The Effects of Colchicum Dispert and Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy on Skeletal Muscle Injury in a Rat Aortic Ischemia-Reperfusion Model.

Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysms and peripheral artery disease pose significant health risks, ranking third after heart attacks and cerebral strokes. Surgical interventions often involve temporary aortic clamping, leading to ischemia-reperfusion injury and tissue damage. Colchicine and mesenchymal stem cells have shown promise, individually, in mitigating ischemia-reperfusion injury, but their combined effects remain understudied.

A user-friendly machine learning approach for cardiac structures assessment.

Background: Machine learning is increasingly being used to diagnose and treat various diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. Automatic image analysis can expedite tissue analysis and save time. However, using machine learning is limited among researchers due to the requirement of technical expertise.

Comparison of the effects of cilostazol and aspirin on wound healing in patients with diabetic foot ulcer and peripheral artery disease.

Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the most feared complications of diabetes mellitus. Studies report that the lifetimerate of developing DFU is 25% for patients with diabetes mellitus. In addition, peripheral artery disease (PAD) is seen in approximately 50% of patients with DFU.

Is there a difference between two different skin disinfection methods in cardiac surgery in terms of isolated pathogens?

Introduction: In this study, our aim was to prospectively compare the different methods of patient disinfections with scrubbing + iodine + alcohol, and the povidone iodine disinfection method, which can be described as classical, in terms of the pathogens isolated on skin and during early postoperative complications.

Methodology: Eighty patients undergoing a coronary artery bypass operation were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups: group 1 (n = 48) patients who underwent scrub, iodine, followed by skin disinfection with alcohol, and group 2 (n = 32) who were treated with povidone iodine three times.

The Advantages of Using Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Angiography for Upper Extremity Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report.

Vascular anomaly is a general term that includes all vascular malformations, vascular tumors, and other congenital vascular defects. Vascular malformation is the most common term, and it describes blood vessels that are abnormally formed at birth. Vascular malformations can develop in any part of the body.

Iliac Artery Injury During Lumbar Disc Hernia Surgery.

Background: Vascular injury complications during lumbar discectomy are rare but potentially life-threatening. Therefore, an early diagnosis and effective treatment management is required for these complications.

Case Description: A 50-year-old female patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic with severe back and right leg pain.

Emergent surgical treatment of lethal valve dysfunction during pregnancy in a last-trimester patient.

A mechanical heart valve thrombosis during pregnancy is one of the most lethal conditions to experience due to its detrimental effects on both mother and fetus. Cardiac surgery during pregnancy is reserved for cases where medical treatment fails due to harmful maternal and fetal effects. A 24-year-old female in the 38th week of pregnancy was admitted to the emergency room with aggravated dyspnea, tachypnea, and palpitations.

Prevention of retrosternal pericardial adhesions after cardiac surgery with mitomycin C.

Background: Retrosternal pericardial adhesions may cause significant injuries to the heart and great vessels in cases that require reoperation. Fibroblast proliferation is one of the mechanisms for adhesion formation. Inhibition of fibroblast proliferation is important in reduction of retrosternal adhesions.

Repair of coarctation-related aortic arch aneurysm and ventricular septal defect in an adolescent.

A saccular aortic arch aneurysm that is secondary to aortic arch coarctation and that is accompanied by a ventricular septal defect is a rare combination in the adolescent patient. Total simultaneous repair of all of these conditions is desirable, because of the higher morbidity and mortality rates of staged procedures-particularly when resection of the saccular aneurysm is delayed. Herein, we discuss the case of a 16-year-old boy who underwent simultaneous surgical correction of these malformations.