Ultrasound-Based Multimodal Imaging Predicting Ischemic-Type Biliary Lesions After Living-Donor Liver Transplantation.

Background: Ischemic-type biliary lesions (ITBL) are accepted as the most incomprehensible biliary complications after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Early predicting the development of ITBL in pediatric patients permits more preventive strategies. However, few studies have focused on the early prediction of ITBL.

A Nomogram Predicting the Prognosis of Children With Biliary Atresia After Hepatoportoenterostomy.

Although Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) is performed timely for most children with biliary atresia (BA), the native liver survival (NLS) is still poor due to the progressive liver fibrosis. Many children have to receive liver transplantation (LT) within 2 years after KPE. Early prediction of the prognosis permits the implementation of prophylactic treatments for BA children.

[Relationship between the grading of periventricular echodensities and periventricular white matter cystic lesions in preterm infants].

Objective: To understand the relationship of the grading of periventricular echodensities (PVE) with the morbidity and the occurrence time of periventricular white matter cystic lesions in preterm infants.

Methods: A retrospective, single-centre cohort study of 120 preterm infants with PVE diagnosed by ultrasonography between February 2005 and May 2008 was performed. The infants had a median gestational age of 32 weeks and a median birth weight of 2 230 g.

[Ultrasonographic findings of intussusception complicated by intestinal necrosis in children].

Objective: The information on the ultrasonographic features of pediatric intussusception complicated by intestinal necrosis is limited at present. This study aimed to investigate the ultrasonographic findings of this disorder in children in order to provide references for selecting a right means of reduction in clinical practice.

Methods: The ultrasonographic findings of 48 children with intussusception complicated by intestinal necrosis and who underwent operative reduction between 2004 and 2006 were reviewed retrospectively.