OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to clarify the clinical significance of single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) imaging in terms of technetium-99m galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) scintigraphy. To this end, we examined the relationship using data from surgical records of 67 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent hepatectomy. MATERI...

Much work has been done in an effort to understand the complex function of the liver and considerable information of value has been obtained. It is fair to say, however, that the estimation of functional capacity of the liver cannot as yet be made with any convincing accuracy. We have reason to believe that the liver has a very large factor of safety-that it can tolerate an extensive injury and...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the concurrent validity of the farsi version of functional gait assessment (fga), timed up & go (tug), and gait speed tests in persian communitydwelling older adults. methods: subjects were 100 males in falling or no falling history group (50 subjects in each group). subjects were community-dwelling adults aged 60-90 years who were living in...

Objective(s) PDE3 has a functional role in insulin secretion and action. We investigated the metabolic effects of new synthetic PDE3 inhibitors (mc1, mc2, mc5 and mc6), on mice and hyperglycemic rat. Materials and Methods The test compound or solvent was injected subcutaneously to mice, for 7 days. On day 8, blood and liver samples were obtained. In hyperglycemic rat, 0.5 g/kg glucose with o...

UNLABELLED Reliable assessment of hepatic function during liver regeneration is crucial after liver surgery or liver transplantation. (99m)Tc-galactosyl human serum albumin ((99m)Tc-GSA) scintigraphy, (99m)Tc-mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HBS), the indocyanine green (ICG) clearance test, and the galactose elimination capacity (GEC) are common quantitative liver function tests. However,...

In liver diagnostics, a simple, non-invasive test with high sensitivity and specificity is permanently being sought in order to assess the degree of liver damage. In addition to liver biopsy, algorithms using blood parameters or elastometry are used in clinical practice. However, these methods do not provide information about the true liver reserve, so the liver breath test seem to be a promisi...

Uric acid was used as a test for liver disease before the advent of enzymology. Three old studies criticised uric acid as a test of liver function. Uric acid, as an end-product of purine metabolism in the liver, deserved re-evaluation as a liver function test. Serum totalbile acids are widely accepted as the most reliable liver function test. This study compared the ability of serum uric acid c...

UNLABELLED Hepatic resection is the therapy of choice for malignant and symptomatic benign hepatobiliary tumors. The concept of remnant liver volume (RLV) has been introduced and can be assessed with CT. However, inhomogeneous liver function distribution and a lack of correlation between morphologic hypertrophy and functional recovery fuelled the enthusiasm for functional imaging. The aim of th...