Prospective evaluation of the functional and anatomical results of arthroscopic repair in small and medium-sized full-thickness tears of the supraspinatus tendon.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relation between tendon integrity and functional results following the arthroscopic treatment of small- and medium-sized rotator cuff tears.

Methods: Arthroscopic repair was performed on 26 consecutive patients (21 women, 5 men;mean age: 55.9 years; range: 33-72 years) with small- and medium-sized tears of the supraspinatus tendon.

MRI manifestations of soft-tissue haemangiomas and accompanying reactive bone changes.

Objectives: Soft tissue haemangiomas are common benign vascular lesions that can be accompanied by reactive changes in the adjacent bone structure. This study aimed to discuss the MRI features of soft-tissue haemangiomas with an emphasis on changes in bone.

Methods: The radiographic and MRI findings of 23 patients (9 males, 14 females; mean age 25 years; age range 2-46 years) with soft-tissue haemangiomas were analysed retrospectively.

The effect of decrease in serum nitric oxide concentration on portal hemodynamics after Helicobacter pylori treatment: an open-label pilot study.

Background/aims: Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis increases serum nitrate and nitrite concentrations. The relationship between splanchnic hemodynamics and nitrate and nitrite levels has been demonstrated. We aimed to determine the effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment on portal hemodynamics.

The role of Doppler sonography in predicting severity of acute pancreatitis.

Purpose: To investigate the role of Doppler sonography (DUS) examination of major abdominal arteries in predicting severity of acute pancreatitis (AP).

Methods: Twenty-nine patients diagnosed with AP and 14 controls were blindly and prospectively evaluated with Doppler sonography. Disease severity was defined clinically according to acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE II) score and was classified as severe for APACHE II score > or =8.

Hepatic abscess: a rare manifestation of brucellosis in children.

Hepatic abscess caused by brucellosis is extremely rare in children. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl in whom an abscess of the liver developed during an episode of acute brucellosis. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of hepatic abscess caused by brucellosis in a child.