to investigate and compare the infectious and non-infectious complications of single-dose versus multiple-dose antibiotic therapy for trans-rectal ultrasound (trus)-guided biopsy of the prostate. patients were enrolled in a prospective randomized study that was designed to investigate the effects of single-dose versus multiple-dose antimicrobial prophylaxis regimen mainly on asymptomatic bacter...

Granulomatous prostatitis is an unusual, but well-recognized entity frequently mistaken for carcinoma on both digital rectal examination and transrectal ultrasound. The ultrasonographic findings of 11 patients with histologically-proven granulomatous prostatitis are reviewed.

The present study was conducted on 6 chronically ill Jersey/Red Sindhi cross-bred cows, which were suspected for intestinal obstruction on the basis of history and clinical signs. These cows were ultimately diagnosed with intestinal intussusception based on a combination of clinical, ultrasonographic and surgical examinations. "Bull's eye lesion" was the most prominent ultrasonographic finding,...

We studied the diagnostic predictive power of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) coupled with semen volume in cases of distal seminal tract sub-obstruction. As a gold standard for diagnosis we used seminal tract washout (STW). Non-azoospermic subjects (n = 112) were submitted to transrectal ultrasonography because of suspected excretory infertility or other andrological pathologies, before perf...

The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a new technique for transcutaneous ultrasonographic imaging coupled with transrectal manoeuvering for the examination of the left kidney using 10 clinically healthy Jersey/Red Sindhi crossbred cows. The areas extending caudally from the tuber-coxae, cranially up to the 11th intercostal space, dorsally from the lumbar transverse processes, a...

Twin pregnancy in the mare causes economic loss. Early transrectal ultrasonographic detection of twins and manual crush of one embryonic vesicle is the method of choice for managing equine twins (90% success rate). Transcutaneous and transvaginal ultrasound-guided twin reduction techniques are described for twin pregnancies that advance beyond 25 days of gestation. Reported success rates for th...

OBJECTIVE Mapping of transrectal ultrasonographic (TRUS) prostate biopsies is of fundamental importance for either diagnostic purposes or the management and treatment of prostate cancer, but the localization of the cores seems inaccurate. Our objective was to evaluate the capacities of an operator to plan transrectal prostate biopsies under 2-dimensional TRUS guidance using a registration algor...

Send comments/questions via email [email protected], fax 800-556-3288, or web CompendiumVet.com HISTORY A 12-year-old quarter horse broodmare was admitted to the University of Minnesota Veterinary Teaching Hospital for evaluation of a uterine mass. The mare had delivered a healthy filly 45 days previously with no apparent difficulty. Ultrasonographic examination of the mare’s uterus at h...

OBJECTIVE To report on the use of automated image analysis in the interpretation of transrectal ultrasonographic images of the prostate. PATIENTS AND METHODS During transrectal ultrasonography, images were recorded from biopsies performed in 127 patients. Subsequently in the image, the puncture place was marked and analysed. Analysis of the images was performed with the Automated Urologic Dia...