Suture granuloma after orchiectomy: sonography, doppler and elastography features

ABSTRACTSuture granuloma is a mass forming benign lesion that develops at the site of surgery as a foreign body reaction to non-absorbable suture material. We present a case of suture granuloma that developed at the inguinal region after orchiectomy, and define the sonography, color Doppler sonography and real-time ultrasound elastography findings in correlation with the histopathological findings

The protective effect of ischemic preconditioning on rat testis

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Use of complementary and alternative medicines by a sample of Turkish women for infertility enhancement: a descriptive study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Infertility patients are a vulnerable group that often seeks a non-medical solution for their failure to conceive. World-wide, women use CAM for productive health, but only a limited number of studies report on CAM use to enhance fertility. Little is known about traditional and religious forms of therapies that are used in relation to conventional medicine in Turkey. We investigated the prevalence and types of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) used by infertile Turkish women for fertility enhancement.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A face-to-face questionnaire inquiring demographic information and types of CAM used for fertility enhancement were completed by hundred infertility patients admitted to a primary care family planning centre in Van, Turkey between January and July 2009.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The vast majority of infertile women had used CAM at least once for infertility. CAM use included religious interventions, herbal products and recommendations of traditional "hodja's" (faith healers). Of these women, 87.8% were abused in the last 12 months, 36.6% felt not being supported by her partner and 80.5% had never spoken with a physician about CAM.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Infertile Turkish women use complementary medicine frequently for fertility enhancement and are in need of information about CAM. Religious and traditional therapies are used as an adjunct to, rather than a substitute for, conventional medical therapy. Physicians need to approach fertility patients with sensitivity and should be able to council their patients about CAM accordingly.</p

Examining the generalizability of research findings from archival data

This initiative examined systematically the extent to which a large set of archival research findings generalizes across contexts. We repeated the key analyses for 29 original strategic management effects in the same context (direct reproduction) as well as in 52 novel time periods and geographies; 45% of the reproductions returned results matching the original reports together with 55% of tests in different spans of years and 40% of tests in novel geographies. Some original findings were associated with multiple new tests. Reproducibility was the best predictor of generalizability—for the findings that proved directly reproducible, 84% emerged in other available time periods and 57% emerged in other geographies. Overall, only limited empirical evidence emerged for context sensitivity. In a forecasting survey, independent scientists were able to anticipate which effects would find support in tests in new samples

JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE

In this pictorial essay, we review the sonographic and other imaging findings of paratesticular masses in correlation with the pathologic findings. The examples include benign and malignant tumors and also non-neoplastic mass lesions of the paratesticular structures. Diagnostic sonographic findings of these mass lesions as well as correlative findings of other imaging methods are presented

A case of acute appendicitis at atypical localization

A 23-year-old male patient is admitted in the emergency unit with complaints of acute pain in the left lower quadrant of abdomen, nausea, vomiting and anorexia. Physical examination, shows tenderness in the left lower quadrant, defense and rebound. Laboratory examination reveals a white blood cell count at 18,000 cells/mm3, with 73% neutrophils. His temperature is 38°c. The patient was referred to radiology unit and supine abdominal radiograph showed colonic gas distension in the left side of abdomen. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) examination showed that cecum was not at the normal localization in the left lower-middle part of abdomen. Similar to cecum, ascending colon was also located in the left side of abdomen. The superior mesenteric vein (SMV) was located anterior and to the left of the superior mesenteric artery (Fig. A, thick arrow cecum, thin arrow SMV). At the inferior-medial part of cecum, a tubular, enhancing structure compatible with inflamed appendix was seen. The diameter and wall thickness of appendix were increased additionally there were mesenteric heterogeneity and linear density increases at periappendiceal region (Fig. B, thick arrow appendix, thin arrow periappendiceal heterogeneity). The diameter of the appendix was 9 mm. In the light of these findings the patient was diagnosed as midgut malrotation and additionally left sided acute appendicitis. The patient was referred to general surgery department for surgery and discharged shortly after