Decreased FENDRR and LincRNA-p21 expression in atherosclerotic plaque.

Objective: Cardiovascular diseases are the most important cause of mortality worldwide, particularly atherosclerosis. Recently, lncRNAs affecting atherosclerotic progression have been reported in vascular smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, and monocytes, suggesting that lncRNAs play an important role in atherosclerosis.

Methods: In recent clinical studies, nowadays, it was determined that internal mammary bypass grafts are closest to ideal grafts in coronary artery bypass surgery.

Histogram Planimetry Method for the Measurement of Irregular Wounds.

Introduction: Irregularly shaped wounds or flap borders usually require specified software or devices to measure their area and follow-up wound healing. In this study, an easy way of area measurement called histogram planimetry (HP) for wounds with irregular geometric shapes is defined and compared to conventional millimetric wound measurement.

Materials And Methods: Ten irregularly bordered geometric shapes were measured by 4 different individuals working as surgical assistants using both HP and manual millimetric measurement tools.

Single-stage ala nasi reconstruction: lateral nasal artery perforator flap.

Since its first description, the nasolabial flap is one of the most preferred methods for the ala nasi reconstruction. Because of its similarity in skin color and texture to the nose, completely concealed scar in the nasolabial sulcus makes it a better choice. The major drawback of this flap is that it necessitates a 2-stage procedure.

Use of wide bipedicled pericranial flap in anterior scalp reconstruction.

Pericranial flap is a composite flap involving the periosteum of the skull with its overlying loose areolar tissue termed subgaleal fascia. The multiple blood supply of the pericranial tissue enables this versatility, with a rich, anastomosing arterial supply from the supraorbital, supratrochlear, superficial temporal, posterior auricular, and occipital vessels. Thus, the shape, size, and location of the pericranial flap could be altered as long as a sufficient pedicle width could be fashioned to maintain a blood supply.

Reconstruction of complicated scalp defect via skin traction.

Management of an open wound is a problem frequently faced, with skin defects that cannot be closed primarily. Functional and aesthetic outcome could be improved if primary approximation of skin in these large defects were possible. Primary closure may be assisted using the viscoelastic properties of the skin.

A new glabellar flap modification for the reconstruction of medial canthal and nasal dorsal defects: "flap in flap" technique.

Background: In considering periorbital reconstructive options, the goals of reconstruction are to obtain functional and esthetic results. At the medial canthus, reconstruction should maintain the normal concavity of the canthus without distortion of the surrounding tissues and should maintain normal eyebrow contour and symmetry. The authors represent their flap in flap technique that provides normal concavity of the canthus and does not cause any complex and undesirable scars.

A novel approach for the reconstruction of medial canthal and nasal dorsal defects: frontal hairline island flap.

Medial canthal and dorsal nasal defects after surgery have been a challenging problem for surgeons and patients. The main purpose in reconstruction is not solely covering the defects with similar skin and soft tissue, but also causing minimal donor-area morbidity. The authors described an elliptical fashioned frontal island flap at the level of the frontal hairline, nourished by the vascular network composed of supraorbital and supratrochlear arteries, then carried subcutaneously to the defect area at medial canthus and upper nose.

[Electrophysiologic and histopathologic evaluation of peripheral nerve regeneration at different nerve segments and with different repair techniques].

Objectives: We compared the electrophysiologic and histopathologic results of early primary nerve repair and grafting of transections made at different levels.

Methods: Twenty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups. In one group (distal group, n=8), the right sciatic nerve was transected near the proximal segment of, and in another (proximal group, n=7) at 15 mm proximal to, its branching.

Compliance and efficacy of hand rubbing during in-hospital practice.

Objective: To compare alcohol-based hand rubbing with hand washing using antimicrobial soap regarding antimicrobial efficacy and compliance with routine practice in hospital and intensive care units.

Subjects And Methods: From February to June 2003, 35 nurses were randomly selected from a nursing staff of 141 and divided into two groups: hand rubbing and hand washing groups. Hand cultures were obtained before and after health care procedures.

Hepatitis B carriage and Brucella seroprevalence in urban and rural areas of Bolu province of Turkey: a prospective epidemiologic study.

Background/aims: In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen positivity and antibodies against Brucella in rural and urban areas of Bolu province of Turkey.

Methods: A total of 4,234 [corrected] people were screened from the urban and rural regions (3084 [corrected] versus 1150, respectively). All sera were evaluated for HBsAg and Brucella antibody.