Value of oral effervescent powder administration for multidetector CT evaluation of esophageal cancer.

Purpose: To assess the value of oral effervescent powder (EP) for evaluation of esophageal distension, and for detection and staging of esophageal cancer with contrast-enhanced CT.

Materials And Methods: 84 patients without esophageal pathology and 52 patients with histological confirmed diagnosis of esophageal cancer were included in this prospective IRB-approved study. Half of the patients in both groups received EP prior to CT.

[Colon triplication associated with ileum atresia in laparoschisis].

The present paper reports the unusual and rare case of a colon triplication associated with other findings never reported before, including the diagnostic and therapeutic management with consideration of the relevant, but rare scientific references in the medical literature. In the basic finding of an ileum atresia with laparoschisis, a colon triplication was incidentally found. The surgical procedure performed after the primarily planned Caesarean section within the 34(th) week of gravidity consisted of a bowel-preserving resection of the triplication including the ileum atresia and a subsequent Santulli anastomosis followed by a later excision of the ileostoma.

Bone formation using human demineralised bone matrix (Grafton) for the treatment of bone cysts in children.

Bone cysts, in particular solitary bone cysts, are the most frequent cause of pathological fractures in children. However, there is still a great variety of regimens used to treat these lesions. Since demineralised bone matrix (DBM) is commercially available, we aimed to use this material for the consolidation of bones diagnosed as fragile because of cyst formation.