Publications by authors named "Abdulaziz I Alrashed"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how sonography can help identify and characterize complications after liver transplants using gray scale and color Doppler imaging.
- Conducted at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, the research involved analyzing the medical records of 122 liver transplant patients, mainly middle-aged males with hepatitis B and liver cancer as common reasons for surgery.
- Results indicated that biliary and vascular complications were prevalent post-transplant, with portal vein thrombosis being particularly significant, while normal Doppler findings stabilized within a week after surgery, emphasizing the importance of ultrasound in monitoring graft health.
Background: Ultraportable or pocket handheld ultrasound devices (HUD) may be useful for large-scale abdominal aortic aneurysm screening. However, the reproducibility of measurements has not been compared with conventional cart-based ultrasound machines.
Objectives: Investigate the intra- and inter-operator reproducibility of a HUD compared with a conventional ultrasound machine for aortic screening.
Purpose: This study was aimed to investigate the reproducibility of shear wave elastography (SWE) among operators, machines, and probes in a phantom, and to evaluate the effect of depth of the embedded inclusions and the accuracy of the measurements.
Methods: In vitro stiffness measurements were made of six inclusions (10, 40, and 60 kPa) embedded at two depths (1.5 cm and 5 cm) in an elastography phantom.