Development and Evaluation of a Caregiver Reported Quality of Life Assessment Instrument in Dogs With Intracranial Disease.

In veterinary medicine, quality of life (QOL) assessment instruments, which are important components of the holistic evaluation of treatment success, have largely not included organ-specific concerns that may be broadly relevant to caregivers of dogs with intracranial disease. The objective of this study was to identify core questionnaire items and domains that contribute to health-related QOL (HRQOL) in dogs with intracranial disease. A questionnaire was developed that contained 39 QOL-related items encompassing physical, social/companionship, and brain-specific domains associated with the treatment of dogs with intracranial disease, and administered to caregivers of 56 dogs diagnosed with genetic, inflammatory, neoplastic, traumatic, and vascular brain diseases, 52 healthy dogs, and 20 dogs with non-neurological illnesses.

Measurement of mandibular bone density after iliac crest grafting.

Nonvascularized and microsurgically revascularized iliac bone grafts used for mandibular reconstruction behave differently during healing. Quantitative computer tomography (QCT) was used to investigate these differences with respect to mineralization and macrostructure of the grafts after a period of adequate functional loading. It was shown that in nonvascularized grafts, reactive sclerosis occurs, as a sign of an irregularly reparative metaplastic process and mineralization.

Quantitative computed tomography--a new method in the assessment of autologous augmentation of the mandible.

Following autologous alveolar ridge augmentation with microsurgically revascularized iliac crest segments, quantitative computed tomography was used for the first time to examine mandible and graft. The results are shown by the example of 2 cases. Sufficient mineralization of the graft could be demonstrated macromorphologically as well as by means of bone densitometry.

[Lung involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis: results of studies with high resolution computerized tomography].

The report covers experience of high resolution computerized tomography examinations of eight patients suffering from pulmonary manifestations of Wegner's granulomatosis. Classification of the lesions according to Murata's scheme is of no diagnostic benefit. The only findings that are diagnostic are cavitary lesions.

[Contrast-enhanced CT of the mediastinum in lymph node diagnosis].

In mediastinal lymphoadenopathy diagnostic problems arise if lymphomas are of the same density as cardial or vascular structures. For this reason, CT based on contrast enhancement must definitely ensure a significantly greater enhancement of vascular structures than of non-vascular ones during the entire scan period. We studied 4 groups of 20 patients each employing standardised CT examinations employing 100 ml.