Evaluation of the relationship between stiffness and thickness of the sciatic nerve and clinical outcomes after total hip arthroplasty: A prospective casecontrolled study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a sonographic assessment of sciatic nerve thickness and stiffness following total hip arthroplasty (THA) and to determine the relationship between sonographic characteristics of the sciatic nerve and clinical outcomes.

Methods: This prospective study included patients undergoing primary cementless THA due to hip osteoarthritis between January 2018 and January 2019 in a tertiary-level hospital. The thickness, strain elastography, strain ratio (SR), and shear wave elastography (SWE) of the sciatic nerve were measured.

Use of Shear Wave Elastography to Evaluate Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women.

Objective: To compare the shear wave elastography (SWE) values of perineal tissues in female patients with stress urinary incontinence and those without incontinence.

Study Design: Prospective case control study.

Place And Duration Of Study: University of Health Sciences, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey from March 2019 to March 2020.

Ultrasonographic measurement of diaphragm thickness in patients with severe thoracic scoliosis.

Purpose: This study aimed to measure diaphragm thickness using ultrasound in adult patients with severe idiopathic scoliosis.

Methods: This prospective case-control study included patients with severe idiopathic scoliosis and a healthy control group. The control and patient groups' demographic features, pulmonary function tests, diaphragm thickness, and thickening fraction measured using ultrasonography were compared.

Which imaging method is better for the differentiation of adenomyosis and uterine fibroids?

Objective: The paper compares shear wave elastography (SWE), strain elastography (SE) and magnetic resonance imaging apparent diffusion coefficient (MRI ADC) values, to evaluate their efficacy for differentiating between adenomyosis (AM) and uterine fibroids (UF).

Methods: Patients who were scheduled for hysterectomy for AM or UFs, with a preliminary diagnosis, were additionally evaluated before surgery by transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound elastography. SE of patients were evaluated by transvaginal ultrasound, and SWE of patients and control subjects were evaluated by transabdominal ultrasound.

Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of Anorectal Tissues and Muscles by Shear Wave Elastography in Anal Fıssure Disease.

Objective:  To evaluate the mechanical properties of the tissues and muscles in the anal region with the shearwave elastography for anal fissure etiology.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from March2019 to March 2020.

Diaphragm thickness and stiffness in patients with hyperkyphosis due to osteoporotic vertebral fracture: an ultrasonographic and elastographic study.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the thickness and stiffness of the diaphragm, using ultrasound (US) and strain elastography (SE) in patients with hyperkyphosis due to osteoporotic vertebral fracture.

Material And Methods: This prospective and case-control study was conducted between October 2019 and December 2019. Diaphragm thickness, SE, and strain ratio values of patients with hyperkyphosis due to osteoporotic vertebral fracture were compared with those of the control group.

Ultrasonographic evaluation of the patellar tendon length and elasticity after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy: A comparison with radiological and clinical parameters.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the length and elasticity of the patellar tendon after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO).

Methods: This case-controlled, analytical study included patients who underwent unilateral OWHTO operation and a control group. The length, thickness, strain elastography, and strain ratio of the patellar tendon were measured.

Can the unnecessary operations for suspected thyroid nodules be avoided by the combined use of the strain ratio and elastography score?

Introduction: Only 5%-15% of thyroid surgical specimens are reported as malignant. Most of the operations are performed due to suspicion of malignancy as a result of fine needle aspiration biopsy but invasiveness, non-diagnostic results and potential repeat biopsies are disadvantages of fine needle aspiration biopsy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of simultaneously using both the strain ratio and elasticity score in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules, as well as to assess the compatibility of these two methods.

Which Ultrasound Parameter Is More Accurate in the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Cross-Sectional Area, Resistive Index, or Strain Ratio?

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of cross-sectional area (CSA), resistive index (RI), and strain ratio (SR) in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Design: This prospective and case-control study included patients with a diagnosis of CTS and a healthy control group. The participants were examined with an ultrasound Doppler system equipped with a high-resolution (5-18 MHz) linear probe (Philips L18-5).

Which Is the Best Reference Tissue for Strain Elastography in Predicting Malignancy in Thyroid Nodules, the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle or the Thyroid Parenchyma?

Objectives: This study aimed to compare 2 types of strain ratios (SRs) in thyroid nodules. Two reference points were used: the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle and the thyroid parenchyma.

Methods: A total of 101 nodules in 83 patients were prospectively enrolled in the study.

Increased renal cortical stiffness obtained by share-wave elastography imaging significantly predicts the contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with preserved renal function.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the relation between renal cortical stiffness (CS) obtained by shear-wave elastography (SWE) and contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) development in interventional treatment-planned acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients.

Methods: Our study group consisted of 465 ACS patients. Routine laboratory assessments, B-mode, Doppler, and SWE renal ultrasonography (USG) evaluations were performed.

Usability of Achilles tendon strain elastography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease.

Purpose: There are close relationships between major coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors and Achilles tendon thickness (AT-T) and AT strain ratio (AT-SR). Our aim was to evaluate the diagnostic importance of AT-T and AT-SR as obtained by ultrasonography (USG) and strain elastography (SE) for predicting CAD.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and eighty-four patients scheduled to undergo coronary angiography were included in the study.

Diurnal variation of renal resistive index over 24-hour period in hypertensive patients and healthy controls.

Purpose: There are no data in the literature to our knowledge related to changes in renal resistive index (RRI) values over 24-h period and the importance of detecting these changes in patients who have hypertension (HT). In this study, we aimed to investigate the variation of RRI values over 24-h period and its usability in hypertensive patients.

Methods: A total of 118 subjects (80 with HT and 38 healthy controls) were included in the study.

Pneumomediastinum, Pneumopericardium, and Epidural Pneumatosis following Adenotonsillectomy: A Very Rare Complication.

Adenotonsillectomy is a common surgical otolaryngology procedure that is associated with several complications, including hemorrhage, odynophagia, damage to teeth, taste disorders, atlantoaxial subluxation, lingual edema, infection, and injury of the carotid artery. Pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium, and epidural pneumatosis are an extremely unusual condition in children with adenotonsillectomy. Treatment should be conservative in the majority of cases and based on benign self-limiting course of these diseases; early recognition can prevent further complications.

Color Doppler ultrasonography is a reliable diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of extracranial vertebral artery dissections.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of color Doppler sonography (CDS) in the diagnosis of extracranial vertebral artery dissections (EVADs). One hundred and fifty consecutive patients (age range 21-51 years, mean 44 years) with a clinical suspicion of vertebral artery dissection (VAD) were included in this study. All patients underwent CDS of vertebral arteries as the first-line imaging modality.

An Unusual Pediatric Case of Allen Key Penetrating Trauma in Maxillofacial Region.

Paranasal sinus (PNS) foreign bodies are not common. They are usually due to penetrating trauma and iatrogenic events. On imaging, radiopaque foreign bodies can easily be detected by X-ray views of PNS.

There is a significant relationship between morning blood pressure surge and increased abdominal aortic intima-media thickness in hypertensive patients.

Purpose: There are limited data about increased aortic intima-media thickness (A-IMT) in the presence of subclinical target organ damage in hypertensive (HT) patients. In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of increased A-IMT, the parameters determining increased A-IMT, and the relationship between increased A-IMT and other vascular IMT measurements.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively included 265 patients (mean age 54.

Computed tomography-guided transthoracic biopsy: Factors influencing diagnostic and complication rates.

Objective This study was performed to assess the complication and diagnostic rates of computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic needle biopsy of pulmonary parenchymal and mediastinal lesions. Methods Patients who were suspected to have a malignancy based on chest imaging and CT and could not be otherwise diagnosed were evaluated. Results Sixty-five patients were included; 48 (73.