Laser Doppler imaging as a tool in the burn wound treatment protocol.

Introduction: The main treatment of burns is early excision of injured tissues.

Aim: TO COMPARE TWO DIFFERENT METHODS OF EXAMINATION OF BURNED PATIENTS: clinical burn depth examination (CDE) and laser Doppler imaging (LDI).

Material And Methods: A prospective randomized study of 57 burn patients treated in 2009-2011 was carried out.

Application of acetylcholinesterase histochemistry for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease in neonates and infants: a twenty-year experience.

Background: The acetylcholinesterase (AChE) histochemical staining of intestinal mucosal-submucosal biopsy specimens is believed to be the most reliable diagnostic method for Hirschsprung's disease (HD). The aim of our study was to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of this method for HD diagnosis in infants and neonates.

Material And Methods: The results of AChE histochemistry of rectal biopsy specimens, obtained from 11 neonates and 29 infants treated in the Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, from 1991 to 2010 were analyzed.

Experience of acetylcholinesterase histochemistry application in the diagnosis of chronic constipation in children.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to review our experience in applying acetylcholinesterase histochemistry for diagnosing colonic dysganglionoses in children.

Patients And Methods: We analyzed acetylcholinesterase histochemistry results of rectal biopsy specimens obtained from 85 children. The indications for biopsy were suspicion of Hirschsprung's disease in neonates and infants (Group 1; n=21) and older children (Group 2; n=17); megarectum (Group 3; n=44); and colostomy (Group 4; n=3).