Is Strain Elastography (IO-SE) Sufficient for Characterization of Liver Lesions before Surgical Resection--Or Is Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Necessary?

Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of IO-SE in comparison to IO-CEUS for the differentiation between malignant and benign liver lesions.

Material And Methods: In a retrospective diagnostic study IO-CEUS and SE examinations of 49 liver lesions were evaluated and compared to histopathological examinations. Ultrasound was performed using a multifrequency linear probe (6-9 MHz).

Identification of early complications following pancreas and renal transplantation using contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)--first results.

Aim: Identification of acute and subacute complications following pancreas and renal transplantation using contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in comparison with Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) or Ultrasound (US). The study evaluated whether CEUS could confirm the preliminary diagnosis or even provide additional information, relevant for the therapeutic strategy.

Material And Methods: Retrospective evaluation of 19 patients (13 male, 6 female, age 26-77 years, mean 53.

Intraoperative high resolution linear contrast enhanced ultrasound (IOUS) for detection of microvascularization of malignant liver lesions before surgery or radiofrequeny ablation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of linear contrast enhanced intraoperative ultrasound (CE-IOUS) to improve detection of malign liver tumors lesions before surgery or radiofrequency ablation (RFA).

Materials And Methods: 50 patients were included for surgery of malignant liver tumors (mean age 61 years (19-80); male n = 35, female n = 15), suffering from HCC (n = 15), colorectal liver-metastasis (n = 28), CCC (n = 2) or other malign liver lesions (n = 5). Preoperative CE-CT (n = 38), CE-MRI (n = 23) or PET-CT (n = 8) confirmed hepatic tumor manifestation.

Antimicrobial properties and elution kinetics of linezolid-loaded hip spacers in vitro.

Bacterial adhesion to and -persistence on antibiotic-loaded bone cement is an increasing problem. New antibiotics with good antimicrobial and pharmacokinetic properties (e.g.