Niger J Clin Pract
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Role of acoustic radiation force-based elasticity imaging in endometrium pathologies.
Ultrasonography is difficult to distinguish between endometrial pathologies and often requires curettage. ARFI (Acoustic Radiation Force-Based Elasticity Imaging) is a new ultrasonography elastography method. Using ARFI, it is possible to obtain information about the likelihood of the tissue benign or malignant. ⋯ Endometrium ARFI contributes to the differential diagnosis of endometrial pathologies. Subendometrial and myometrial ARFI values decrease in polyps and increase in hyperplasia. Our study shows that the addition of subendometrium ARFI to gray-scale sonography before deciding on invasive procedures in endometrial pathologies may improve diagnostic accuracy. We concluded that further in vivo studies will establish the usefulness of this technique for preoperative diagnostic measures.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The effects of using phase-contrast microscopy on oral hygiene training of patients receiving orthodontic treatment: A randomized controlled study.
To investigate of effects of using phase-contrast video technique on education in oral hygiene training. This one blind, parallel randomized controlled trial was conducted in a tertiary clinic. Fifty-three patients who presented to the orthodontics department aged 12-20 years were divided into two groups randomly by computer-generated assigned codes to receive oral hygiene education. The participants were blinded to type of education method. Before orthodontic therapy, the control group was trained only by the conventional method, while the test group was trained by phase-contrast video microscopy method in addition to conventional method. Some images and videos of moving microorganisms in dental plaque were shown to the patients in test group on a computer monitor. ⋯ The training with phase-contrast microscopy has a more positive effect than the traditional method in oral hygiene education.