Using Non-Contrast MRA to Discriminate between Obstructive and Nonobstructive Venous Diseases of the Legs.

Background: Venous interventions of the legs are less predictable owing to a lock of objective tools.

Methods: One hundred and twenty patients with lower extremity venous disease were evaluated anatomically using TRANCE MRI. Then, a QFlow analysis was performed in 53 patients with only one leg affected for hemodynamic evaluation.

A new quantitative method to evaluate adnexal tumors.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess endometriomas and follicular cysts using a new quantitative method provided by the picture archiving and communication system.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed our computer ultrasound database of endometriomas and follicular cysts between November 2003 and July 2007. A total of 123 consecutive women diagnosed with an endometrioma or follicular cyst on two-dimensional sonography were re-evaluated using new parameters with the picture archiving and communication system.

Transvaginal sonographic criteria for the diagnosis of adenomyosis based on histopathologic correlation.

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of different transvaginal sonographic criteria in the diagnosis of adenomyosis, and to determine the most useful sonographic feature by comparison with histopathologic results.

Materials And Methods: A total of 213 consecutive patients scheduled for hysterectomy underwent preoperative transvaginal sonography in this retrospective study. The diagnosis of adenomyosis was made if one or more of the following sonographic findings were present: (1) a globular uterine configuration; (2) poor definition of the endometrial-myometrial interface; (3) sub-endometrial echogenic linear striations; (4) myometrial anterior-posterior asymmetry; (5) myometrial cysts; and (6) a heterogeneous myometrial echotexture.

Cesarean scar defect: correlation between Cesarean section number, defect size, clinical symptoms and uterine position.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of clinical symptoms associated with Cesarean scar defects, and to determine the association between the size of these defects, clinical complaints, uterine position, and a history of multiple Cesarean sections.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, Cesarean scar defects in women with a history of transverse lower-segment Cesarean section were measured by transvaginal ultrasound while being assessed for other gynecological conditions. The relationships between the size of the Cesarean scar defect and the clinical symptoms, uterine position and number of previous Cesarean sections were evaluated.

Effect of oral esomeprazole on recurrent bleeding after endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers.

Background: After endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcer, a high-dose infusion of omeprazole substantially reduces the risk of recurrent bleeding. The role of oral proton pump inhibitors for these patients is uncertain. The purpose of the present study was to assess whether the use of oral esomeprazole would reduce the frequency of recurrent bleeding after endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers.