Analysis of 1430 hand fractures and identifying the 'Red Flags' for cases requiring surgery.

Background: Hand fractures constitute 20% of hand injury patients who apply to emergency services. Conservative approaches are satisfactory in the majority of the cases. However, the minority group in need of surgery reaches a serious number of patients considering the frequency of these injuries.

Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on plastic surgery: Taken precautions, distribution of surgical procedures and changes in admissions to outpatient clinic.

The COVID-19 outbreak is a global problem affecting the world in many respects. In the medical field, its impact on surgical branches as well as clinical branches is inevitable. From the plastic surgery perspective, the COVID-19 outbreak affects the number and distribution of surgeries, patient admissions and educational activities.

The effect of an antifibrotic agent, pirfenidone, on penile erectile function in an experimental rat model of ischemic priapism.

To date, no effective medical approach for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) secondary to ischemic priapism (IP) has been described. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic, and antioxidant effects of pirfenidone (PFD) on cavernosal tissue in a rat model of IP. Forty-eight male albino rats aged 8-10 months, with mean weights of 410 ± 18.

Comparison of intraoperative and postoperative complications based on ASA risks in patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Objective: In this study we aimed to evaluate intraoperative and postoperative complications which developed according to pre-operative American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) risk criteria in patients who had undergone percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL).

Material And Methods: Five hundred and sixty patients who had undergone PNL between 2002 and 2014 were included in the study. Patients operated on the ipsilateral kidney, those with solitary kidney or the cases who had previously undergone more than one access were excluded from this study.

Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis in a newborn: case report.

Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis (IGCM) is a rare cause of arrhythmia, heart failure and death in children. The etiology of IGCM is unknown. Endomyocardial biopsy and histological examination are essential for diagnosis.