Gastrointestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease care: Patient perceptions and impact on disease-related knowledge.

Background And Aim: Objective monitoring of disease activity is integral to therapeutic decision-making in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Data are sparse on patients' perspectives of tools used to monitor disease activity in IBD. To evaluate patients' perspectives of gastrointestinal ultrasound (GIUS) performed during routine IBD clinical care, along with its impact on IBD-specific knowledge.

Repeated Live Imaging in the Temporomandibular Joint of an Anterior Crossbite Mouse Model Using a 7T Magnetic Resonance Device.

Background/aim: Few studies have performed magnetic resonance (MR) imaging on live animals. The aim of this study was to perform 7T MR microimaging of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) multiple times in the same living mice with malocclusion, and to compare between MR imaging and histopathological findings.

Materials And Methods: Mice were examined by MR imaging at 3-4, 6 and 12 weeks following the attachment of a metal tube on the left mandibular incisor.

Relationship Between Intracapsular Fracture Patterns and Arthroscopic Findings.

Purpose: To observe the superior joint compartment (SJC) using ultrathin arthroscopy in intracapsular condylar fracture (ICF) of the temporomandibular joint, describe the changes, and evaluate the relations among fracture pattern, arthroscopic findings, and clinical outcome.

Patients And Methods: Twenty patients with 27 ICFs were the subject group. Thirteen patients had unilateral ICFs and 7 had bilateral ICF.