The relationship between inspiratory muscle strength, venous refilling time, disease severity, and functional capacity in patients with chronic venous insufficiency.

Background: Our aim is to evaluate the relationship between inspiratory muscle strength and venous refilling time, disease severity, and functional capacity in patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI).

Methods: Sixty-one patients (49 female, aged 20-65 ) were enrolled in the study. The demographic characteristics of the patients were questioned.

Effects of inspiratory muscle training versus calf muscle training on quality of life, pain, venous function and activity in patients with chronic venous insufficiency.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) and calf muscle exercise training (CMET), in addition to compression therapy (CT), on quality of life (QoL), venous refilling time, disease severity, pain, edema, range of motion, muscle strength, and functionality in patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) compared with CT alone.

Methods: A total of 32 participants with a diagnosis of CVI were randomly divided into three groups: group 1, IMT plus CT; group 2, CMET plus CT; and group 3, CT alone. All 32 patients were assessed using the chronic venous disease QoL 20-item questionnaire, Nottingham health profile, photoplethysmography, venous clinical severity score, visual analog scale for pain, intraoral pressure measurements, dynamometer, digital goniometer, 6-minute walking test, and lower extremity functional scale.

A simple mathematical tool to forecast COVID-19 cumulative case numbers.

Objective: Mathematical models are known to help determine potential intervention strategies by providing an approximate idea of the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. To develop proper responses, not only are more accurate disease spread models needed, but also those that are easy to use.

Materials And Methods: As of July 1, 2020, we selected the 20 countries with the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the world.

Separating the Physician and Patient: A Paradigm Shift for Routine Otolaryngology Examinations in COVID-19-Like Aerosol-Contaminated Environments.

Objective: To evaluate the attitudes of physicians and patients toward physical examination in physically separated environments using a laryngoscopic examination model.

Materials And Methods: Six experienced laryngologists performed laryngoscopic examinations in 30 patients in a closed-chamber examination unit. The physicians and patients were asked to compare all domains with their previous standard laryngoscopic examination experience using a 10-point visual analog scale (0, poor performance; 10, good performance), including effectiveness of communication, difficulty of examination, perception of safety against airborne transmission of COVID-19, applicability of the unit for future examinations, perception of protective environment, and overall comfort.

Acute Aortic Dissection Surgery in a Patient With COVID-19.

Acute aortic dissection is one of the most common life-threatening diseases that affects the aortic vessel. We present a case of acute Stanford type A aortic dissection in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. A 68-year-old woman complaining of acute chest pain and dyspnea was admitted to the emergency clinic of our hospital on May 6, 2020.

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Platelet-Rich Plasma, Low-Level Laser Therapy, and Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy in Patients with Lower Limb Lymphedema.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an autologous concentrated preparation of platelets characterized by lymphangiogenetic and tissue-repairing effects. Although PRP has been safely used in many different fields, there is no clinical study regarding the use of PRP in lymphedema treatment in humans. We assessed the clinical outcomes of PRP in patients with lower extremity lymphedema (LEL) in a randomized controlled trial.

Is Video-Based Education an Effective Method in Surgical Education? A Systematic Review.

Objective: Visual signs draw more attention during the learning process. Video is one of the most effective tool including a lot of visual cues. This systematic review set out to explore the influence of video in surgical education.

Applications of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Lymphedema.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an autologous concentrated preparation of human platelets contained in a small volume of plasma that is characterized by hemostatic and tissue-repairing effects. Being enriched by various kinds of growth factors, and their tissue-repairing effects have made them the focus of attention for use in tissue regeneration. PRP has been safely used and documented in many different fields, including orthopedics, sports injuries, dental and periodontal surgery, and cosmetic, plastic, cardiovascular, general, and maxillofacial surgery.

The Beneficial Effect of Hypnosis in Elective Cardiac Surgery: A Preliminary Study.

 Single-session hypnosis has never been evaluated as a premedication technique in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the beneficial effects of clinical hypnotherapy on perioperative anxiety, pain perception, sedation, and necessity for ventilator assistance in patients undergoing CABG.  Double-blind, randomized, clinical trial was performed.

Concomitant transarterial and transvenous embolization of a pelvic arteriovenous malformation using a new liquid embolic agent, squid-12 and detachable coils.

We describe a complex congenital pelvic AVM with multiple feeding arteries arising from the side branches of the right internal iliac artery and a single draining vein in a male patient. Concomitant transarterial and transvenous embolization with a new liquid embolic agent Squid-12 and metallic coils enabled a complete embolization at a single session. Squid-12 is composed of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers and its lower viscosity makes it a promising agent for the treatment of AVMs.

Hybrid approach in patients with recurrent brachial artery embolism: adjunctive tissue plasminogen activator infusion following embolectomy.

Acute ischemia of an upper extremity occurs less frequently than vascular events of the leg and accounts for 15%-32% of all cases. Embolectomy provides prompt and effective treatment in the majority of cases. Recurrence of embolism and failed reperfusion can result in poor outcomes, even extremity loss.

Prolidase activity in patients with coronary artery aneurysm.

Decreased collagen biosynthesis and increased collagenolysis may induce aneurysmal progress in arterial walls. Prolidase plays a role in collagen synthesis. In this study, we sought to evaluate whether there is a correlation between nonatherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) and prolidase activity.

[Comparison of standard Euroscore, logistic Euroscore and Euroscore II in prediction of early mortality following coronary artery bypass grafting].

Objective: EuroSCORE is the most widely used risk prediction system. Standard EuroSCORE, which had been published in 1999, was revised as a Logistic EuroSCORE in 2003. Further, it was reconsidered and published as EuroSCORE II in 2011.

Spontaneous triple coronary artery dissection.

Multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is extremely rare, and to the best of our knowledge, triple-vessel dissection has been reported in only 7 patients to date. We present the successful surgical treatment of the triple coronary artery dissection in a 57-year-old man. The patient had aortic valve replacement simultaneously.

Hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with stasis dermatitis and ulcer: a novel finding with important therapeutic implications.

Background: Although homocysteine (Hcy) has profound effects concerning vascular lesions and thrombosis, it has not previously been investigated in patients with stasis dermatitis and ulcer.

Objective: To evaluate plasma Hcy levels in patients with stasis dermatitis and ulcer.

Methods: A total of 25 patients (17 male, eight female; mean age of 36 +/- 5.

Significance of serum interleukin-8 levels in patients with Behcet's disease: high levels may indicate vascular involvement.

Background: Interleukin-8 (IL-8) has been shown previously to associate with different individual clinical manifestations and activity of Behcet's disease (BD), but its association with vascular involvement has not been established.

Methods: Forty-five untreated patients with BD and 29 healthy individuals were included in the study. The activity of patients was based on the existence of two or more symptoms and a statistically significantly high Behcet's Disease Activity Index (BDAI) at the time of the study.

Homocysteine may involve in the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease by inducing inflammation.

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the significance of homocysteine (Hcy) in Behcet's disease (BD) and the association of elevated Hcy levels associated with the indices of inflammation in BD.

Methods: Untreated 70 patients with BD and 33 healthy individuals were included into the study. Hcy, tumor necrosis alpha (TNF-alpha), C-reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were evaluated with respect to activity and specific individual clinical manifestations of the disease.

Open heart surgery in patients with end-stage renal failure: fifteen-year experience.

Objective: Risk factors and results of cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in hemodialysis-dependent renal failure patients at our center were evaluated.

Methods: Out of 16,425 patients undergoing open heart surgery with CPB at our center between January 1991 and April 2006, 91 (0.6%) experienced hemodialysis-dependent end-stage renal failure.

Levosimendan for weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Background: Although cathecholamines are well-established agents of myocardial support during weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), there has been little experience with a new inotropic agent, levosimendan. Our aim was to present our experience with levosimendan usage in patients manifesting failure-to-wean from CPB after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) when conventional inotropic and intraaortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP) therapies proved to be insufficient.

Methods: Fifteen patients undergoing CABG received levosimendan as a loading dose of 12-24 microg/kg over 10 min, followed by a continuous infusion of 0.