Collateral circulation develops in stenosis of the celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery.

Purpose: Mesenteric circulation is provided by the celiac trunk (CT), superior mesenteric artery (SMA), and inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). The collateral circulation between CT and SMA and between SMA and IMA plays a protective role against intestinal ischemia in case of narrowing or occlusion of the mesenteric vessels. In our study, it is aimed to determine the CT and SMA stenosis rates in patients with CT and SMA stenosis from angiography images, the occurrence of the collateral variations, and the frequency of these variations.

Importance of measurement methods and demographic characteristics in evaluating ulnar variance: A retrospective comparative study.

Objective: This study aimed to compare 2 methods of ulnar variance (UV) measurement (the perpendicular method and the circular method) and to determine whether UV changed based on the demographic characteristics (sex and age).

Methods: UV was measured on bilateral wrist radiographs of 124 patients (62 men, 62 women; mean age=48.5 years; range=18-79 years) who had no history of trauma, congenital wrist anomaly, previous wrist surgery, and wrist osteoarthritis by a single radiologist with 4 years of experience.

The role of intraoperative ultrasonography in detection of hepatic vein variations in living donor liver transplantation.

Background: With advances in surgical techniques and immunosuppression, liver transplantation has become the most effective treatment of acute and chronic liver failures. Evaluation of vascular anatomy and detection of hepatic vascular variations prior to surgery, especially transplantation surgery, can help reduce complications in both the donor and the recipient. Intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS) is known to be beneficial during planning of the transplantation surgery, and can help direct the surgery itself.

Occipital artery arising from the internal carotid artery: a case report.

Variations of the branches of the external carotid artery have been well documented in the available literature. However, variation of the occipital artery arising from the internal carotid artery is extremely rare case. A 42-year-old man patient who suffered from subarachnoid hemorrhage with suspicious vascular anomalies was found to have this variation on the right side by angiography during selective catheterisation of main carotid artery for vascular mapping.

The analysis of long-term follow-up screening in patients with surgically treated intracranial aneurysms.

Aim: To understand the late anatomical results of surgically treated intracranial aneurysms (IA's) and to investigate the incidence of recurrent, de novo aneurysms, the natural history of residual aneurysms, and the morphological changes in temporarily clipped vascular segments.

Material And Methods: A total of 117 patients underwent screening with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) or computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in a range of 3 - 13 years. Late angiographies were evaluated in terms of recurrence, change in known residua, the presence of de novo aneurysms and the morphological changes in temporarily clipped vessels.

Yttrium-90 radioembolization in patients with unresectable liver metastases: determining the factors that lead to treatment efficacy.

Introduction: Locoregional treatments, such as radioembolization, can be used to treat patients with unresectable liver metastases. We aimed to determine the progression-free survival and factors that predict survival of patients with liver metastases whose response to selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) with Y-90 was assessed by positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT).

Patients: Our study included 78 liver cancer patients who were treated with Y-90 radioembolization.

Venous drainage patterns in carotid cavernous fistulas.

Purpose. The carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) is an abnormal arteriovenous communication and its drainage pathways may affect the clinic presentation and change treatment approach. We evaluated drainage patterns of CCFs by digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and categorized drainage pathways according to their types and etiology.

US-guided femoral and sciatic nerve blocks for analgesia during endovenous laser ablation.

Purpose: Endovenous laser ablation may be associated with significant pain when performed under standard local tumescent anesthesia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of femoral and sciatic nerve blocks for analgesia during endovenous ablation in patients with lower extremity venous insufficiency.

Methods: During a 28-month period, ultrasound-guided femoral or sciatic nerve blocks were performed to provide analgesia during endovenous laser ablation in 506 legs and 307 patients.

Bi-RADS category 3 nonpalpable breast masses on sonography: long-term results of a prospective cohort study.

Purpose: To determine the frequency of BI-RADS category 3 nonpalpable masses detected using only sonography (US) and the malignancy rate among these lesions. Second, to validate a proposed short-term follow-up regimen based on long-term observational results.

Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted between September 2003 and April 2010.

Endovenous laser ablation and concomitant foam sclerotherapy: experience in 504 patients.

Purpose: To investigate the value of endovenous laser ablation (ELA) and concomitant ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy (USGFS) in patients with chronic venous insufficiency.

Methods: During a 6-year period, concomitant USGFS of the varicose veins were performed in 504 out of 610 patients who underwent ELA for truncal or perforating vein insufficiency. In these 504 patients (944 legs; bilateral in 440 patients), the incompetent veins were greater saphenous vein in 615 legs, small saphenous vein in 118 veins, perforating veins in 42 legs, and a combination of these in 169 legs.

An Effective Way to Solve Equivocal Mammography Findings: The Rolled Views.

SUMMARY: BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of the rolled views taken in craniocaudal (CC) and mediolateral oblique (MLO) projections in solving equivocal mammography findings. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The rolled views were taken by changing the positioning of the breast but not the obliquity of the X-ray beams. The breast was rolled medially or laterally in the rolled CC view, and inferiorly or superiorly in the rolled MLO view to separate overlapping structures from each other.

The incidence of accessory navicular bone types in Turkish subjects.

Accessory ossicles are the skeletal variations of the ankle and foot that can cause painful syndromes. The accessory navicular bone is one of the most common accessory ossicle of the foot (4-21%) and is also known as os tibiale, os tibiale externum and os naviculare secundarium. This bone can be adjacent to the posteromedial tuberosity of the navicular bone or can be separated and may cause various diseases in the foot and mimic fractures of foot bones.

CT angiography and perfusion imaging in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: correlation of vasospasm to perfusion abnormality.

Introduction: We retrospectively evaluated computed tomography angiography (CTA) and perfusion imaging (CTP) of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) for any correlation between degree of vasospasm and perfusion deficit.

Materials And Methods: Sequentially performed CTP and CTA of 41 patients at least at the third day of postbleeding were reviewed for vasospasm and perfusion deficit throughout the anterior and middle cerebral arteries and corresponding territories. Vasospasm was noted comparing the contralateral normal ones or extradural components of the vessel itself and graded to negative, mild, moderate, and severe as luminal narrowing none, <25%, between 25% and 50%, and >or=50%, respectively.

Incidence of accessory ossicles and sesamoid bones in the feet: a radiographic study of the Turkish subjects.

Most accessory ossicles and sesamoid bones of the ankle and the foot remain asymptomatic; however, they have increasingly been examined in the radiology literature, because they can cause painful syndromes or degenerative changes in response to overuse and trauma. Our aim was to document a detailed investigation on the accessory ossicles and sesamoid bones of Turkish subjects in both the feet according to the sex, frequency and division of the bones, coexistence and bilaterality by radiography. A double-centered study was performed retrospectively to determine the incidence of the accessory ossicles and sesamoid bones in the ankle and foot.

Three-dimensional measurements of the nasal interdomal fat pad.

The interdomal fat pad (IFP) is an important structure related to tip deformity in rhinoplasty. This study aimed to evaluate the IFP by ultrasonography before surgery, and to demonstrate the existence of the IFP as a distinct anatomic structure in cadavers and patients. Three dimensions of the IFP were measured in 23 patients using ultrasound before rhinoplasty and in 10 cadavers using dissection.

Endovenous laser ablation for saphenous vein insufficiency: immediate and short-term results of our first 60 procedures.

Purpose: To present the immediate and short-term results of our first 60 endovenous laser (EVL) ablation procedures.

Materials And Methods: Between July 2005 and December 2006, 60 EVL ablations were performed in 36 symptomatic patients (26 females, 10 males; mean age +/- SD, 46 +/- 14 years). The incompetent veins included the great saphenous vein (GSV) (n = 52), small saphenous vein (n = 6), and major branches of the GSV (n = 2).

Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm: unusual cause of delayed postpartum hemorrhage.

We describe a case of uterine artery pseudoaneurysm in a 21-year-old woman with postpartum hemorrhage. This condition is easily diagnosed with duplex Doppler sonography and can be treated with embolization, but only if delayed postpartum hemorrhage is considered in the differential diagnosis.

Aortoiliac kissing stents: long-term results and analysis of risk factors affecting patency.

Purpose: To present the early and long-term results of aortoiliac kissing stents implantation and evaluate the risk factors affecting patency.

Methods: The data were retrospectively reviewed on 68 patients (64 men; mean age 55+/-11, range 32-77) who underwent kissing stents implantation during a 12-year period. The majority of patients (64, 94%) had claudication; 4 patients had rest pain.

Persistent sciatic artery. Radiologic features and patient management.

Persistent sciatic artery PSA represents the persistence of the sciatic vessel in adult life that is responsible for the major blood supply to the lower limb in early embryologic development. The incidence of PSA has been estimated as low as 0.025-0.

Ultrasound-guided retrograde popliteal artery catheterization: experience in 174 consecutive patients.

Purpose: To assess the safety and efficacy of ultrasound (US) guidance during retrograde popliteal artery catheterization (RPAC) and identify the risk factors for late hemostasis and complications.

Methods: A retrospective review was undertaken of consecutive patients who underwent grayscale US-guided RPAC during the last 8 years. Chart review identified 174 patients (150 men; mean age 61+/-10 years, range 37-84) with 247 iliofemoral lesions, which were treated via US-guided RPAC.

Primary stenting of focal atherosclerotic infrarenal aortic stenoses: long-term results in 13 patients and a literature review.

We conducted this study to investigate the value of primary stent implantation for the endovascular treatment of focal atherosclerotic stenoses of the infrarenal abdominal aorta. The data of 13 patients with a localized complex infrarenal aortic stenosis who underwent primary stenting was retrospectively evaluated. The patients (6 females, 7 males) had a mean age of 57.

Subintimal versus intraluminal recanalization of chronic iliac occlusions.

Purpose: To present our experience with subintimal recanalization of chronic iliac occlusions and retrospectively compare the results of this technique with those of standard intraluminal recanalization.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of 98 patients (91 men; mean age 61+/-10 years, range 37-77) with unilateral chronic iliac occlusions who underwent standard intraluminal recanalization or subintimal recanalization if intraluminal wire passage failed. The technical success, complications, and patency rates were statistically compared between groups.