Bu çalışmada, saha şartlarında Kilis Sığırlarında kan serumu progesteron testinin erken gebelik teşhisinde kullanım imkanının araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma materyalini, yapılan suni tohumlamanın 40. gününde Hatay’ın Yayladağ ilçesi Aydınbahçe köyündeki 17 yetiştiriciye ait olan 21 Kilis ineğinden alınan kan örnekleri oluşturmuştur Kan örneklerinde progesteron analizi yapılmıştır. Tohumlamadan 90 gün sonra gebelik tanısı için uterus içeriğinin rektal palpasyonu yapılmıştır. Progesteron düzeyi gebe olduğu tahmin edilenlerde 2.910 ±0.6709 ng/ml, gebe olmadığı anlaşılanlarda 0.65 ±0.740 ng/ml olarak hesaplanmıştır. Kilis sığırlarında sun’i tohumlamanın 40. günündeki kan progesteron düzeyine göre gebe olanların % 81.25, olmayanların ise %100 doğrulukla belirlenmesinin mümkün olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.
Background and Aims: Mesenteric arterial variations are frequently observed in the population. Being aware of the variations related to the celiac artery, hepatic artery, and superior mesenteric artery is very important in cases that undergo major abdominal surgery. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of variations observed in the anatomy of the celiac artery, hepatic artery, superior mesenteric ar- tery, and inferior mesenteric artery by screening a large patient popula- tion who underwent abdominal multi-detector computed tomography angiography. Materials and Methods: A total of 587 patients who underwent abdominal multi-detector computed tomography angiogra- phy for various reasons were analyzed retrospectively and the prev- alence of the variations observed in the celiac artery, hepatic artery, superior mesenteric artery, and inferior mesenteric artery were deter- mined. Results: A normal anatomy of the celiac artery was determined in 443 of the 500 cases (88.6%), and 57 cases occurred with celiac artery variations (11.4%). The most common celiac artery variation was hepato-gastric trunk (3.8%). Variations in celiac artery anatomy were determined to be as follows (n=57): hepato-gastric trunk in 19 cases (3.8%), gastro-splenic trunk in 17 cases (3.4%), hepato-splenic trunk in 13 cases (2.6%), hepato-splenic-mesenteric trunk in 3 cases (0.6%), and celiac-mesenteric trunk in 3 cases (0.6%). The celiac trunk was not visualized in 2 cases (0.4%); the main hepatic artery originated directly from the abdominal aorta in both of them. We determined that 364 of the 500 cases (72.8%) occurred with normal hepatic artery anatomy and 136 cases had variations (27.2%). The most common hepatic artery variation in our study group was replaced right hepatic artery originating from the superior mesenteric artery (8.6%). We de- termined a normal superior mesenteric artery anatomy in 423 of the total 500 cases (84.6%); 77 cases had superior mesenteric artery vari- ations (15.4%), and the most common variation was a replaced right hepatic artery originating from the superior mesenteric artery in 51 cases (10.2%). We could not detect inferior mesenteric artery variations in our study group. Conclusion: Multi-detector computed tomography angiography is a highly reliable, noninvasive imaging method for the evaluation of mesenteric vascular anatomy and its variations.
