Can ChatGPT generate surgical multiple-choice questions comparable to those written by a surgeon?

Background: This study aimed to determine whether surgical multiple-choice questions generated by ChatGPT are comparable to those written by human experts (surgeons).

Methods: The study was conducted at a medical school and involved 112 fourth-year medical students. Based on five learning objectives in general surgery (colorectal, gastric, trauma, breast, thyroid), ChatGPT and surgeons generated five multiple-choice questions.

Ethical Approaches in General Surgery Residency Training: A Blended Learning Module Trial.

Aim: This study aimed to develop a blended training module focusing on ethical approaches within general surgery residency training and to assess the impact of this training on participants.

Methods: Based on the literature review and input from both general surgery residents and trainers, 14 topics were identified, and corresponding learning objectives were formulated. The training was conducted through a blended learning module, which encompassed online video presentations alongside face-to-face sessions involving real-life cases.

The rise of the Red Crescent.

This paper addresses the establishment of the Red Crescent, an equivalent of the Red Cross, in the Ottoman Empire in 1868 through the founding of 'the Society of Care and Aid for Wounded and Disabled Soldiers' (Mecrȗhȋnve Marzȃ-yi Askeriyeye İmdad ve Muavenet Cemiyeti). Following initial slow development, the Society was revitalized in April 1877 in preparation for war with Russia. Importantly, the 1877-1878 Ottoman-Russian conflict was the first major war conducted by signatories of the 1864 First Geneva Convention, which made provisions for the treatment of wounded and sick soldiers and protection for those providing care.

The Effectiveness and Feasibility of Laparoscopic Re-sleeve Gastrectomy.

Background: Weight regain following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) may be due to dilation of the gastric reservoir. Laparoscopic re-sleeve gastrectomy (LrSG) is among the revisional surgery options.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of LrSG for weight loss after a 12- and 24-month follow-up period.

Comparison of Weight Loss in Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients With and Without Antrectomy: a Prospective Randomized Study.

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) restricts gastric volume to achieve weight loss. We aimed to compare the efficacy of LSG with and without antrectomy for achieving weight loss.

Methods: The prospective randomized study comprised 127 obese patients that underwent either LSG with antrectomy (2 cm to pylorus) (group 1) or LSG without antrectomy (6 cm to pylorus) (group 2), using 36 Fr and 32 Fr bougies, respectively.

Successful conservative treatment of type 3 injury (ductal injury) developing after ERCP.

Although endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) is considered a safe procedure, it is associated with complications such as pancreatitis, bleeding and perforation of the bile duct, pancreatic duct and duodenum. In recent years, successful conservative treatment in selected patients with complications have increased. We present a case with successful conservative treatment of rare injury (type 3) developing after ERCP.

The value of combined elevation of D-dimer and neopterin as a predictive parameter for early stage acute mesenteric ischemia: An experimental study.

Background The diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia is variable. Early diagnosis is important for reducing the mortality and morbidity rates. Aim This experimental study aims to investigate the diagnostic utility of D-dimer and neopterin as a marker for the early stage of acute mesenteric ischemia caused by occlusion of superior mesenteric artery.

High velocity missile-related colorectal injuries: In-theatre application of injury scores and their effects on ostomy rates.

Background: Treatment of colorectal injuries (CRIs) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present study was to analyze treatment trends of Turkish surgeons and effects of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), Injury Severity (ISS), and Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI) scoring systems on decision-making processes and clinical outcomes.

Methods: Data regarding high velocity missile (HVM)-related CRIs were retrospectively gathered.

The Effects of Total Colectomy on Bacterial Translocation in a Model of Acute Pancreatitis.

Prevention of secondary infection is currently the main goal of treatment for acute necrotizing pancreatitis. Colon was considered as the main origin of secondary infection. Our aim was to investigate whether prophylactic total colectomy would reduce the rate of bacterial translocation and infection of pancreatic necrosis.