{"title":"Transverse limb deficiency of the upper extremities.","authors":"Philipp Klaritsch","doi":"10.1055/a-2285-8251","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2285-8251","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":"45 3","pages":"220-231"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ting Jiang, Tuo Yang, Weiya Zhang, Michael Doherty, Yuqing Zhang, Chao Zeng, Aliya Sarmanova, Zidan Yang, Jiatian Li, Yilun Wang, Yuqing Wang, Abasiama D Obotiba, Guanghua Lei, Jie Wei
{"title":"Correction: Prevalence and distribution of ultrasound-detected hand synovial abnormalities in a middle-aged and older population.","authors":"Ting Jiang, Tuo Yang, Weiya Zhang, Michael Doherty, Yuqing Zhang, Chao Zeng, Aliya Sarmanova, Zidan Yang, Jiatian Li, Yilun Wang, Yuqing Wang, Abasiama D Obotiba, Guanghua Lei, Jie Wei","doi":"10.1055/a-2195-7358","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2195-7358","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"e1"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71488016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yangyang Zhu, Zheling Meng, Hao Wu, Xiao Fan, Wenhao Lv, Jie Tian, Kun Wang, Fang Nie
{"title":"Deep learning radiomics of multimodal ultrasound for classifying metastatic cervical lymphadenopathy into primary cancer sites: a feasibility study.","authors":"Yangyang Zhu, Zheling Meng, Hao Wu, Xiao Fan, Wenhao Lv, Jie Tian, Kun Wang, Fang Nie","doi":"10.1055/a-2161-9369","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2161-9369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate the feasibility of deep learning radiomics (DLR) based on multimodal ultrasound to differentiate the primary cancer sites of metastatic cervical lymphadenopathy (CLA).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This study analyzed 280 biopsy-confirmed metastatic CLAs from 280 cancer patients, including 54 from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), 58 from thyroid cancer (TC), 92 from lung cancer (LC), and 76 from gastrointestinal cancer (GIC). Before biopsy, patients underwent conventional ultrasound (CUS), ultrasound elastography (UE), and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Based on CUS, DLR models using CUS, CUS+UE, CUS+CEUS, and CUS+UE+CEUS data were developed and compared. The best model was integrated with key clinical indicators selected by univariate analysis to achieve the best classification performance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All DLR models achieved similar performance with respect to classifying four primary tumor sites of metastatic CLA (AUC:0.708~0.755). After integrating key clinical indicators (age, sex, and neck level), the US+UE+CEUS+clinical model yielded the best performance with an overall AUC of 0.822 in the validation cohort, but there was no significance compared with the basal CUS+clinical model (P>0.05), both of which identified metastasis from HNSCC, TC, LC, and GIC with 0.869 and 0.911, 0.838 and 0.916, 0.750 and 0.610, and 0.829 and 0.769, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The ultrasound-based DLR model can be used to classify the primary cancer sites of metastatic CLA, and the CUS combined with clinical indicators is adequate to provide a high discriminatory performance. The addition of the combination of UE and CEUS data is expected to further improve performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"305-315"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ole Ackermann, Daniel Berthold, Christian Fischer, Kay Grosser, Christina Hauenstein, Sebastian Kluge, Jörg D Moritz, Christian Tesch, Constantin V Kaisenberg
{"title":"Fracture sonography - Literature review and current recommendations.","authors":"Ole Ackermann, Daniel Berthold, Christian Fischer, Kay Grosser, Christina Hauenstein, Sebastian Kluge, Jörg D Moritz, Christian Tesch, Constantin V Kaisenberg","doi":"10.1055/a-2225-7320","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2225-7320","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Over the course of more than two years, an expert group of 9 professional societies has created the S2e guidelines for fracture sonography. This publication summarizes the key points regarding the individual indications.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from 2000 to March 2021 with evaluation of the literature lists. Randomized controlled clinical trials, observational clinical trials, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews were included. Guidelines, conferences, reviews, case reports, and expert opinions were excluded. Evidence was graded using the SIGN grading system 1999-2012, and the SIGN tables were then presented to the expert group. These were used to develop specific recommendations for the use of fracture sonography. All recommendations were discussed in detail and finally unanimously agreed upon.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 520 primary literature sources found, 182 sources (146 clinical studies and 36 meta-analyses and systematic reviews) were evaluated after screening and content assessment. 21 indications that allow reasonable application of fracture sonography were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Ultrasound is a sensible, easy-to-use diagnostic method that is feasible for a large number of indications.</p>","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"269-276"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139941095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon Keckstein, Juergen Dippon, Gernot Hudelist, Philippe Koninckx, George Condous, Lennard Schroeder, Joerg Keckstein
{"title":"Sonomorphologic Changes in Colorectal Deep Endometriosis: The Long-Term Impact of Age and Hormonal Treatment.","authors":"Simon Keckstein, Juergen Dippon, Gernot Hudelist, Philippe Koninckx, George Condous, Lennard Schroeder, Joerg Keckstein","doi":"10.1055/a-2209-5653","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2209-5653","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The progression of deep endometriosis (DE) in women of reproductive age is highly variable. This study aimed to analyze the sonomorphological changes of rectal endometriosis over long periods of time and the influence of hormonal treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study included premenopausal women with rectal DE treated conservatively between 2002 and 2021. The lesion length and thickness of the nodule were evaluated at regular intervals over time. We created statistical models with mixed effects to identify potential factors influencing lesion progression and regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>38 patients were monitored over a mean period of 7.2 (± 4.2) years with a mean of 3.1 (± 2.1) check-ups within the observation period. We detected a significant increase in lesion length until the end of the fourth decade of life. In addition, we found a substantial decrease in the length and thickness of the nodule depending on the length of hormonal treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In conservatively managed patients with rectal endometriosis, without hormonal therapy, lesion size can exhibit a moderate increase up to the end of the fourth decade of life, after which it appears to stabilize. This increase does not follow a linear pattern. Hormonal therapy is crucial in impeding further progression, resulting in either a cessation or a regression of lesion growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"285-292"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138812367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yangyang Zhu, Zheling Meng, Hao Wu, Xiao Fan, Wenhao Lv, Jie Tian, Kun Wang, Fang Nie
{"title":"Correction: Deep learning radiomics of multimodal ultrasound for classifying metastatic cervical lymphadenopathy into primary cancer sites: a feasibility study.","authors":"Yangyang Zhu, Zheling Meng, Hao Wu, Xiao Fan, Wenhao Lv, Jie Tian, Kun Wang, Fang Nie","doi":"10.1055/a-2235-8731","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2235-8731","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"e2"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139433044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sven Schiermeier, Constantin Sylvius von Kaisenberg, Sven Kehl, Frank Reister, Beatrice Mosimann, Philipp Reif, Werner Harlfinger, Klaus König, Christiane Schwarz, Elke Matern, Maritta Kühnert, Ralf Schmitz, Markus Hoopmann, Andrea Ramsell, Barbara Stocker Kalberer, Petra Graf Heule, Silke Heinzl, Beate Kayer, Patricia Gruber, Horst Steiner, Leonard Schäffer
{"title":"Fetal Assessment in Pregnancy (Indication and Methodology for Fetal Monitoring in a low-risk Population). Guideline of the DGGG, DEGUM, OEGGG and SGGG (S3-Level, AWMF Registry No. 015/089, February 2023).","authors":"Sven Schiermeier, Constantin Sylvius von Kaisenberg, Sven Kehl, Frank Reister, Beatrice Mosimann, Philipp Reif, Werner Harlfinger, Klaus König, Christiane Schwarz, Elke Matern, Maritta Kühnert, Ralf Schmitz, Markus Hoopmann, Andrea Ramsell, Barbara Stocker Kalberer, Petra Graf Heule, Silke Heinzl, Beate Kayer, Patricia Gruber, Horst Steiner, Leonard Schäffer","doi":"10.1055/a-2113-7638","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2113-7638","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong> The aim of this guideline was to find evidence on whether carrying out Doppler examinations and CTGs in low-risk cohorts of pregnant women improves outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> First, a systematic search for guidelines was carried out. Identified guidelines were evaluated using the DELPHI instrument of the AWMF. Three guidelines were found to be suitable to evaluate CTG. Two DEGUM best practice guidelines were judged suitable to describe the methods. All studies on this issue were additionally analyzed using 8 PICO questions. A structured consensus of the participating professional societies was achieved using a nominal group process and a structured consensus conference moderated by an independent moderator.</p><p><strong>Recommendations: </strong> No antepartum Doppler sonography examinations should be carried out in low-risk cohorts in the context of antenatal care. No antepartum CTG should be carried out in low-risk cohorts. NOTE: The guideline will be published simultaneously in the official journals of both professional societies (i. e., <i>Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde</i> for the DGGG and <i>Ultraschall in der Medizin/European Journal of Ultrasound</i> for the DEGUM).</p>","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"147-167"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10381078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ioannis Kyvernitakis, Friederike von Gehren, Marcel Malan, Ahmet Baschat, Holger Maul, Maciej Osinski
{"title":"Prediction of Preterm Birth with the Uterocervical Angle in Singleton Pregnancies Treated with a Cervical Pessary.","authors":"Ioannis Kyvernitakis, Friederike von Gehren, Marcel Malan, Ahmet Baschat, Holger Maul, Maciej Osinski","doi":"10.1055/a-2091-7179","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2091-7179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cervical pessaries are an established therapy option for patients at risk for spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). The uterocervical angle (UCA) remains a promising sPTB predictor. However, its clinical significance has yet to be described in patients treated with a pessary.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study analyzed data of patients treated with a pessary because of cervical shortening in singleton pregnancies. The patients were divided into 2 groups according to transvaginal ultrasound findings: the funneling group (n = 68) and the no-funneling group (n = 42). Moreover, we analyzed patients within these prespecified groups according to the UCA < 95° and ≥ 95°.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Delivery occurred significantly earlier in patients treated with a pessary and with a high UCA ≥ 95°(p = 0.006). The median gestational age at delivery in patients treated with a pessary and with no funneling and a UCA < 95° vs. ≥ 95° were 39.00 and 36.14 weeks, respectively (p = 0.005). In cases with funneling and a UCA < 95° vs. ≥ 95° the mean gestational age at delivery was 38.14 and 38.07 weeks respectively (p=1,00). There was a significant negative linear correlation between UCA and the gestational age at delivery in all patients (p = 0.04), which was even profound in the group without funneling (p = 0.0002). However, we found no significant correlation between cervical length and gestational age at delivery in all patients (p = 0.42) as well as in the group without funneling (p = 0.28).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In spite of pessary treatment, patients with UCA ≥ 95° presented with a higher risk of sPTB compared to patients with UCA < 95°. This suggests that the UCA seems to be a better predictor of sPTB than the cervical length in patients receiving pessary treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"190-198"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9799378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Max Seitzinger, Franziska Gnatzy, Sabine Kern, Ralf Steinhausen, Jana Klammer, Tobias Schlosser, Valentin Blank, Thomas Karlas
{"title":"Development, evaluation, and overview of standardized training phantoms for abdominal ultrasound-guided interventions.","authors":"Max Seitzinger, Franziska Gnatzy, Sabine Kern, Ralf Steinhausen, Jana Klammer, Tobias Schlosser, Valentin Blank, Thomas Karlas","doi":"10.1055/a-2242-7074","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2242-7074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Ultrasound (US) represents the primary approach for abdominal diagnosis and is regularly used to guide diagnostic and therapeutic interventions (INVUS). Due to possible serious INVUS complications, structured training concepts are required. Phantoms can facilitate teaching, but their use is currently restricted by complex manufacturing and short durability of the materials. Hence, the aim of this study was the development and evaluation of an optimized abdominal INVUS phantom.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Phantom requirements were defined in a structured research process: Skin-like surface texture, homogeneous matrix with realistic tissue properties, implementation of lesions and abscess cavities in different sizes and depths as well as a modular production process allowing for customized layouts. The phantom prototypes were evaluated in certified ultrasound courses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In accordance with the defined specifications, a new type of matrix was developed and cast in multiple layers including different target materials. The phantom structure is based on features of liver anatomy and includes solid focal lesions, vessels, and abscess formations. For a realistic biopsy procedure, ultrasound-proof material was additionally included to imitate bone. The evaluation was performed by US novices (n=40) and experienced participants (n=41). The majority (73/81) confirmed realistic visualization of the lesions. The 3D impression was rated as \"very good\" in 64% of cases (52/81) and good in 31% (25/81). Overall, 86% (70/81) of the participants certified high clinical relevance of the phantom.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The presented INVUS phantom concept allows standardized and realistic training for interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"176-183"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139730823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rudolf Horn, Christian Görg, Helmut Prosch, Ehsan Safai Zadeh, Christian Jenssen, Christoph F Dietrich
{"title":"Sonography of the pleura.","authors":"Rudolf Horn, Christian Görg, Helmut Prosch, Ehsan Safai Zadeh, Christian Jenssen, Christoph F Dietrich","doi":"10.1055/a-2189-5050","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2189-5050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The CME review presented here is intended to explain the significance of pleural sonography to the interested reader and to provide information on its application. At the beginning of sonography in the 80 s of the 20th centuries, with the possible resolution of the devices at that time, the pleura could only be perceived as a white line. Due to the high impedance differences, the pleura can be delineated particularly well. With the increasing high-resolution devices of more than 10 MHz, even a normal pleura with a thickness of 0.2 mm can be assessed. This article explains the special features of the examination technique with knowledge of the pre-test probability and describes the indications for pleural sonography. Pleural sonography has a high value in emergency and intensive care medicine, preclinical, outpatient and inpatient, in the general practitioner as well as in the specialist practice of pneumologists. The special features in childhood (pediatrics) as well as in geriatrics are presented. The recognition of a pneumothorax even in difficult situations as well as the assessment of pleural effusion are explained. With the high-resolution technology, both the pleura itself and small subpleural consolidations can be assessed and used diagnostically. Both the direct and indirect sonographic signs and accompanying symptoms are described, and the concrete clinical significance of sonography is presented. The significance and criteria of conventional brightness-encoded B-scan, colour Doppler sonography (CDS) with or without spectral analysis of the Doppler signal (SDS) and contrast medium ultrasound (CEUS) are outlined. Elastography and ultrasound-guided interventions are also mentioned. A related further paper deals with the diseases of the lung parenchyma and another paper with the diseases of the thoracic wall, diaphragm and mediastinum.</p>","PeriodicalId":49400,"journal":{"name":"Ultraschall in Der Medizin","volume":" ","pages":"118-146"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139492683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}