[Ultrasonic diagnosis of certain gynecological tumors].

Ultrasonic diagnosis of gynaecologic conditions is discussed. The method allows to distinguish cystic tumours from solid tumours, and to determine the size and origin of the growth, and to differentiate tumours of the uterus from ovarian tumours, ovarian cysts and ascites. Ultrasonic examinations were performed in 108 patients and the results are compared with the clinical and surgical findings.

Ultrasound diagnosis of hematocervix following gynatresia in a case of uterus bicornis bicollis.

The authors describe the ultrasound findings of a hematocervix associated with cervical atresia. They emphasize the diagnostic difficulties and the important role of ultrasound in such cases.

[Diagnosis of intraabdominal abscesses by the ultrasound echo technique (author's transl)].

The diagnosis of abdominal abscesses with diagnostic methods generally used up to the present has not proved to be accurate and reliable. The authors give an account of their experience with a new ultrasound echo technique. By employing this technique, abdominal abscesses and effusions can be visualized with accuracy and their size can also be measured.

[Histological examination of uterus healing following cesarean section].

Scar tissues obtained in the course of a number of caesarean sections were histologically examined. The quality of the tissues were classified according to vascularization and muscularization. It has been found that the employment of a single-layered suture always gives a better result than that of a double-layered suture.

[Hysterographic examination of unilayer lointed wound margins following cesarean section].

The authors give an account of their examinations with hysterography after caesarean sections and present the various arrangements of the subject in the literature. They state that the employment of a single-layered suture for the fusion of the lips of wound of the uterus gives a better result than the use of a double-layered suture. They emphasize the importance of the examination and mention the possibilities of therapy, too.

The use of ultrasonic echo technique in the diagnosis of developmental anomalies of the uterus.

In the course of the fusion of the Müllerian ducts various anomalies of the uterus may be observed depending on the length of the septum between them. These anomalies can be recognized by the "B-scan" ultrasonic echo technique. Anomalies in pregnancy and puerperium were diagnosed in five cases and all of them were confirmed by clinical examination.

Detection of fetal life and growth by means of ultrasonic A-scan.

The results achieved in obstetrics by the application of ultrasonic A-scan technique are described. By means of the method fetal life and, from the rate of growth of the biparietal diameter, fetal development were determined in normal and pathological pregnancies.

The use of the ultrasonic echo technique in examining the normal and pathological involution in the puerperium.

The involution of the uterus in the puerperium was investigated after 50 normal, and 15 pathological pregnancies. By means of daily performed ultrasonic examinations the size and location of the uterus can be well determined, and the pace of the involution as well as the existing subinvolution can be diagnosed. It was found that in multiparas and in cases of uterine malformations the pace of the involution is somewhat slower, while in premature deliveries it is faster.

[The role of magnesium in premature labor].

The authors have applied i.v. magnesium sulphate treatment in 161 valuable cases at older than 20 weeks threat partus immaturus respectively at partus praematurua.