IS RDW A PREDICTIVE PARAMETER FOR CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME PATIENTS REQUIRING SURGERY?

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether haemogram parameters are predictive factors for both the severity of the disease and a decision in favor of surgical treatment in patients with an established diagnosis of cubital tunnel syndrome (CuTS)

Methods: The medical files of patients with a diagnosis of CuTS who were followed-up conservatively (n=92) or surgically treated (n=92) were retrospectively screened and the haemogram parameters were recorded

Results: The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed an area of 0.665 under the curve, with 76.3% sensitivity and 84.

Evaluation of Atrial Conduction Times, Epicardial Fat Thickness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Objectives: This study aims to determine the relationship between atrial electromechanical delay (EMD), carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), and epicardial fat thickness (EFT) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), which has a complicated inflammatory nature.

Patients And Methods: The study population included 42 consecutive patients with AS (28 males, 14 females; mean age 39.3±8.

Assessment of relation between neutrophil lympocyte, platelet lympocyte ratios and epicardial fat thickness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Aim: To investigate whether there is a relation between neutrophillymphocyte (N/L) and platelet- lymphocyte (P/L) ratios and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

Methods: Thirty patients diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis and 25 healthy people (controls) were included in the study. Age, gender, body mass index (BMI), height, hemogram, sedimentation, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, CRP, hepatic and renal function tests, lipid profile of the all patients were recorded.

Electrophysiological and clinical evaluation of the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on the spasticity in the hemiplegic stroke patients.

To investigate whether transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) mitigates the spasticity of hemiplegic stroke patients, as assessed by electrophysiological variables, and the effects, if any, on the clinical appearance of spasticity. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-seven subjects who had acute hemiplegia and 24 healthy people as the control group, were enrolled in this study. Some of the acute cerebrovascular disease patients could walk.

Epicardial fat thickness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Background: Epidemiologic data indicates that rheumatoid arthritis is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Epicardial adipose tissue is a novel cardio-metabolic risk factor. Our aim was to evaluate epicardial fat thickness (EFT) using echocardiography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared to healthy control subjects.

Comparison of high-intensity laser therapy and ultrasound treatment in the patients with lumbar discopathy.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficiency of high intensity laser and ultrasound therapy in patients who were diagnosed with lumbar disc herniation and who were capable of performing physical exercises. 65 patients diagnosed with lumbar disc were included in the study. The patients were randomly divided into three groups: Group 1 received 10 sessions of high intensity laser to the lumbar region, Group 2 received 10 sessions of ultrasound, and Group 3 received medical therapy for 10 days and isometric lumbar exercises.

Clonus: definition, mechanism, treatment.

Clonus is involuntary and rhythmic muscle contractions caused by a permanent lesion in descending motor neurons. Clonus may be found at the ankle, patella, triceps surae, wrist, jaw, biceps brachii. In general, clonus may occur in any muscle with a frequency of 5-8 Hz and the average period of oscillations of the ankle clonus is approximately 160-200 ms.

Relationship among Ocular Diseases, Developmental Levels, and Clinical Characteristics of Children with Diplegic Cerebral Palsy.

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships among vision problems, developmental levels, upper extremity functions, and qualities of life of children with cerebral palsy (CP). [Subjects] The study included 32 children, aged 4-15 years, diagnosed with diplegic type CP. [Methods] Hand function was evaluated using the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) and the Bimanual Fine Motor Function (BFMF) scale, and the severity of CP was assessed using the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).

Ratio of neutrophil/lymphocyte and platelet/lymphocyte in patient with ankylosing spondylitis that are treating with anti-TNF.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of chronic inflammatory arthritis resulting in ankylosis of the spine and inflammation in the tendons. After NSAIDs, the use of anti-TNF medications has provided a significant contribution to the treatment of patients with AS. The present study was a retrospective, controlled and multicenter study.

A new isometric quadriceps-strengthening exercise using EMG-biofeedback.

A new isometric contraction quadriceps-strengthening exercise was developed to restore the quadriceps strength lost after knee surgery more rapidly. This study evaluated the results of this new method. Patients were taught to perform the isometric quadriceps-strengthening exercise in the unaffected knee in the supine position, and then they performed it in the affected knee.

Ankle clonus and its relationship with the medium-latency reflex response of the soleus by peroneal nerve stimulation.

Ankle clonus and soleus medium-latency reflex are stretch-induced responses. Clonus is traditionally considered to be the result of oscillation in the group Ia mediated spinal stretch reflex but the soleus medium-latency reflex response originates mainly from the activation of group II afferents. The medium latency reflex response (MLR) was recorded in soleus muscle by peroneal nerve stimulation and clonus beats were recorded in soleus muscle using EMG in 19 spastic patients.

[The importance of computed tomography examination of temporal bone in detecting tympanosclerosis].

Objectives: The aim of this study was to show detectability of tympanosclerotic plaques with computed tomography (CT) which has an important role in the evaluation of temporal bone.

Patients And Methods: Our study group included 19 tympanoplasty cases (12 females, 7 males; mean age 31 years; range 12 to 57 years) who were operated on for hearing restoration due to chronic otitis media and conductive hearing loss between January 2006 and May 2006 at the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital. The tympanosclerotic plaques obtained from surgical specimens were sent for pathological confirmation and temporal bone CT scans which were obtained preoperatively were reevaluated by a blinded radiologist who was dealing with head and neck radiology.

Effect of cold application and tizanidine on clonus: clinical and electrophysiological assessment.

Background/objectives: Clonus is an involuntary rhythmic muscle contraction after sudden muscle stretch that occurs as a result of a lesion in the upper motor neurons. The real mechanism behind clonus remains obscure. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of central-acting tizanidine treatment and peripheral extremity cooling on clonus.

Palisade cartilage tympanoplasty for management of subtotal perforations: a comparison with the temporalis fascia technique.

Unlabelled: The use of cartilage as a grafting material has been advocated in cases at high risk for failure, such as subtotal perforations, adhesive processes, tympanosclerosis and residual defects after primary tympanoplasties. The cartilage palisade technique, in which the TM is fully reconstructed with palisade-shaped cartilage pieces, was first described by Heermann. Cartilage material has been criticized because of concerns regarding hearing results, however, large cartilage plates with thicknesses View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Tympanometric changes in an experimental myringosclerosis model after myringotomy.

Hypothesis: The goal of this experimental study was to investigate the specific effect of myringosclerosis on tympanograms in the tympanic membranes of myringotomized rats by using otomicroscopy, tympanometry, and histopathology.

Background: Myringosclerosis is a common sequela of ventilation tube treatment of otitis media with effusion. The condition involves the hyalinization and calcification of the collagen layer in certain areas of the tympanic membrane.