A consecutive series of 93 patients had homograft.aortic valve replacement at Green Lane Hospital over a six-month period. Except for 12 assessed at one or two months, the 85 survivors were examined at three months and the clinical degree of aortic incompetence was recorded. Thirty-four of the patients did not proceed to aortography for reasons unrelated to the state of the homograft valve. Fif...

OBJECTIVE To present the clinical and radiological results of a minimally invasive technique, the fixation of two- and three-part fractures of the proximal humerus according to the Neer Classification System, using the intramedullary bundle-wiring Hackethal technique. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The operations were performed with the Hackethal technique (use of elastic titanium nails, Synthes) on 17...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction, one of the main components of quality of care, is a crucial phenomenon for the overall health care delivery system. Even though a number of studies have been conducted about patient satisfaction in different health services, studies in radiology services are flimsy in Ethiopia. This study aimed at assessing patient satisfaction towards radiological service and a...

The article represents a retrospective clinical and radiological study. Objective. To assess the safety and the stability in time of the Unit Rod instrumentation in the treatment of severe neuromuscular scoliosis in children and adolescents. Summary. The treatment of patients with neuromuscular scoliosis always represents a challenge. The patients are debilitated and usual interventions are ver...

conclusions based on the results of this study, although radiographic findings are not diagnostic in ptb, they are helpful if the assessment associates with the view of clinical manifestations and sputum smears. patients and methods in this retrospective descriptive-analytical study, 376 patients who had been confirmed with ptb were referred to birjand health care center from 2001 to 2006. out ...

a modified Allison's technique and followed up for one to 10 years. To avoid surgical bias, the clinical and radiological findings were assessed by the co-author, a radiologist. Ages, type of hernia, symptoms, coexisting pathology, and operative technique are described. The late follow-up includes an assessment of patients' opinions of their operation and residual symptoms and a review of the r...

Barium enemas are one of the most commonly requested radiological examinations. Here in Bristol the enemas are carried out in double contrast, which is becoming widely accepted as the standard examination of the colon (Thoeni and Margulis 1978). However there are several problems which have to be overcome if an optimal double contrast examination is to be obtained. The colon must be free of its...

OBJECTIVES To provide a simple myomectomy technique for low-segment Hirschsprung disease and evaluate the efficacy of the new modification. DESIGN Case series of 19 patients followed up for 12 to 56 months (mean, 39.1 months). SETTING Tanta University Hospital, Tanta, Egypt. PARTICIPANTS Nineteen patients aged 4 months to 10 years complaining of chronic constipation, with radiological and...