UNLABELLED Renal length measurements are used in evaluating several abnormalities of the pediatric genitourinary tract. This study assesses reproducibility of renal length measurements obtained with 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) SPECT. METHODS The lengths of 98 kidneys of 51 children (age range, 1-16 y; mean age, 5.4 y) who underwent 99mTc-DMSA SPECT were measured independently by 2 ob...

OBJECTIVE To determine a reference range of renal artery measurements by using Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) angiography and to find association of renal artery measurements with side of artery, gender and age. METHOD Two hundred and fifty study participants without renal artery disease who werepresented to Radiology Department, Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi, from November, 2016 to Ap...

conclusions this nonrandomized comparison of stent types in kidney transplantation supports the use of prophylactic double-j stents in terms of decreased ureteric complications and reduced length of hospital stay. patients and methods a retrospective analysis was performed on data of renal transplantations performed at our institution in a 12-month period. in this period, external and double-j ...

AIM To characterize the kidney alterations associated with renal mass reduction by two-dimensional ultrasound and assess the correlation of the ultrasonographic parameters with the histological and biochemical findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rats were divided into two groups: sham-operated animals (n=13), and animals which underwent renal mass reduction (RMR) through 5/6 nephrectomy (n=14). R...

Renal sonographic findings can now be implicated for prediction of changes in Glomerular filtration rate, and estimation of the degree of renal dysfunction in pets. This was successfully determined during a 20-day chronic unilateral ureteral obstruction in experimental dogs. GFR was quantitatively measured following a single intravenous bolus of inulin. The total clearance of the marker was cal...

Previous studies have reported that renal size may change when the function is compromised. However, it is not known whether sonographically measured renal size reflects the residual renal function (RRF) in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. A total of 140 patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis (≥3 months) were investigated in the present study. The patients were divided into two group...

Ultrasonographic examination of urinary system (kidney and urinary bladder) was conducted in New Zealand white rabbit [NZwr] and Tolai hare (Lepus tolai). Ultrasound images of the kidney and urinary bladder were evaluated on fifteen healthy rabbits of New Zealand white rabbit and another fifteen Tolai hares. The healthy rabbits were 8-12 months old (mean = 9.3 months), of both sexes and weighed...

Adequate organ growth is an important aspect of growth evaluation in children. Renal size is an important indicator of adequate renal growth; computed tomography (CT) can closely estimate actual kidney size. However, insufficient data are available on normal renal size as measured by CT. This study aimed to evaluate the relationships of anthropometric indices with renal length and volume measur...