Determination of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae in kidney urinary bladder x-ray films in the Saudi population.

To investigated the rate of occurrence of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV), spinal variant, in kidney urinary bladder (KUB) plain radiographs in a Saudi population.  Methods: Between January 2012 to January 2015, KUB plain films obtained from patients at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, were reviewed, and the presence or absence of LSTV was documented and classified as incomplete or complete. Patients who had evidence of spinal surgery that would obscure the view were excluded.

Costly coagulation profile tests prior to performing breast biopsies. Do we really need it?

Objectives: To reassess the need for routine coagulation profile testing in patients undergoing image-guided breast biopsies. 

Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study. Data was collected from the logbook of patients that underwent image-guided biopsies in the breast unit at the Department of Radiology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.