Anastomotic Leaks After Small- and Large-Bowel Surgery: Diagnostic Performance of CT and the Importance of Intraluminal Contrast Administration.

Objective: The objective of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of CT in the identification of anastomotic leaks.

Materials And Methods: This was a study of patients who underwent bowel surgery and a subsequent postoperative CT examination performed specifically for investigating for an anastomotic leak. The study group included patients with surgically confirmed anastomotic leaks (n = 59), and the control group included patients without anastomotic leaks (n = 48) confirmed by either repeat surgery or uneventful clinical follow-up for at least 6 months.

Development of RAD-Score: A Tool to Assess the Procedural Competence of Diagnostic Radiology Residents.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to develop a tool to assess the procedural competence of radiology trainees, with sources of evidence gathered from five categories to support the construct validity of tool: content, response process, internal structure, relations to other variables, and consequences.

Subjects And Methods: A pilot form for assessing procedural competence among radiology residents, known as the RAD-Score tool, was developed by evaluating published literature and using a modified Delphi procedure involving a group of local content experts. The pilot version of the tool was tested by seven radiology department faculty members who evaluated procedures performed by 25 residents at one institution between October 2014 and June 2015.

Restoration of strength despite low stress and abnormal imaging after Achilles injury.

Purpose: To determine the usefulness of clinical imaging in predicting the mechanical properties of rabbit Achilles tendons after acute injury.

Methods: We created a 2 x 7-mm full-thickness central tendon defect in one Achilles tendon of healthy rabbits. Rabbits in groups of 10 were killed immediately and 4 and 8 wk after surgery (n = 30).

A clinical and radiologic review of uncommon types and causes of pancreatitis.

Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common conditions for which emergent imaging is indicated. Alcohol consumption and cholelithiasis are the most common causes of acute pancreatitis in adults, whereas the majority of cases in children are idiopathic or secondary to trauma. A wide variety of structural and biochemical abnormalities may also cause pancreatitis.

The ability of ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and bone mineral densitometry to predict the strength of human Achilles' tendons.

Objective: To assess the value of ultrasonography (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and bone mineral densitometry (BMD) in evaluating human Achilles' tendon strength.

Design: Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting: Tertiary care hospital.

Liposuction sepsis - be alert.

Postoperative infection in liposuction patients may be exceedingly difficult to clinically appreciate because of the skin edema, colour changes and even blistering that can occur. The authors outline such a case with practical advice about establishing an accurate and precise diagnosis of an early septic process.

Leiomyomas beyond the uterus: unusual locations, rare manifestations.

Uterine leiomyomas affect 20%-30% of women older than 35 years. Extrauterine leiomyomas are rarer, and they present a greater diagnostic challenge: These histologically benign tumors, which originate from smooth muscle cells, usually arise in the genitourinary tract (in the vulva, ovaries, urethra, and urinary bladder) but may arise in nearly any anatomic site. In addition, unusual growth patterns may be seen, including benign metastasizing leiomyoma, disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis, intravenous leiomyomatosis, parasitic leiomyoma, and retroperitoneal growth.

Comparative anatomy of rabbit and human achilles tendons with magnetic resonance and ultrasound imaging.

We sought to describe the comparative anatomy of the Achilles tendon in rabbits and humans by using macroscopic observation, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography. The calcaneus-Achilles tendon-gastrocnemius-soleus complexes from 18 New Zealand white rabbits underwent ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and gross anatomic sectioning; these results were compared with those from a cadaveric gastrocnemius-soleus-Achilles tendon-calcaneus specimen from a 68-y-old human male. The medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscle tendons merged 5.