Effects of adding interactive videogames to conventional rehabilitation program on radiological progression and upper extremity motor function in patients with hemiplegic stroke: a preliminary study.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of adding interactive videogames to conventional rehabilitation programmes on radiological progression and upper extremity functional status.

Patients And Methods: A total of 18 patients with hemiplegic stroke were randomized into two groups as conventional rehabilitation (control) group ( = 9), and the conventional rehabilitation + interactive videogames (intervention) group ( = 9). Each group received a 4-week program (5 days/week).

Shear-wave elastography for detection of placenta percreta: a case-controlled study.

Background: Prenatal diagnosis of placenta percreta (PP) is important to be able to provide effective management and a multidisciplinary approach to minimize the complications.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of shear-wave elastography (SWE) in the prenatal diagnosis of PP.

Material And Methods: A total of 18 women with PP and 20 pregnant women with normal placenta in the second or third trimesters were included in this prospective study.

Does B12 deficiency lead to change in brain metabolites in pediatric population? A MR spectroscopy study.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine metabolite changes in different brain regions of the children with vitamin B12 deficiency disease using MR spectroscopy.

Methods: Eighteen children with serum vit. B12 deficiency and 12 healthy volunteer children were included in the study.

Carotid artery intima-media thickness can predict the response of patients with erectile dysfunction to phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors.

This study investigated the role of carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) as a morphological marker of the response of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) patients to tadalafil, one of the phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor (PDE5-I). Through March-December 2016, 51 men with vasculogenic ED aged over 30 years were enrolled in this prospective study. Vasculogenic ED was accepted as a normal testosterone level, with penile colour Doppler ultrasonography showing arteriogenic ED, venogenic ED or mixed arteriogenic and venogenic ED.

The measurement of both carotid intima-media thickness and epicardial adipose tissue thickness in children with epilepsy receiving antiepileptic drug therapy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the carotid intima-media thickness together with the thickness of the epicardial adipose tissue in patients receiving antiepileptic drug therapy and to investigate the presence of increased cardiovascular risk in these patients.

Methods: The study included a total of 52 patients comprising 32 males and 20 females who were diagnosed as having epilepsy and who were using one or more antiepileptic drugs. The control group consisted of 34 healthy individuals comprising 16 males and 18 females.

Brain metabolite values in children with breath-holding spells.

Breath-holding spells are benign, paroxysmal events with apnea and postural tone changes after a crying episode in infants. The objective of this study was to investigate the pathologies in brain metabolite values in the absence of seizure in children with breath-holding spells by using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Brain MRS examination was performed on 18 children with breath-holding spells and 13 neurologically normal children who were included as the control group.

Brain metabolite alterations in Eisenmenger syndrome: Evaluation with MR proton spectroscopy.

Objective: Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a life-threatening disease characterized by pulmonary hypertension and cyanosis in patients with congenital heart diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the brain metabolite changes in Eisenmenger syndrome compared with a control group using MR proton spectroscopy.

Methods And Materials: The study included 10 children (3 male, 7 female) with congenital heart diseases and a diagnosis of Eisenmenger syndrome.

Brain diffusion changes in Eisenmenger syndrome.

Objective: This preliminary study aimed to evaluate whether there are changes in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the brain in patients presenting with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES).

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 10 consecutively recruited patients with ES and 10 healthy control subjects. In the patients and controls, eight distinct neuroanatomical locations were selected for analysis.

Assessment of orbital blood flow velocities in retinopathy of prematurity.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the presence of any stage retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) alters central retinal artery (CRA) and ophthalmic artery (OA) blood flow parameters in premature infants. The patients were divided into two groups according to the development of ROP; those who have ROP were defined as group I, those without ROP were defined as group II. Ninety eyes of 45 patients in group I and 40 eyes of 20 patients in group II were investigated.

Comparison of the Efficacy of Dry Needling and High-Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Therapy with Clinical Status and Sonoelastography in Myofascial Pain Syndrome.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic efficacy of high-power pain threshold (HPPT) ultrasound therapy applied to the trigger points and dry needling (DN) in myofascial pain syndrome.

Design: Sixty-one patients were randomly assigned to an HPPT (n = 30) and dry needling (n = 31) groups. The primary outcome measures were the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS), both at 1 week and 4 weeks after treatment.

Urothelial Carcinoma Concomitant With Malakoplakia In Non-Functioning Nephrolithic Kidneys.

Nephrolithic non-functioning kidney and malakoplakia are major health problems. Kidney function cannot be fulfilled and also this leads to a high risk of development of urothelial neoplasm. We report herein a case of urothelial carcinoma concomitant with malakoplakia in non-functioning nephrolithic kidneys.

Paratracheal air cysts: prevalence and relevance to pulmonary emphysema and bronchiectasis using thoracic multidetector CT.

Purpose: We aimed to determine the prevalence of paratracheal air cysts (PTACs) and the relationship of PTACs with emphysema and bronchiectasis through retrospective analysis of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) findings.

Methods: MDCT findings of 1027 consecutive patients who underwent routine thorax examination between January 2012 and January 2013 were evaluated retrospectively for the presence of PTACs. Localization of the PTACs, as well as their size, shape, and relationship with the trachea were examined.

Spinal epidural abscess in brucellosis.

Involvement of the skeletal system is a common complication of brucellosis. However, muscle involvement or paraspinal abscess formation are rare complications. Paraspinal abscess usually develops secondary to spondylitis.

The use of sonoelastographic elasticity index to differentiate benign and malignant thyroid nodules.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the elasticity index of thyroid nodules by sonoelastographic imaging, and to determine the cut-off value to distinguish malignant nodules from benign nodules with optimum sensitivity and specificity.

Materials And Methods: Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of 84 cases were evaluated with B-mode US and Sonoelastography (USE) preoperatively. The elasticity score (ELX 2/1) index of the nodules were calculated.