The Role of Ultrasound Imaging of Callus Formation in the Treatment of Long Bone Fractures in Children.

Background: In the process of diagnosis and treatment of fractures, an X-ray study is typically performed. In modern medicine very important is the development of new diagnostic methods without adverse effects on the body. One of such techniques is ultrasound imaging.

Accuracy of sonographic criteria in the decision for surgical treatment in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Introduction: Abdominal ultrasonography has replaced barium studies in establishing the diagnosis in difficult cases of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). The aim of this retrospective study was to establish sonographic criteria of qualification for surgical treatment in children with IHPS.

Material And Methods: Hundred and fifteen infants (98 boys and 17 girls) with suspected IHPS were treated between 2000 and 2009.