Publications by authors named "A Yalcınkaya"

The etiology of cognitive decline linked to migraine remains unclear, with a growing recurrence rate and potential increased dementia risk among sufferers. Cognitive dysfunction has recently gained attention as a significant problem among migraine sufferers that can be related to alterations in hippocampal function and structure. This study explores hippocampal subfield connectivity and volume changes in migraine patients.

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Background And Purpose:  The heterogeneous outcomes used in lower-limb lengthening surgery (LLLS) complicate evidence synthesis, weakening systematic reviews and clinical recommendations, and reducing research impact. This scoping review maps the outcomes and outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) used in LLLS.

Methods: This pre-registered review systematically identified studies reporting outcomes in adults or children who underwent LLLS.

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Objective: Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a common condition affecting more than one-half of the general population, with approximately 20% of cases being bilateral. The high prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment costs, along with the negative impact on patients' quality of life, underscore its significance. This study evaluates the clinical outcomes, quality-of-life effects, and postoperative complications of simultaneous and staged bilateral radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in patients with bilateral CVI in the great saphenous vein at Clinical, Etiological, Anatomical, Pathophysiological stages 2 to 4.

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While Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have proven to be both effective and generally safe, rare but severe adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) are described. Autoantibodies to platelet factor-4 are associated with catastrophic thrombotic AEFIs, but comprehensive investigations of other autoantibodies are lacking. We aimed to detect and describe autoantibodies targeting coagulation-related proteins in a population-wide cohort (SWEDEGENE) including AEFIs attributed to COVID-19 vaccines in Sweden.

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  • Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency, but there's ongoing concern about the rate of unnecessary surgeries and uncertainty in diagnosis, prompting this study to evaluate existing risk prediction models for appendicitis.
  • The research involved 3,358 adult patients with right iliac fossa pain from 84 centers, focusing on data like clinical findings, diagnostic tests, and rates of unnecessary surgeries, using various risk scoring systems to analyze effectiveness.
  • Results showed that while the Adult Appendicitis Score performed best overall, the RIPASA score was more effective in men; both scoring systems demonstrated strong diagnostic capabilities, but female patients had higher rates of negative appendicectomy and lower surgery rates compared to males.
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