Effects of different surgical procedures for meniscus injury on two-year clinical and radiological outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions. -TMDU MAKS study.

Background: The treatment of meniscus injuries combined with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction would be important to improve outcomes after ACL reconstruction. However, the effects of treatment methods for meniscus after ACL reconstruction have not been thoroughly investigated. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of treatment methods for meniscus on clinical and radiological outcomes at 2 years after ACL reconstruction.

[The significance of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in acute cholecystitis].

To clarify the significance of magnetic renonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in the acute phase of acute cholecystitis, MRCP was carried out in forty-five patients with acute cholecystitis in their acute phase. The MR pericholecystic high signal was observed in 38 of the 45 patients (84%). Enlargement of the gallbladder, presence of gallstones, and impacted stones was seen in 71%, 53%, and 18%, respectively.

[IFOBT-positive gastric cancer].

Among 888 patients who underwent operation or endoscopic resection for gastric cancer (1994-1998), 75 patients, who had no colorectal disease or only small polyps 5 mm or less in diameter, were positive on the immunologic fecal occult blood test (IFOBT) (the positive group). They are compared with the other 813 patients (the negative group) as to the following 6 points: symptoms, presence of anemia, depth of invasion including macroscopic appearance, location, maximum diameter of lesions, and microscopic findings. The rate of positive-IFOBT gastric cancer was 8.