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E Kotscher

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PubMed1982

[The value of sonography in the follow-up of patients with transplanted kidneys].

42 cases with transplanted kidneys were examined by ultrasound. The results were compared critically with clinical and histological data. The ultrasound findings are identical with the other findings in 86%. Ultrasound therefore together with clinical laboratory and nuclear medical findings can in a very high percentage replace other high risk examinations like retrograde pyelography or angiography.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1981

Clinical relevance of radiologic examination of the skeleton and bone density measurements in osteoporosis of old age.

For the diagnosis of primary osteoporosis, various semiquantitative radiologic methods were compared in 149 unselected patients, aged over 50 years. Crush fracture syndrome (CFS), lumbar spine index (LSI), and Singh Index (SI) were assessed by three radiologists and after reevaluation, the intra- and interobserver errors were calculated. The reliability of the subjective grading was improved by joint and repeated reading of the radiographs. Additionally, the peripheral trabecular bone content was measured by photonabsorptiondensitometry (PAD). To test the value of the various semiquantitative methods, LSI, SI, and PAD have been compared with sex-matching before and after separation into age in decades in CFS-positive and CFS-negative patients. In an attempt to differentiate osteoporotics and non-osteoporotics by CFS, our results indicate that CFS-positive and CFS-negative males cannot be separated by LSI, SI, and PAD, whereas in females these methods can discriminate irrespective of the age in decades. However, in age related groups, only SI can discriminate significantly between CFS-positive and CFS-negative females. Correlation of the semiquantitative methods, regardless of the diagnosis of a CFS, revealed a significant correlation-between SI and PAD, but no correlation between LSI and SI, and LSI and PAD, respectively.

Absorptiometry, Photon↗