Is it possible to predict mortality in patients with high-grade blunt liver injury? A single trauma center study.

Background: Blunt abdominal trauma constitutes a significant portion of trauma cases and is often associated with liver injury. Given that high-grade liver injuries remain life-threatening, identifying patients who will likely require more vigilant attention and care is crucial. This study aims to determine the parameters that increase mortality in patients with high-grade liver trauma.

Blunt splenic trauma: Analysis of predictors and risk factors affecting the non-operative management failure rate.

Background: Non-operative management (NOM) has become a standard treatment in hemodynamically stable patients with blunt splenic trauma. Studies have identified numerous predictors and risk factors for NOM. However, these factors' role in NOM failure continues to be debated.

The relationship between lymphopenia and development of late complications in severe acute pancreatitis.

Background: In this study we aimed to predict patients who would develop late stage acute pancreatitis related complications. So we would be able to ease the decision making process about the timing of cholecycstectomy. On the other hand we also suggest a possible insight into the mechanisms which lead development of lyphopenia in severe acute pancreatitis and its possible effects on prognosis.

Efficacy of PET-CT in the prediction of metastatic adrenal masses that are detected on follow-up of the patients with prior nonadrenal malignancy: A nationwide multicenter case-control study.

Metastasis is the second most common type of adrenal gland mass. In patients undergoing follow-up for nonadrenal malignancy, adrenalectomy is performed when metastasis to adrenal gland is suspected on the basis of positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) imaging. This study investigated the efficacy of PET-CT in the discrimination of metastatic lesions from nonmetastatic lesions in the adrenal glands.

Number of cells in parathyroid tissue in primary hyperparathyroidism cases and its relationship with serum calcium value.

Background: The relationship between serum calcium (Ca) level to serum parathyroid hormone (PTH), phosphorus (P) levels and tissue properties of the parathyroid gland is unknown in primary hyperparathyroidism cases. Revealing this relationship may be useful for understanding the etiopathogenesis of primary hyperparathyroidism and determining the time of treatment.

Methods: Ninety patients (71 females, 19 males, age range; 27-73 years, average age; 46) who underwent single gland excision with the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism were studied.

Factors predicting severity level, progression and recurrence risk of acute left colonic diverticulitis in Turkey: A multicenter study.

Background: Acute left colonic diverticulitis (ALCD) ranges from localized diverticulitis to perforation and fecal peritonitis, and treatment varies from conservative management to emergency surgery. The risk factors for recurrence following nonoperative management of ALCD is still controversial. We aimed to define the factors predicting severity level, progression and recurrence risk of ALCD to timely select patients requiring surgery.

Non-operative management of civilian abdominal gunshot wounds.

Background: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the results of selective non-operative management in patients with civilian abdominal gunshot wounds.

Methods: Patients hospitalized and monitored in our clinic due to civilian abdominal gunshot wounds between January 2009 and January 2018 were retrospectively examined. Patients were studied concerning age, gender, mechanism of injury, anatomic injury site, Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI), Injury Severity Score (ISS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS), treatment method, time to operation, days of hospitalization and mortality.

Comparison of FNAC and Histopathological Results for 4 cm or Larger Benign Thyroid Nodules.

Objective: To assess the fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and histopathological results of thyroid nodules sized 4 cm or larger with benign cytology.

Study Design: Analytical study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Health Science University Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Cytodiagnosis of Primary Thyroid Lymphoma Coincident with Unnoticed Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer, whereas primary thyroid lymphoma is very rare. Here, we report a case in which a right-sided nodule measuring 4.3 × 2.

Fournier's gangrene: A retrospective analysis of 25 patients.

Background: Fournier's gangrene is a surgical emergency that progresses rapidly and insidiously and results in high morbidity and mortality rates unless it is immediately diagnosed and managed. Here we analyze the outcomes of patients who were followed up and treated for Fournier's gangrene.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of the medical data of 25 patients operated on for Fournier's gangrene between January 2010 and June 2015.

Importance of diagnostic laparoscopy in the assessment of the diaphragm after left thoracoabdominal stab wound: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Stab wounds in the left thoracoabdominal region may cause diaphragmatic injury. The aim of the present study was to determine incidence of diaphragmatic injury and role of diagnostic laparoscopy in detection of injury in patients with left thoracoabdominal stab wound.

Methods: Total of 81 patients (75 male, 6 female; mean age 27.

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.

The predictive value of physical examination in the decision of laparotomy in penetrating anterior abdominal stab injury.

A selective conservative treatment for penetrating anterior abdominal stab injuries is an increasingly recognized approach. We analyzed patients who followed-up and treated for penetrating anterior abdominal stab injuries. The anterior region was defined as the area between the arcus costa at the top and the mid-axillary lines at the laterals and the inguinal ligaments and symphysis pubis at the bottom.

Evaluation of diaphragm in penetrating left thoracoabdominal stab injuries: The role of multislice computed tomography.

Introduction: Penetrating left thoracoabdominal stab injuries are accompanied by diaphragmatic injury in 25-30% of cases, about 30% of which later develop into diaphragmatic hernia. This study aimed to determine the role of multislice computed tomography in the evaluation of left diaphragm in patients with penetrating left thoracoabdominal stab wounds.

Materials And Methods: This study reviewed penetrating left thoracoabdominal stab injuries managed in our clinic between April 2009 and September 2014.

Management of strangulated abdominal wall hernias with mesh; early results.

Objective: Surgery for abdominal wall hernias is a common procedure in general surgery practice. The main causes of delay for the operation are comorbid problems and patient unwillingness, which eventually, means that some patients are admitted to emergency clinics with strangulated hernias. In this report, patients who admitted to the emergency department with strangulated adominal wall hernias are presented together with their clinical management.

The management of penetrating abdominal stab wounds with organ or omentum evisceration: The results of a clinical trial.

Objective: The therapeutic approach to abdominal penetrating stab injuries has changed over the years from routine laparotomy to non-operative treatment. In case of organ or omental evisceration, although the laparotomy need is greater, non-operative treatment may be applied in selected cases. The aim of our study was to assess the follow-up and treatment outcomes of patients with organ or omental evisceration due to penetrating abdominal injuries.

[Factors affecting mortality in blunt thoracic trauma].

Background: Blunt thoracic trauma is usually associated with extra-thoracic injuries, but the effect of blunt thoracic trauma on mortality is not known.

Methods: Patients with blunt thoracic trauma were evaluated with regard to clinical findings and factors affecting mortality.

Results: There were 76 patients (37.