The feasibility of transpedicular screw fixation of the subaxial cervical spine in the Arab population: a computed tomography-based morphometric study.

Background: Transpedicular screw fixation of the cervical spine provides excellent biomechanical stability. The feasibility of inserting a 3.5-mm screw in the pedicle requires a minimum pedicle diameter of 4.

The Feasibility of Two Screws Anterior Fixation for Type II Odontoid Fracture Among Arabs.

Study Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional study.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of two screws anterior fixation of the odontoid process among Arab adults.

Summary Of Background Data: Anterior screw fixation is the treatment of choice for type II odontoid fractures.

Computed tomography-based morphologic and morphometric features of the coccyx among Arab adults.

Study Design: Cross-sectional, retrospective.

Objective: To identify morphological and morphometric features of the coccyx among adult Arabs.

Summary Of Background Data: Different sacrococcygeal morphologic features were found to be associated with coccydynia.

Sixty-four-slice multidetector computerized tomography in the evaluation of transmesenteric internal hernias following Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery.

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of 64-slice multidetector computerized tomography (MDCT) in the detection of transmesenteric internal hernias in patients following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for bariatric surgery patients.

Subjects And Methods: This retrospective study was performed on post-bariatric RYGB patients presenting with signs and symptoms suggestive of internal hernias at our institution from the period of April 2010 until March 2012. The patients who had symptoms suggestive of internal hernia had undergone 64-slice MDCT.

Sonomammographic characteristics of invasive lobular carcinoma.

Objective: The objective of our study was to identify characteristic features of invasive lobular carcinoma on mammography and ultrasound examinations.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective multicenter study of women with biopsy-proven invasive lobular carcinoma. All patients had undergone diagnostic sonomammography.

Sixty-four multi-detector computerised tomography in the detection of lower gastrointestinal bleeding: A prospective study.

Introduction: Acute gastrointestinal bleeding (AGIB) is a serious and life-threatening condition. Many diagnostic procedures and tests are being used to detect the site of bleeding with different success rates. The aim of our study is to prospectively evaluate accuracy of 64-slice multi-detector computerised tomography (MDCT) in the diagnosis of lower AGIB.