An Evaluation of Gastroscopy Findings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Public Hospital-Based Study From Turkey.

Background and objective Emotional factors can affect stomach secretions, acid expression, and stomach motor functions. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was an emotionally difficult time for many individuals as the whole world faced a life-threatening disease for which definitive treatment is still not fully established. In light of this, the aim of this study was to compare the results of gastroscopies performed among individuals before and after the pandemic.

Can Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Be a Predictor Tool for The Non-Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer?

To investigate the relationship between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and non-sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis in early stages of breast cancer. Records of patients with clinically early stage (cT1-T3, N0) invasive breast cancer who underwent SLN biopsy in combination with blue dye and lymphoscintigraphy between April 2015 and January 2017 were noted retrospectively. Pre-treatment NLR of the patients with and without non-SLN metastasis were compared.

Anorectal Malignant Melanoma: Retrospective Analysis of Six Patients and Review of the Literature.

Malignant melanomas are rare aggressive tumours originating from the pigment-producing melanocytes. In our study, a review of the literature and a retrospective analysis of patients undergoing surgery at our clinic due to anorectal malignant melanoma were performed. The information of 6 patients undergoing surgery in our clinic due to anorectal malignant melanoma between January 2010 and January 2018 was retrieved retrospectively.

Percutaneous cholecystostomy: A curative treatment modality forelderly and high ASA score acute cholecystitis patients.

Background: Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a common emergency seen by general surgeons. Optimal treatment is laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC); however, in cases where surgery cannot be performed due to high risk of morbidity and mortality, such as in elderly patients with comorbid diseases, other treatment modalities may be used. Percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) is one alternative method to treat AC.

Multivariate analysis of patients with blunt trauma and possible factors affecting mortality.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the signs and prognosis of the patients hospitalized due to blunt trauma injuries and identify possible factors that affect mortality.

Methods: Between January 2009 and January 2013, a total of 237 patients admitted with blunt trauma injury were retrospectively analyzed. The age and gender of the patients, type of the trauma, injury site, Injury Severity Scores (ISS), Revised Trauma Scores (RTS), Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) results, hemodynamic status, need for transfusion, treatment modalities, treatment outcomes, and mortality rates were recorded.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic (RAL) procedures in general surgery.

Background: Robotics was introduced in clinical practice more than two decades ago, and it has gained remarkable popularity for a wide variety of laparoscopic procedures. We report our results of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) in the most commonly applied general surgical procedures.

Method: Ninety seven patients underwent RALS from 2009 to 2012.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic (RAL) surgery for gastric cancer.

Background: This literature review focuses on the potential benefits and eventual limitations of robotic surgery with respect to the traditional minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical technique for gastric cancer.

Methods: A literature survey was performed using specific search phrases in PubMed. Series including < 10 cases and series including only an 'open group' of patients in comparison with the 'robotic group' were excluded.

Robot assisted laparoscopic (RAL) gastrectomy: case series and a review of the literature.

Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer type and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The contemporary treatment is gastrectomy and lymphadenectomy, which can be accomplished by either conventional (open), or laparoscopic surgery. With the advances in technology, there is a paradigm shift from conventional laparoscopy.

The effect of laparoscopic cholecystectomy on the development of alkaline reflux gastritis and intestinal metaplasia.

Background/aims: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of cholecystectomy on alkaline reflux, histopathological changes in the gastric mucosa and H. pylori colonization.

Masked urinary bladder injury with a bullet expulsed spontaneously during voiding.

We report a case with gunshot to the pelvis. The injury site was the soft tissue between the rectum and urinary bladder. Several days later, the bullet was expulsed spontaneously during voiding.

Active gas aspiration to reduce pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Objective: To investigate to what effect active subdiaphragmatic gas aspiration reduces pain after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 104 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomly placed into 2 groups. Group I included active subdiaphragmatic gas aspiration (n=52) while group II included simple evacuation (n=52) without any additional procedures.

Natal cleft deeper in patients with pilonidal sinus: implications for choice of surgical procedure.

Purpose: The study was planned to evaluate the depth of natal cleft in patients with pilonidal sinus disease and in healthy persons.

Methods: The study included 50 patients with pilonidal sinus disease and 51 volunteers. Data including body mass index and natal cleft depth were recorded.