Prospective randomized study comparing mesh displacement in enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal versus totally extraperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair without mesh fixation.

Purpose: In laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, it is thought that the mesh can be displaced more in the enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal (eTEP) technique. The aim of this study was to compare eTEP and totally extraperitoneal (TEP) techniques without mesh fixation in terms of mesh displacement and hernia recurrence.

Methods: Between December 2022 and April 2023, 60 consecutive patients with unilateral inguinal hernia were randomized into two groups; eTEP group (n = 30) and TEP group (n = 30).

A Ruptured Cystic Echinococcosis in the Gallbladder and Intra/Extrahepatic Biliary Tract, Radiological and Surgical Imaging Findings.

Cystic echinococcosis is a common parasitic infestation that can still cause serious complications in endemic areas. Intrabiliary rupture is a well-defined complication, but rupture into the gallbladder is rare. The disease may present with cholecystitis and cholangitis.

Use of Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification Elastography Technique in Fetal Lung Maturation: A Preliminary Study.

This study is an analysis of fetal lung stiffness by virtual touch tissue quantification (VTTQ) elastography to predict fetal lung maturation. Evaluation of fetal lungs was first performed in B mode, and fetal lungs were analyzed at 3 different periods at third trimester in each pregnant woman, at 28 to 31, 32 to 36, and 37 to 41 weeks. Fetal lung elastography was performed at regions with the least acoustic shadow and far from ribs and heart.

Clinical Impacts of Juxtapapillary Duodenal Diverticulum Detected on Computed Tomography.

Background: Diverticula are commonly observed in the duodenum. Duodenal Diverticulum (DD) usually does not give symptoms throughout life and is diagnosed by coincidence. However, it may present with different symptoms in patients.

Evaluation of celiac disease with uniphasic and multiphasic dynamic MDCT imaging.

Purpose: An analysis of dynamic contrast MRI has been shown to provide valuable information about disease activity in Crohn's disease and Celiac disease (CD). However, there are no reports of dynamic multi-detector computer tomography use in patients with CD. The aim of this study is to determine and compare the perfusion dynamics of the patients treated with control subjects and the perfusion dynamics in patients with untreated CD, using dynamic contrast in MDCT and compare studying contrast dynamics in Marsh types as well.

Is there a relation between computed tomography findings and electrocardiography findings in COVID-19?

Objective: COVID-19 can cause lung damage and may present with pneumonia in patients. In the present study, the correlation between the severity of pneumonia and electrocardiography parameters of COVID-19 were examined.

Methods: A total of 93 COVID-19 patients and a control group consisting of 62 volunteers were studied.

Ultrasound Elastography in the Differentiation of Simple Cyst and Type I Hydatid Cyst of the Liver.

Hydatid cyst (HC) is a parasitic disease that is endemic particularly to the sheep-breeding regions of the world, our country included. Given their propensity to materialize most commonly in the liver, our study evaluates the value of ultrasound elastography in the differential diagnosis of simple cyst and type I HCs of the liver.The study involved a total of 73 cysts (22 simple cysts, 51 type I HCs) that were removed using the puncture aspiration injection reaspiration technique between 2016 and 2018.

Efficiency of diffusion-weighted MRI for differentiating radiologically similar simple and type I hydatid cysts of the liver.

Background: Determining the nature of purely cystic hepatic lesions is essential because different kinds have different follow-ups, treatment options, and complications.

Purpose: To explore the potential of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for the differentiation of type I hydatid cysts (HC) and simple liver cysts (SLC), which have similar radiological appearances.

Material And Methods: This single-center prospective study was conducted during 2016-2019.

Contrast enhanced computed tomography findings of persistent truncus arteriosus; A rare congenital heart disease.

Persistent Truncus Arteriosus is a cyanotic congenital heart anomaly in which a single trunk supplies both the pulmonary and systemic circulation, instead of a separate aorta and a pulmonary trunk. It is usually classified as a conotruncal anomaly. Due to parallel fetal circulation, truncus arteriosus does not cause any haemodynamic problem in utero.