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The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of the diet enriched with linseed on morphometric, densitometric and mechanical properties of tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus in 14-month-old ostriches. The experimental diet including 4% of linseed was applied to ostriches (N=8) starting from the attainment of 45 kg of body weight, while the control birds (N=8) were fed the standard diet. At the age of 14 months of life, blood samples were collected and the birds were slaughtered to isolate left tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry method was used to evaluate the bone mineral density and bone mineral content. Using quantitative computed tomography, total bone volume, mean volumetric bone mineral density, volumetric bone mineral density of trabecular and cortical bone, cortical bone area, calcium hydroxyapatite density of the trabecular and cortical bone were also determined.Cross-sectional area, second moment of inertia, mean relative wall thickness and cortical index were determined. Maximum elastic strength and ultimate strength of bones were determined using three-point bending test. Total antioxidative capacity in the serum was measured using commercial photometric test. In the experimental group of males, cortical bone area reached significantly higher value, while calcium hydroxyapatite density of the trabecular bone of tibio-tarsus was significantly lower, when compared to sex-matched controls (P<0.05). In conclusion, the experimental diet enriched with 4% of linseed, starting from 45 of kg of body weight of birds, had neither the positive nor negative effects on the evaluated bone properties in 14-month-old ostriches. Thus, higher dietary dosage of linseed or different administration period of the experimental diet should be applied to expect effects on skeletal system quality in growing ostriches.
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The workers of an iron foundry were exposed to air pollution, which after some time of exposure results in lung fibrosis among some workers. The diagnosis of pneumoconiosis in workers of an iron foundry is based mainly on the radiological findings among workers exposed to the dust causing lung fibrosis. However, on radiograms many parenchymal structures overlap, which limits sensitivity and specificity to the method. Difficulties in accurate interpretation of conventional radiograms in silicosis also result from their relatively low resolution. The purpose of the present study was to assess the value and usefulness of high resolution computed tomography in the diagnostics of nodular changes in foundry workers' pneumoconiosis, compared to conventional radiography. The study group consisted of 64 iron foundry workers in whom silicosis had been recognized. The average age of the group was 51 years and the mean silica exposure time was 23 years. Chest radiograms with hard X-rays were taken at the maximal inspiration phase. For the HRCT examination the Siemens Somatom ART apparatus was used, equipped with a 512 × 512 pixels reconstruction matrix and a special programme for high resolution algorithm image reconstruction. In our material, consistency of results for conventional radiography and HRCT in revealing the presence of nodules was high. A statistically significant increase in detectability of intralobular nodules and peripheral nodules localized under the pleura was observed. The increase in detectability of cavernous, calcified nodules and those in the upper pulmonary fields obtained from computed tomography, however, was not statistically significant. High resolution computed tomography provides significant additional information in patients with foundry workers' pneumoconiosis.
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The aim of the study was to present the classification of anatomical variants of the operated stomach, based on radiological and historical data. Different anatomical variants of the operated organ were found in 431 out of 2034 patients examined in the years 2006–2010. Four main groups were established: abnormal position along longitudinal (I) and horizontal axis (II), as well as abnormal shape (III) and stomach connections (IV). An additional group (V) encloses mixed forms that combine features of two or more of the main groups. The first group contains the partial and total translocation of the stomach into the thoracic cavity after the partial or total oesophagectomy. Depending on the applied surgical techniques used during the total oesophagectomy, the stomach could be located anteriorly or posteriorly to the pericardial sac. An elongated and gastrectatic form often with signs of pylorostenosis is visible in patients treated by vagotomy. The consequences of fundoplication included: lack of or narrow cardiac angle, and often a mild form of stomach cascade. The most common abnormal shape of the stomach was secondary to gastrectomy and gastric bending. The final organ shape depends on the type of applied surgical procedure that maintains physiological connection with the duodenum or an un-anatomical one, mostly with the jejunal loop. In banding, the body of the stomach forms an hourglass at the level of the artificial adjustable band, typically applied in surgical treatment of obesity (slim surgery). (Folia Morphol 2012; 71, 3: 129–135)
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