Minimal effective dose of povidone-iodine in abdominal surgery Our clinical experience.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study is to evaluate the thyroid function tests in order to examine whether 10 % of Povidone-Iodine(PI), the medication we applied in 1/5 ratio diluted with 0.9 %NaCl, joins the systemic circulation during clean contaminated, contaminated and dirty operations for solid organ hydatid cysts in abdominal area to avoid abscess formation and spreading. 7 men and 6 women were included to the present study, prospectively.

Surgical treatment of hepatic hydatid cysts A retrospective analysis of 425 patients.

Background: We aimed to retrospectively analyze patients who underwent surgical treatment in our clinic for hydatid cysts in terms of the surgical methods implemented and their results.

Methods: Archival records of the patients who underwent surgery for the treatment of hydatid cysts between 2007 and 2014 were analyzed retrospectively.

Results: The records of 425 patients who underwent surgery with varying ages of 16 to 88 years (mean: 44.

An uncommon cause of pneumobilia: blunt abdominal trauma.

Pneumobilia is described as occurrence of free air in the gallbladder or biliary tree. There are a number of causes of pneumobilia, including surgically created biliary enteric fistula, instrumentation of the bile duct on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, emphysematous cholecystitis, and pyogenic cholangitis. Pneumobilia has also occurred following blunt abdominal trauma, but to date, no more than five cases of such injury have been reported in the literature.

A case series of 46 appendectomies during pregnancy.

Objective: Among appendicitis patients pregnant ones occupy only a small proportion. Still there are difficulties in the diagnosis and management of the acute appendicitis in pregnant population. We tried to find answers to these difficulties with our acute appendicitis cases in pregnant patients.

Protective effects of Nigella sativa on intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Background: In previous studies, it has been demonstrated that Nigella Sativa (NS) has protective effects against ischemia reperfusion injury on various organs. However, its protective effects on intestinal tissue against ischemia reperfusion injury are unclear. We aimed to determine whether NS prevents intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Protective effects of Nigella sativa against ischemia-reperfusion injury of kidneys.

Background: Ischemia-reperfusion, commonly seen in the fields of trauma surgery and renal transplantation, is a major cause of acute kidney injury and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The protective effects of Nigella sativa against ischemia-perfusion damage to various organs have been previously documented. However, its protective effects on kidney tissue against ischemia-reperfusion injury are unclear.

The effects of Nigella sativa on bile duct ligation induced-liver injury in rats.

Nigella sativa (NS) has been shown to have antioxidant and antiinflammatory activities in different conditions. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of NS on cholestatic liver injury in rats. Thirty rats were recruited in the study as follows: Group 1, Bile duct ligation (BDL) (n = 10); Group 2, BDL plus NS (n = 10); and Group 3, Sham (n = 10).

Purified micronized flavonoid fraction ameliorates the injury of spleen and ileum secondary to hepatic ischemia-reperfusion in rats.

Background: Flavonoids have been subjected to considerable investigations due to their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Yet the effects of flavonoids on the ileum and spleen against hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury have so far not been addressed.

Aims: We aimed to investigate whether micronized purified flavonoid fraction (MPFF) protects the ileum and spleen against hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Protective effects of resveratrol on small intestines against intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Background And Aim: The aim of this study was to determine whether resveratrol could prevent intestinal tissue injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion (I/R).

Methods: Intestinal I/R was induced in rats' intestines by 60-min occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery, followed by a 60-min reperfusion. Thirty rats were divided into three groups as follows: sham (group 1), control (group 2), and the treatment groups (group 3).

A rare cause of difficulty with sexual intercourse: large retroperitoneal leiomyoma.

Introduction: The prevalence of sexual dysfunction is high among women; however, sexual dysfunction secondary to anatomical deformity in women is rare. In addition, primary retroperitoneal leiomyomas are very rare clinical conditions.

Aim: To present a case with sexual dysfunction secondary to anatomical deformity.

The effect of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) against cholestatic liver injury in rats.

Objectives: Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) has been subjected to considerable investigations that have revealed its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities in different conditions. But there is not a previous investigation about its effect on cholestatic liver injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of CAPE in rat liver against cholestatic liver injury induced by bile duct ligation.

Natal cleft deeper in patients with pilonidal sinus: implications for choice of surgical procedure.

Purpose: The study was planned to evaluate the depth of natal cleft in patients with pilonidal sinus disease and in healthy persons.

Methods: The study included 50 patients with pilonidal sinus disease and 51 volunteers. Data including body mass index and natal cleft depth were recorded.

The handmade endoloop technique. A simple and cheap technique for laparoscopic appendectomy.

Objective: To compare 2 laparoscopic appendectomy techniques.

Methods: We describe a modified technique, the handmade endoloop technique, for closing the base of the appendix. This prospective study was carried out at Harran University Medical Faculty, Sanliurfa, and Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey from September 2006 to February 2008.

The efficacy of laparoscopic surgery in patients with peritonitis.

Background: Laparoscopy is an essential part of our armamentarium in certain conditions and has been recently begun to be used on acute abdominal peritonitis effectively and frequently by surgeons. But, there is still a debate on laparoscopic management of surgical emergencies. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the safety and efficiency of laparoscopy and its role in patients with acute abdominal emergencies retrospectively.

Resection and primary anastomosis with or without modified blow-hole colostomy for sigmoid volvulus.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of resection and primary anastomosis (RPA) and RPA with modified blow-hole colostomy for sigmoid volvulus.

Methods: From March 2000 to September 2007, 77 patients with acute sigmoid volvulus were treated. A total of 47 patients underwent RPA or RPA with modified blow-hole colostomy.

Nigella sativa relieves the deleterious effects of ischemia reperfusion injury on liver.

Aim: To determine whether Nigella sativa prevents hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury to the liver.

Methods: Thirty rats were divided into three groups as sham (Group 1), control (Group 2), and Nigella sativa (NS) treatment group (Group 3). All rats underwent hepatic ischemia for 45 min followed by 60 min period of reperfusion.

Protective effects of erdosteine on rotenone-induced oxidant injury in liver tissue.

Rotenone, an insecticide of botanical origin, causes toxicity through inhibition of complex I of the respiratory chain in mitochondria. This study was undertaken to determine whether rotenone-induced liver oxidant injury is prevented by erdosteine, a mucolytic agent showing antioxidant properties. There were four groups of Male Wistar Albino rats: group one was untreated as control; the other groups were treated with erdosteine (50 mg/kg per day, orally), rotenone (2.