Publications by authors named "Ali Yalcinkaya"
The etiology of cognitive decline linked to migraine remains unclear, with a growing recurrence rate and potential increased dementia risk among sufferers. Cognitive dysfunction has recently gained attention as a significant problem among migraine sufferers that can be related to alterations in hippocampal function and structure. This study explores hippocampal subfield connectivity and volume changes in migraine patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: The heterogeneous outcomes used in lower-limb lengthening surgery (LLLS) complicate evidence synthesis, weakening systematic reviews and clinical recommendations, and reducing research impact. This scoping review maps the outcomes and outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) used in LLLS.
Methods: This pre-registered review systematically identified studies reporting outcomes in adults or children who underwent LLLS.
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- Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency, but there's ongoing concern about the rate of unnecessary surgeries and uncertainty in diagnosis, prompting this study to evaluate existing risk prediction models for appendicitis.
- The research involved 3,358 adult patients with right iliac fossa pain from 84 centers, focusing on data like clinical findings, diagnostic tests, and rates of unnecessary surgeries, using various risk scoring systems to analyze effectiveness.
- Results showed that while the Adult Appendicitis Score performed best overall, the RIPASA score was more effective in men; both scoring systems demonstrated strong diagnostic capabilities, but female patients had higher rates of negative appendicectomy and lower surgery rates compared to males.
Higher IL-9 Level Is Associated with Psoriasis Vulgaris Complicated by Metabolic Syndrome [Letter].
Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol
September 2023
Watchful Waiting After Radiological Guided Drainage of Intra-abdominal Abscess in Patients With Crohn's Disease Might Be Associated With Increased Rates of Stoma Construction.
Crohns Colitis 360
July 2023
Background: Management of spontaneous intra-abdominal abscess (IAA) in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) with radiologically guided percutaneous drainage (PD) was debated.
Methods: This is a secondary analysis from a multicenter, retrospective cohort study of all the patients with CD who underwent PD followed by surgery at 19 international tertiary centers.
Results: Seventeen patients (4.
Background: Available guidelines describing the procedural treatment of thrombosed external hemorrhoids (TEH) rely solely on expert opinion. We aimed to compare local excision (LE) and thrombectomy (incision) in terms of treatment success, factors affecting success, and outcomes.
Methods: This was a multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted in eight centers from September 2020 to September 2021.
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- The study investigates antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with acute abdomen, highlighting the conflict between current practices and Danish regional guidelines that recommend limited use of broad-spectrum antibiotics like cephalosporins.
- Out of 331 patients, more than half received antibiotics, with a significant proportion treated with cephalosporins, especially those diagnosed with acute appendicitis.
- The findings indicate a need to reinforce antibiotic guidelines to prevent antibiotic resistance, as the high use of cephalosporins contradicts established recommendations.*
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- The study aimed to review existing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), while also creating a plan to develop a core outcome set through social media engagement.
- It involved collaborative input from various stakeholders—including patients, healthcare professionals, and organizations—gathering insights via Twitter, and ultimately presented and discussed five commonly used PROMs in the field.
- A new general psycho-physical well-being score was proposed, with survey results indicating strong agreement on its importance, demonstrating innovative ways to involve patients in clinical research despite some limitations of this initial exploratory study.
Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate arterial structure and function with assessment of pulse wave velocity (PWV) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with Behçet's disease (BD).
Methods: Thirty patients (13 female, 17 male) with BD and 30 age, sex-matched healthy controls (12 female, 18 male) with no known cardiovascular disease were enrolled in this study. Carotid-femoral PWV and CIMT were measured.