Enhancing Prostate Cancer Detection in PI-RADS 3 Cases: An In-depth Analysis of Radiological Indicators from Multiparametric MRI.

Prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis using multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) remains challenging, especially in Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System 3 (PI-RADS 3) lesions, which present an intermediate risk of malignancy. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of various radiological parameters in PI-RADS 3 lesions to improve the decision-making process for prostate biopsies.This retrospective study included 76 patients with PI-RADS 3 lesions who underwent mpMRI and transrectal prostate biopsy at a tertiary university hospital between 2015 and 2022.

The role of intraoperative ultrasonography in detection of hepatic vein variations in living donor liver transplantation.

Background: With advances in surgical techniques and immunosuppression, liver transplantation has become the most effective treatment of acute and chronic liver failures. Evaluation of vascular anatomy and detection of hepatic vascular variations prior to surgery, especially transplantation surgery, can help reduce complications in both the donor and the recipient. Intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS) is known to be beneficial during planning of the transplantation surgery, and can help direct the surgery itself.

Markers of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Nonfunctional Adrenal Incidentaloma Patients without Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors.

Data regarding cardiovascular risk in patients with non-functional adrenal incidentaloma (NFAI) are limited. The objectives of this study are to investigate markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease like carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), pulse wave velocity (PWV), augmentation index (AIx), soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) and leptin levels in NFAI patients without traditional cardiovascular risk factors and healthy control group. This study involved 35 patients with NFAI (11 males, 24 females; mean age, 52.

Intravenous paracetamol or morphine for the treatment of renal colic: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Study Objective: This randomized, placebo-controlled trial evaluates the analgesic efficacy and safety of intravenous single-dose paracetamol and morphine for the treatment of renal colic.

Methods: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial comparing single intravenous doses of paracetamol (1 g), morphine (0.1 mg/kg), and placebo (normal saline solution) for patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with suspected renal colic.

Role of resistive index in renal colic.

We studied the role of duplex Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of renal obstruction caused by ureteral calculi. Using duplex Doppler sonography, we evaluated the intrarenal hemodynamics of 27 patients who presented to the emergency department with renal colic. We performed Doppler ultrasonography on patients in whom US did not reveal any pathology causing renal colic and calculated and compared mean RI values of normal and obstructed kidneys and DeltaRI values of each group.

Hepatobiliary fascioliasis: sonographic and CT findings in 87 patients during the initial phase and long-term follow-up.

Objective: The purpose of our study was to describe the initial and long-term imaging findings in hepatobiliary fascioliasis.

Conclusion: Most patients with fascioliasis have typical hepatobiliary imaging findings. It is important to know that residual fibrotic or necrotic foci may remain for years after cure.

Tibial tubercle position and patellar height as indicators of malalignment in women with anterior knee pain.

In this study, we evaluated 70 limbs in 42 women with anterior knee pain. We investigated tibial tubercle position and patellar height indices as indicators of malalignment. Tibial tubercle rotation angles were determined by computed tomography, and patellar height indicators, Insall-Salvati, modified Insall-Salvati, Caton, and Blackburne indices were calculated on lateral knee roentgenograms.