Primary subcutaneous cyst hydatid of abdominal wall: a case report.

Human body is an intermediate host for Echinococcus granulosus which is a cestode causing hydatid disease. The most common type is E. Granulosus.

Large animal-related injuries in a rural population in northeastern Turkey.

Animal-related injury is a serious health problem for people living in rural areas. This type of injury could be of great consequence and life-threatening. There are insufficient data regarding this issue.

Effects of the ischemic preconditioning on anastomotic healing in laparoscopic colon operations.

Background: Previous experimental studies have repeatedly demonstrated the potential protective effect of remote ischemic preconditioning (IPC) on colon anastomosis. The purpose of this experimental study was to investigate the possible positive effects of IPC by interval insufflations in laparoscopic colon operations.

Methods: Thirty Wistar-albino rats were randomized into 3 groups.

Effects of montelukast on the healing of ischemic colon anastomoses.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine whether treatment with montelukast, a selective leukotriene antagonist, would affect anastomotic healing in a reperfused colon rat model with remote ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Methods: Rats (n = 12 per group) were intraperitoneally administered normal saline or 10 mg/kg montelukast sodium 60 minutes before and for 5 days after surgery. Ischemia was induced for 45 minutes through superior mesenteric artery occlusion.

Left gastric and right hepatic artery anomalies in a patient with gastric cancer: images for surgeons.

Background: Surgical resection remains the principal treatment for advanced gastric cancer, but one of the difficulties in a curative or extended gastrectomy is the identification of the vascular supply of the stomach.

Methods: A patient had gastric cancer hospitalized for planning and performing his surgical therapy. A multidetector-row computed tomography scan showed us a large tumor mass and numerous lymph nodes invading perigastric and second tiers of stomach and revealed a left gastric artery and right hepatic artery in which branched directly from aorta.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and postoperative pain: is it affected by intra-abdominal pressure?

Background And Purpose: Intra-abdominal pressure created during laparoscopic cholecystectomy is accepted as a factor for postoperative pain. In this prospective, randomized, clinical study, the goal is to determine the effects of different intra-abdominal pressure values on visceral type pain.

Materials And Methods: Sixty women who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy were included in this study.

Unusual locations of hydatid disease: diagnostic and surgical management of a case series.

Background: Hydatid disease is endemic in many areas of the world, where it is an important public health problem. The aim of this study was to describe a series of patients with atypically located primary hydatid disease, accompanied by a literature review.

Methods: Six male and four female patients with atypically located hydatid cysts who presented to the Kars State Hospital between September 2004 and March 2008 were evaluated.

Corticosteroid treatment and timing of surgery in idiopathic granulomatous mastitis confusing with breast carcinoma.

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is an uncommon chronic inflammatory lesion of the breast with an uncertain optimal treatment regimen, the physical examination, and radiologic features of which may be confused with breast carcinoma. In this study, we aimed to describe the clinicopathologic characteristics of 33 patients who admitted to our breast policlinic and took the diagnosis of granulomatous (idiopathic and non-idiopathic) mastitis, and report the place of corticosteroids and the timing of surgery in the treatment of patients with IGM. The clinical features of 33 patients who presented to our breast policlinic with the complaint of breast mass and reached the final diagnosis of GM between March 2005 and October 2009 were reported.

The shrinking rates of different meshes placed intraperitoneally: a long-term comparison of the TiMesh, VYPRO II, Sepramesh, and DynaMesh.

Aim: The aim of our study was to determine and compare the shrinking rates of different prosthetic materials used in ventral hernia repair and to establish a possible correlation with macroscopic adhesions, histopathologic inflammation, and fibrosis.

Methods: Thirty-six Wistar albino rats were divided into 4 groups (T, V, S, and D). A midline laparotomy was performed under general anesthesia.

Impact of slit and nonslit mesh technique on testicular perfusion and volume in the early and late postoperative period of the totally extraperitoneal preperitoneal technique in patients with inguinal hernia.

Aims: Using slit and nonslit mesh in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal preperitoneal (TEPP) inguinal hernia repair are well-known approaches. The aim of this prospective, randomized, clinical study was to assess testicular perfusion after these procedures.

Methods: In the study period, 40 male patients with unilateral inguinal hernia were assigned into 2 equal groups as follows: slit (S) and nonslit (NS).