectiveness of LS as a dispersant. Moreover, the stability of DWG suspensions was m...

PURPOSE The consumers' preferences are not considered in developing or implementing new medical technologies. Furthermore, little efforts are made to investigate their demands. Therefore, their preferred surgical method and the factors affecting that preference were investigated in pancreatic surgery. METHODS Six-hundred subjects including 100 medical personnel (MP) and 500 lay persons (LP) w...

Fifty-five fall-born, Simmental-crossbred, male calves were allotted at birth to one of five treatments: bulls castrated at 5 mo and implanted from birth to slaughter (ST); bulls implanted from birth to slaughter (BI-BS); bulls implanted from birth to weaning (BI-BW); bulls implanted from weaning to slaughter (BI-WS) and non-implanted control bulls (CB). Implanted calves received 36 mg of zeran...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Liver stiffness (LS) measurement by means of transient elastography (TE) is accurate to predict fibrosis stage. The effect of antiviral treatment and virologic response on LS was assessed and compared with untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). METHODS TE was performed at baseline, and at weeks 24, 48, and 72 in 515 patients with CHC. RESULTS 323 treated (62.7%) ...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) has been proposed as a substitute to open splenectomy (OS) in the treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The aim of this study was to compare two cohorts of patients with ITP who underwent OS or LS. PATIENTS AND METHODS From February 1990 to January 1997, 27 patients underwent OS and 22 LS. Perioperative characteristics, outcomes, and comp...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between tissue elasticity before and after antiviral therapy and shear wave as well as strain elastography. METHODS FibroScan and real-time tissue elastography were performed before and after antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C, and treatment efficacy and elastographic findings were comparatively analyzed. Elasticity was evaluated by measuring l...

Background: Osteoporosis is a chronic disease that contributes substantially to decrease physical activity and decline in the quality of life. Osteoporosis can be diagnosed easily with the use of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) equipment. The aim of this study was to investigate the magnitude of bone loss on proximal femur and lumbar spine LS in pre- and post-menopausal women f...

Background Small-bowel capsule endoscopy (CE) is a prime modality for evaluation of the small bowel. The Lewis score (LS) and the Capsule Endoscopy Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CECDAI) are validated endoscopic indices for quantification of small-bowel inflammation on CE. It is unclear whether these indexes are interchangeable for the evaluation of mucosal inflammation in established Crohn's ...