1Department of Mother and Child Care, Pediatric Surgery, Unit Universityof Palermo , AOU Policlinico Paolo Giaccone 2Department of Mother and Child Care, Division of Infecious Diseases, University of Palermo, AOU Policlinico Paolo Giaccone 3Department of Radiology, Section of Radiological Sciences, Universityof Palermo , AOU Policlinico Paolo Giaccone Journal of Urology and Nephrology Open Acce...

Received August 5, 2002, from Sonoscan Ultrasonic Scan Centre (S.B.V.) and private practice, pediatric surgery (V.R.R.), Coimbatore, India; and private practice, radiology (S.K.M.), and Kumarakriba Clinic (K.M.), Pollachi, India. Manuscript accepted for publication August 7, 2002. Address correspondence and reprint requests to S. Boopathy Vijayaraghavan, MD, DMRD, 16 B Venkatachalam Rd, R. S. P...

CONTEXT The imaging of pediatric sports injuries of the elbow requires an understanding of the interaction between biomechanical forces common in sports and the developing skeleton. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A PubMed search was performed using the terms elbow, radiology, and sports with the search limited to children up to 18 years of age. No limits were set on the range of years searched. Article...

Artificial sources of radiation account for approximately 14% of the annual radiation dose from all sources of radiation. Because of the increased lifetime risk per unit dose for children, radiographic procedures could lead to increase the radiogenic risk of cancer. This study intended to review the pediatric doses in planar radiography procedures and to assess different methods used to reduce ...

1. Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Service of São José do Rio Preto – Hospital de Base – São José do Rio Preto Medical School – São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil. 2. Pediatric Radiology Service of the Hospital de Base São José do Rio Preto Medical School and Ultra-X Diagnóstico por Imagem of São José do Rio Preto São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil. Ulisses Alexandre CROTI1, Domingo Marcolino BR...

the diversity of its applications. This fact emerges from the current number of Medical Ultrasonography. First article which catch the attention discuss the diagnostic approach to maxillary sinusitis using Ultrasonography. One group of pediatric specialists from well known Hospitals in Romania – Clinical Emergency Pediatric Hospital and Radiology Department form Cluj Napoca and, on the other ha...

Diffusion tensor MRI and tractography of the sacral plexus in children with spina bifida Wieke Haakma, Pieter Dik, Bennie ten Haken, Martijn Froeling, Rutger Jan Nievelstein, Jeroen Hendrikse, Inge Cuppen, Tom de Jong, and Alexander Leemans Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Department of Forensic Sciences and Comparative Medicine Lab, Aarhus University...

ABBREVIATIONS AAOMR: American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. AAPD: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. ADA: American Dental Association. CBCT: Cone-beam computed tomography. FDA: Food and Drug Administration. Purpose The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) intends these recommendations to help practitioners make clinical decisions concerning appropriate selection o...

VUR: Vesico Ureteral Reflux; UTI: Urinary Tract Infection; APN: Acute Pyelo Nephritis; UVJ: Uretero Vesical Junction; CND: Common Nephric Duct; UGS: Uro Genital Sinus; BOO: Bladder Outlet Obstructions; PUV: Posterior Urethral Valves; LUTD: Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction; AUA: American Urological Association; RPD: Renal Pelvic Diameter; CAKUT: Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Trac...

The American Academy of Pediatrics, with the collaboration of the Surgical Sections of the American Academy of Pediatrics, has created referral recommendations intended to serve as voluntary practice parameters to assist general pediatricians in determining when and to whom to refer their patients for pediatric surgical specialty care. It is recognized that these recommendations may be difficul...