Publications by authors named "Ali Sapmaz"
Article Synopsis
- Major lower limb amputations pose a significant risk of mortality, with 30-day, one-year, and three-year mortality rates reported at 16.6%, 38.3%, and 60.1%, respectively.
- The study involved 193 patients, mostly aged 65 and older, with conditions like diabetes and peripheral artery disease leading to the amputations.
- Key risk factors impacting mortality included older age (≥65 years), diabetes, and renal failure, highlighting the need for improved patient management and care post-amputation.
Complicated or non-complicated appendicitis? That is the question.
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg
March 2022
Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common disease that includes all age groups and both genders in societies and is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen. It is important to distinguish between complicated and non-complicated appendicitis before surgery. This study aims to determine laboratory parameters that can be used to determine whether the disease is complicated or non-complicated in patients admitted to the emergency department with AA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study aimed to demonstrate the demographic characteristics for laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgeries performed in the general surgery clinics of our hospital and to identify the rate of conversion to open surgery and the main reasons for convert to open surgery.
Material And Methods: Medical records of a total of 1.294 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in our hospital between October 2013 and May 2017 were retrospectively reviewed, and the rates of conversion to open surgery based on age groups were recorded.
Objectives: Deceased donor renal transplant is an accepted treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. We retrospectively analyzed urological and surgical complications and outcomes in our series.
Materials And Methods: Since 2016, we have performed 263 renal transplants at the Gazi University Transplantation Center, Ankara, and 92 of these were from deceased donors.
Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of the most commonly viewed total extraperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (TEP) videos on Youtube, which is the largest social and medical media broadcasting service, concerning educational purposes.
Method: A search with the keyword "total extraperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair" was performed on Youtube. The first 120 videos among the search results were downloaded and 55 of them were included in the study.
Objectives: Our aim was to determine potentially adverse effects of immunosuppressive protocols after liver transplantation in children.
Materials And Methods: The medical records of 60 children who underwent liver transplant retrospectively analyzed. Corticosteroid, tacrolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil were the primary immunosuppressive agents used in our center.
Objectives: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) was once a preferred method of obesity treatment featuring a straightforward technique, removability, and good early results. In a significant proportion of patients, however, it was not a durable weight-loss procedure and has been associated with a high longer-term complication rate. The purpose of this study was to directly compare the results of conversion to laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) after failed LAGB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aims: Distinguishing between neoplastic and nonneoplastic gallbladder polyps (GBPs) in the preoperative workup is of great importance for appropriate treatment. The present study aimed to investigate the characteristics of GBPs and to determine potential predictive factors of neoplastic polyps.
Materials And Methods: The data of 278 patients who were confirmed to have GBPs through laparoscopic cholecystectomy were retrospectively analyzed.
Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the effects of total parenteral nutrition (PN) using different lipid emulsions in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.
Methods: Fifty-two patients were randomized to receive soybean oil + medium chain triglycerides (MCT) (group I), soybean oil + olive oil (group II), soybean oil + olive oil + fish oil (group III) as a lipid source. PN was started on postoperative day 1 and patients were maintained on PN for a minimum period of 4 days.
Objective: This study was designed to test the effects of different types of preconditioning and postconditioning methods on spinal cord protection following aortic clamping.
Methods: The animals (rabbits) were divided into sham-operated, ischemic preconditioning, remote ischemic preconditioning, simultaneous aortic and ischemic remote preconditioning, and ischemic postconditioning groups. After neurological evaluations, ultrastructural analysis and immunohistochemical staining for caspase-3 were evaluated after 24 h following ischemia.
Background: The mortality and morbidity rates of even extensive thoracoabdominal replacement have improved markedly in recent years. We investigated the effects of a temporary occlusion of the aorta as a direct precondition and temporary occlusion of the axillary artery for remote preconditioning to determine any effects that preconditioning may have on indirect (nonischemic) injuries to visceral organs (indirect effects of remote ischemia/reperfusion injury).
Methods: Thirty-seven New Zealand white rabbits were divided into five groups: controls (sham-operated; group 1); direct ischemia to the infrarenal aorta without preconditioning (group 2); direct ischemic preconditioning to the infrarenal aorta (group 3); remote ischemic preconditioning before clamping the infrarenal aorta (group 4); and simultaneous direct aortic and remote ischemic preconditioning before the clamping and during clamping of the infrarenal aorta (group 5).