to Acute Abdominal Pain
Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain Robert McNamara, MD a,*, Anthony J. Dean, MD b a Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, 3500 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA…
ABDOMINAL MEDICINE
Causes of Abdominal Pain
Systemic Causes of Abdominal Pain J. Matthew Fields, MD a,*, Anthony J. Dean, MD b a Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1020 Sansom Street, Thompson Building 239,…
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Tubo-ovarian Abscess
(1) Department of Surgery Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (2) School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Abstract Despite an increase in the…
Scanning Techniques in Transabdominal and Intraoperative/Laparoscopic Ultrasound
Fig. 4.1 Transabdominal ultrasound setup. The examiner sits or stands on the patient’s right. The ultrasound controls and monitor sit to the right of the patient’s head to allow easy…
Percutaneous Ultrasound Guidance Techniques and Procedures
Technique Methods Aspiration Contrast, alcohol Biopsy Cytology, core biopsies Catheter guidance Drainage: cholecystostomy, abscess, etc. Definition of intra-abdominal anatomy Fluid collections (e.g., blood, puss, cyst, etc.) Injection Operative approach Probe…
Abdominal Wall Anatomy, Pathology, and Intervention
Fig. 6.1 Anterior abdominal wall musculature and fascia Fig. 6.2 Abdominal wall anatomy at the abdominal midline. The linea alba is noted by the arrow Fig. 6.3 Linea semilunaris. The…
Future Perspective in Abdominal Ultrasound
Fig. 23.1 Various types of intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) probes Clinical Usefulness Kupffer imaging makes it possible to visualize the location, size, and shape of tumors that are difficult to visualize…
Intraoperative and Laparoscopic Ultrasound During Pancreatic Surgery
Fig. 12.1 Transducer probes – (a) Handheld side-fire curvilinear-array transducer. (b) Handheld end-fire linear-array transducer. (c) Laparoscopic side-fire linear-array transducer. (d) Hand-assisted laparoscopic approach Laparoscopic transducers are either fixed or…
Computer-Assisted Navigation for Ultrasound “3-D Ultrasound”
Fig. 18.1 Laparoscopic, hand-assisted, ultrasound-guided ablation of a hepatic malignancy. The patient had undergone a sigmoid resection and already had a lower abdominal hand port in place. Notice the surgeon…
Ultrasound Techniques for Liver Tumor Ablation
Fig. 17.1 PET scan demonstrating too many lesions to be able to safely and effectively perform ablation with curative intent Tumors which are 3 cm in size require the creation…
