Has the Covid-19 Pandemic increased the complication rate in patients with acute appendicitis?

Aim: The aim of this study is to compare the numbers of patients, clinical outcomes, and complication rates of acute appendicitis before and after COVID-19 pandemic in our clinic.

Material And Method: This is a retrospective clinical study. Patients of 19 to 88 years of age that underwent emergency surgery with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis at Ankara City Hospital Department of General Surgery between 11 December 2019 and 11 June 2020 were included.

Appendiceal neuroendocrine neoplasia: analysis of 50 patients.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical, surgical, and pathological findings of appendiceal neuroendocrine neoplasms (ANNs).

Materials And Methods: The demographic, clinical, surgical, and pathological characteristics of 50 patients with ANN were analyzed. The patients were also classified as Group 1 (< 40 years, n = 37) and Group 2 (≥ 40 years, n = 13), and compared each other in terms of all parameters.

Does COVID-19 increase the incidence of spontaneous rectus sheath hematoma?

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic started to affect Turkey in March 2020. In this study, we retrospectively investigated spontaneous rectus sheath hematoma (S-RSH) in patients with COVID-19 presenting with acute abdominal pain during the ongoing pandemic.

Methods: The demographic characteristics, laboratory findings, length of hospital stay, and treatment processes of COVID-19 cases with S-RSH detected between March and December 2020 were recorded.

Successful Elongation of a Short Graft Renal Artery by a Gonadal Vein.

Objectives: The objective of this presentation is to share our experiences with a successful reconstruction of a short graft renal artery using a gonadal vein, which occurred during a difficult laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Case Report: A 27-year-old man was referred to our clinic for a living-related renal transplant with a diagnosis of end-stage renal disease. The donor was with his mother.

Giant multicystic malignant pheochromocytoma.

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor originating from the embryonic neural crest and secreting high levels of catecholamines. The average tumor size is approximately 7 cm, and the average weight is approximately 200 g in the previous publications. Sometimes these tumors may be bigger.

Changes in the frequencies of abdominal wall hernias and the preferences for their repair: a multicenter national study from Turkey.

Abdominal wall hernias are a common problem in the general population. A Western estimate reveals that the lifetime risk of developing a hernia is about 2%. As a result, hernia repairs likely comprise the most frequent general surgery operations.

Management of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: dilemmas in diagnosis and treatment.

Background: Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare inflammatory disease. Because of it's uncommon etiology and rareness, diagnosis and treatment is still a challenge. Owing to wide spectrum of IGM it is difficult to standardize and optimize the treatment.

Is a drain required after laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

Objective: Whether drains should be routinely used after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is still debated. We aimed to retrospectively evaluate the benefits of drain use after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for non-acute and non-inflamed gallbladders.

Materials And Methods: Two hundred and fifty patients (mean age, 47±13.

A comparison of nonabsorbable polymeric clips and endoloop ligatures for the closure of the appendicular stump in laparoscopic appendectomy: a prospective, randomized study.

The aim of this prospective randomized trial was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of hem-o-lok ligation system in laparoscopic appendix stump closure by comparing the endoloop ligature. A total of 53 patients were evaluated in this study (n=26 and 27 for hem-o-lok and endoloop groups, respectively). The mean operation time were shorter in hem-o-lok group than endoloop group (64.

Tissue oxidative stress level and remote organ injury in two-hit trauma model of sequential burn injury and peritoneal sepsis are attenuated with N-acetylcysteine treatment in rats.

Background: The second hit in trauma leads to an exaggerated inflammatory response and multiple organ failure. Infection following burn injury is a useful model for two-hit trauma studies. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) treatment as an antioxidant in a two-hit trauma model.

A novel material in seton treatment of fistula-in-ano.

Fistula-in-ano is a common surgical problem. Various materials have been used to perform the seton technique in the treatment of fistula-in-ano. In this study, a novel material, a self-locking cable tie, was used regardless of the fistula type.

Thrombolysis via an operatively placed mesenteric catheter for portal and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis: report of a case.

Mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) is a catastrophic form of mesenteric vascular occlusion. In the absence of peritoneal signs, anticoagulation therapy should be started immediately. For selected patients, thrombolysis through the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), jugular vein, or portal vein via a transhepatic route might be successful; however, exploratory laparotomy is mandatory when peritoneal signs develop.

Hemoperitoneum secondary to spontaneous rupture of metastatic gastric leiomyosarcoma of the liver: report of a case.

Hepatic rupture with resulting hemoperitoneum due to metastatic cancer is uncommon. Reports in the literature have described a wide variety of neoplasms causing this usually fatal phenomenon. We describe a rare case of spontaneous rupture of hepatic metastases from gastric leiomyosarcoma.

Plasma total anti-oxidant capacity correlates inversely with the extent of acute appendicitis: a case control study.

Background: The role of free oxygen radicals in inflammatory conditions is well known. Free radicals cause lipid peroxidation of cellular membranes resulting in cell death. The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of total anti-oxidant status (TAS), as a marker of anti-oxidant defense system and malondialdehyde (MDA), as a marker of oxidative stress, in the plasma of patients with acute appendicitis.

Should the thyroid bed be drained after thyroidectomy?

Background: Although routine drainage of the thyroidectomy bed is not an evidenced-based practice, most surgeons still employ routine drainage with an effort to monitor postoperative bleeding. The aim of this study is present our experience on draining and not draining the thyroidectomy bed.

Materials And Methods: Records of 1,066 patients who underwent thyroid surgery were evaluated retrospectively.

Is routine cavity drainage necessary in Karydakis flap operation? A prospective, randomized trial.

Purpose: Different surgical techniques for pilonidal disease have been described in the literature. In this study our aim was to evaluate the influence of routine cavity drainage in the Karydakis flap technique.

Methods: Fifty patients with pilonidal sinus who underwent the Karydakis flap operation were evaluated prospectively.