Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the leading causes of discrepancies between imaging studies [contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and contrast enhanced computer tomography (CECT)] diagnosis and histology in patients presenting to a tertiary referral center with previously detected pancreatic masses by standard abdominal ultrasound. Methods: We performed a prospective longitudinal observational study on 76 patients with pancreatic masses:

Aim: The aim of this international multicenter study was to evaluate the reliability of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography for predicting fibrosis severity, in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Patients and methods: We compared ARFI to liver biopsy (LB) in 914 patients (10 centers, 5 countries) with chronic hepatitis C. In each patient LB (evaluated according to the METAVIR score) and ARFI measurements were performed (median of

Background & Aims: The current study aimed to establish the liver sti ness (LS) cut-o values and their performance in the prediction of the ¬brosis stage in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients, to e¬nd the anthropometric and biochemical factors leading to overestimation of the ¬brosis stage and to analyze the factors leading to the technique failure. Methods: 1,202 consecutive CHC patients were prospectively included in the study. All of them underwent

Transient elastography (TE) is increasingly employed in clinical practice for the noninvasive detection of tissue fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD), and particularly chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatitis. The present study was designed to provide a definitive characterization of the ‘‘confounding’’ increase in liver stiffness (LS) following a standardized meal in a consecutive population of 125 patients with

Objective : The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the PGE1 analogue, Misoprostol, on gallbladder fasting volume and meal-stimulated emptying. Prostaglandins' effects on the gallbladder were studied principally regarding mucus production during lithogenesis. In the few in vitro and in vivo studies, contradictory results concerning their influence upon gallbladder motility were obtained. Subjects : 13 healthy subjects, 8 females, 5 males,

A miscellany of new strategies, experimental techniques and theoretical approaches are emerging in the ongoing battle against cancer. The recent explosion in the understanding of the multiple scale processes that drive the advancement of cancer is allowing useful mathematical models of the tumorigenesis to be developed. Such models have the potential to facilitate a deeper understanding of the mechanisms associated with tumor initiation and progression

Abstract: The goal of this paper consists in a presentation of a telemedicine system architecture applicable in emergency and disaster medicine achieved through a benchmarking between cooperative robotics technique and the mobile intervention units reaction in case of human emergency or disaster appearance. The paper presents an innovative method of assistance, gridiron and guiding patients to the most adequate medical unit for high performance treatment