A prospective study for an alternative probe site for pulse oximetry measurement in male patients with severe burn trauma: penile shaf.

Background: Authors widely use pulse oximetry in clinical monitoring of heart rate (HR) and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) by attachment to the fingers; however, there can be a need for an alternative attachment site, especially for burned patients. We investigate the availability of a pulse oximeter probe attached to the penile shaft as an alternative site in pediatric male patients if all extremities became unavailable for pulse oximetry measurement due to severe burn and/or trauma.

Methods: We designed a prospective comparative study in a training and research hospital.

Diagnosing granulomatous disease during appendectomy.

Difficulties during surgery are uncommon situations in appendectomy. For granulomatous appendicitis, literature is insufficient about surgical findings. The procedure of a 17-year-old male patient was a struggle due to adhesions.

Clinical trials of 3D printing splints to avoid contracture development in burned children.

Background/aim: We evaluated the feasibility of producing splints with 3D printer technology to prevent contractures in burned children in our clinical prospective study.

Materials And Methods: After approvals, children with burns greater than 2nd degree were included in the study. Age, sex, burn percentages, printing time, filament types, number of filament trials, splint suitability, patient and doctor comments, preclinical trials’ significances and financial impact were evaluated statistically.

Evaluating incorrect management of transferred pediatric burn patients.

Background: Burns constitute one of the most important, potentially fatal types of trauma. Appropriate emergency management is essential in the avoidance of complication and the success of treatment. Emergency management and indications of transfer throughout the country were reviewed in the present study.

Association of anterior thoracic meningocele and azygos lobe of the lung.

Here we report an anterior thoracic meningocele case. Twoyears- old female patient was presented with kyphosis. Azygos lobe of the lung was also demonstrated during radiological studies.

The outcomes of becoming a pediatric burn center in Turkey.

Background: Burns are one of the most important causes of traumatic death in children worldwide. A pediatric burn center was established in our hospital in August 2009. The aim of this study was to compare patient profiles and data before and after the burn treatment center was established.

Coexistence of Anal Atresia, Anophthalmia and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasia Type-A in a Newborn.

We report a patient with anal atresia, anophthalmia and intestinal neuronal dysplasia type A.

A circumcision method in an old surgical textbook (Cerrahiyyetul Haniyye): reminding of a forgotten procedure.

Purpose: Circumcision is one of the historical surgical procedures. Some sources throughout the history contain various definitions about different circumcision methods. we described the details of the method, and aimed to remind the possibility of contemporary usage.

Teratoid Wilms' tumor exhibiting extensive squamous differentiation.

Teratoid Wilms' tumor is a rare renal tumor. Herein, we report an unusual variant of such tumor which simulated renal teratoma because of abundant keratinized squamous epithelium within the tumor.

Expression of Epstein-Barr virus in children with sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus determined by immunohistochemical methods.

In this study, we probed whether chronic infections of skin such as pilonidal sinus could be a potential site of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) replication. Pilonidal sinus is associated with a high recurrence rate. Therefore, we decided to determine the role of EBV's presence to explain whether it is correlated with the recurrence of pilonidal sinuses.

Measurement of hydroxyproline and nitric oxide, and comparison of sac fluid acidity in different inguinal pathologies.

Purpose: To compare hydroxyproline and nitric oxide levels, and fluid acidity between sac tissues from inguinal hernia, hydrocele and undescended testis patients.

Material And Method: Thirty patients were in the inguinal hernia group, 11 patients in the hydrocele group and 5 patients in the undescended testis with inguinal hernia group. Intrasaccular fluid acidity, and nitric oxide and hydroxyproline levels in sac tissues were measured and analyzed statistically between groups.

Controversies on clitoroplasty.

A review of the literature regarding the current state of knowledge of the anatomic and physiologic features of the female clitoris was conducted. Based on this evaluation, operations on the clitoris were reviewed. The anatomic and physiologic reconstruction problems of surgical techniques for female pseudohermaphroditism that have previously been reported were reviewed.

A novel operative technique for concealed penis secondary to penoscrotal web: a case report.

Contemporary surgical techniques for concealed penis defined in the literature are sophisticated and, because of this, we decided to perform a simple technique. A child with penoscrotal web was admitted to our Pediatric Surgery Clinic. The patient had recurrent urinary tract infections without urinary tract disease and, therefore, web reconstruction was thought to be useful.

Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in a newborn with N1303K mutation of cystic fibrosis (CFTR) gene.

Cystic fibrosis is the most frequent and lethal inherited disease, affecting populations of European and Caucasian origin. Pneumothorax is life threatening pulmonary complication of cystic fibrosis. Bilateral pneumothorax is rarely seen and is a predictor of poor prognosis.

Can spinal bupivacaine analgesia treatment make a difference on urinary bladder healing according to the intramuscular pethidine analgesia treatment in rats?

We designed a study to compare the healing levels found with intramuscular pethidine with those found with intrathecal local anesthetic treatments. The urinary bladder is suggested to be the most useful tissue in the evaluation of the effects of the drugs. Nineteen male, Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 200 C300 g were used in this study.

Osseous presentation of Hodgkin's disease: a case report and review of the literature.

The bone involvement in the later stages of Hodgkin's disease is an expected phenomenon, but it is very rare in early stages of the disease. About 49 cases of Hodgkin's disease presenting with bone involvement have been reported in the literature. We reported a 14-year-old boy initially evaluated with pain localized at the left ilium.

Torsion of an encysted fluid collection.

Torsion of a cyst within the tunica vaginalis is a rare entity and clinical course can easily be confused with other diseases that cause acute scrotum. We report a 6-year-old child with 3 days of acute scrotum findings. Patient had surgery with the suspicion of testis torsion.

Segmental neurofibromatosis: report of two cases.

Neurofibromatosis (NF), or von Recklinghausen's disease is comprised of a heterogeneous group of disorders, primarily affecting the skin, soft tissue, bone and central nervous system. Segmental neurofibromatosis (SN) is a rare form of NF, characterized by "café-au-lait" macules, freckles, and/or neurofibromas limited to a body segment. There are approximately 150 cases reported in the English published work.

A case of bladder exstrophy and thoracal intramedullary teratoma.

Exstrophic bladder and intramedullary teratomas are rare congenital anomalies. To the authors' knowledge, the coexistence of these 2 anomalies has not been reported previously. The authors report on a newborn with thoracal intramedullary teratoma and exstrophic bladder.

An unusual case of esophageal and laryngotracheal atresia.

Esophageal atresia with or without tracheoesophageal fistula is a relatively common congenital anomaly. However, esophageal atresia with associated laryngotracheal atresia, double tracheoesophageal fistula and cardiac malformations is an extremely rare condition. In this article we report a newborn infant with severe respiratory distress at birth who had both esophageal and laryngotracheal atresia with congenital cardiac malformations, in an attempt to bring attention to the clinical presentation, and emergent diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.