Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Treatment for Non-unions of Long Bone Fractures in a Scottish District General Hospital.

Objective: Despite advances in treatment, the management of fracture non-union remains a challenging and complex problem in orthopaedics. Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) treatment has been shown to be an effective, non-invasive, affordable treatment option. This treatment was evaluated in a Scottish district hospital over a nine-year period, which included the COVID-19 pandemic.

Double-balloon enteroscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of obscure bleeding, inflammatory bowel diseases and polyposis syndromes: we see more but do we know more?

Background/aims: Our aim was to report our experience with the Fujinon EN-450 T5 therapeutic double-balloon endoscope (DBE) in the diagnosis of small bowel diseases.

Methodology: Between August 2005 and October 2006, 52 DBE procedures were conducted on 47 consecutive patients (M/F: 22/25, age: 51.6 SD 19.

Location and age at onset of colorectal cancer in Hungarian patients between 1993 and 2004. The high number of advanced cases supports the need for a colorectal cancer screening program in Hungary.

Background: In recent decades, the incidence of proximal colorectal cancer (CRC) in North America and Western Europe has steadily increased, while that of the distal tumors has shown a corresponding decrease. Our aim was to investigate the change in age at diagnosis, the gender, location and cancer stage of CRC cases over the last 12 years in a large number of Hungarian patients.

Patients And Methods: The clinical and histological data of 1694 CRC patients (M/F: 917/777, age at diagnosis: 65.

[Change in location of colorectal cancer in Hungarian patients between 1993-2004].

Unlabelled: The incidence of proximal tumours in Western countries has steadily increased while that of distal tumours has shown a corresponding decrease. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence, location and histology of colorectal cancers in the last twelve years in Hungarian patients.

Patients And Methods: Clinical data of 1738 patients diagnosed with colorectal tumors (M/F: 940/798, mean age at diagnosis: 65.