Publications by authors named "Aysun Kartal"
Background: Liver graft fibrosis affects long-term graft and patient survival in liver transplant recipients. Transient elastography and magnetic resonance elastography are widely used for the assessment of liver fibrosis in routine clinical practice, but are limited in liver transplant settings. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the accuracy of magnetic resonance elastography and transient elastograph in the assessment of liver fibrosis in liver transplant recipients, and to determine the recurrence rates of post-transplant hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis.
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- The study aimed to standardize the Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) for Turkish patients and compare it with German norms, focusing on the prevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (mHE) using both PHES and Critical Flicker Frequency (CFF) methods.
- A total of 940 individuals participated—816 healthy volunteers and 124 cirrhotic patients—with findings showing a mHE prevalence of 29.8% using PHES and 27.4% with CFF; however, the compatibility between the two tests was low.
- The results concluded that using both PHES and CFF is vital for research, and the combination of specific subtests (Digit Symbol
Background/aims: This study aimed to evaluate the real-life efficacy and tolerability of direct-acting antiviral treatments for patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) with/without cirrhosis in the Turkish population.
Material And Methods: A total of 4,352 patients with CHC from 36 different institutions in Turkey were enrolled. They received ledipasvir (LDV) and sofosbuvir (SOF)±ribavirin (RBV) orombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir±dasabuvir (PrOD)±RBV for 12 or 24 weeks.
Background And Goals: The aims of the present study were to investigate the natural history of cirrhosis and to determine trends in the etiology of cirrhosis.
Methods: Between January 2001 and January 2018, a total of 1,341 patients had been diagnosed with cirrhosis and were included.
Results: A total of 898 cirrhotic patients, who were followed up for at least 6 months were included into the analysis.
Objective: In this retrospective study, we aimed to evaluate MR enterography (MRE) findings, MR index of activity (MaRIA) and laboratory markers in Crohn patients with enteroenteric fistula.
Methods: Institution's electronic medical records (laboratory, pathology, ileocolonoscopy results and discharge summary) were reviewed and MR images retrieved from the PACS were reanalyzed in Crohn patients assessed at Gastroenterology Clinic of our university between July 2011 and July 2016. MR enterography and clinic parameters of 38 Crohn patients with enteroenteric fistula and 48 Crohn patients without enteroenteric fistula were compared.