The Importance of Spinopelvic Parameters in Recurrent Lumbar Disk Herniation.

Study Design: Retrospective clinical study.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate preoperative spinopelvic mismatch as a risk factor for recurrent lumbar disk herniation (RLDH) in patients undergoing lumbar disk herniation (LDH) surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: Spinopelvic parameters have been associated with lumbar degenerative diseases, particularly LDH.

Postsurgical Size-Changing Temporal Lobe Arachnoid Cysts in Patients with Trigonocephaly Who Underwent Reconstructive Surgery: A Two-Case Report.

Introduction: Trigonocephaly (TC), the tapering of the metopic suture toward the anterior, lateral inadequacy of supraorbital bar, hypoplasia of the ethmoid bone, and hypotelorism due to orbital medialization leads to a triangular shape in the head together with frontotemporal stenosis and widening of the biparietal diameter. Arachnoid cysts (ACs) are benign cysts, which are formed by cerebrospinal-fluid entrapment into the arachnoid membrane due to duplication or separation of the arachnoid membrane layers. ACs are typically located in the middle cranial fossa and Sylvian fissure region.

Management of Traumatic Epidural Hematoma in Infants Younger than One Year: 50 Cases - Single Center Experience.

Aim And Background: Traumatic epidural hematoma (EDH) is a rare but possibly fatal complication of head trauma in infants. In this study, infants who were younger than 1 year and followed up and treated for TEDH in our clinic were evaluated. Our series is the largest series consisting only infantile cases in the literature.

Craniometric Measurements and Surgical Outcomes in Trigonocephaly Patients Who Underwent Surgical Treatment.

Objective The aim of this study was to discuss the results of craniometric measurements and surgical treatments in patients operated for isolated trigonocephaly (TC) in light of the current literature. Methods A total of 18 cases who underwent surgery for isolated TC were included in the study. Age, gender, family history, follow-up time, complications, duration of surgery, surgical blood loss, and amount of blood replacement in these patients were recorded.

Which Objective Nutritional Index Is Better for the Prediction of Adverse Medical Events in Elderly Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery?

Objective: The relationship of preoperative malnutrition with perioperative adverse medical events (PAMEs) has not been well studied in elderly patients undergoing spinal surgery (SS). We aimed to compare the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score, and Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) for prediction of PAMEs in elderly patients undergoing SS.

Methods: Data of 454 patients ≥65 years old undergoing SS were reviewed.

Systemic treatment with alpha-tocopherol and/or sodium selenite decreases the progression of experimental periodontitis.

Objective: To investigate the effects of sodium selenite (Se) and/or α-tocopherol (αT) applications on the alveolar bone loss (ABL), the number of gingival collagen fibers, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)+ and CD95+ cell numbers, and serum cytokine concentrations in experimental periodontitis in rats.

Materials And Methods: Forty Sprague Dawley rats were divided into four groups of ten as follows: group A: Se group, group B: αT group, group C: Se and αT combined group, and group D: control group (intraperitoneal (IP) saline injection applied). Using the image analysis method in the connective tissue under the connective epithelium, the numbers of iNOS, CD95 positive cells, and collagen fibers were counted.

Factors affecting substance use and self-efficacy status of students in eastern Turkey.

This descriptive cross-sectional research sample was consisted of 613 high school students in Eastern Turkey. Data were collected by using the Questionnaire on Substance Use and its Causes and Self-Efficacy in the Prevention of Substance Abuse Scale (SEAPSAS). Data were analyzed with percentiles, Chi-Square, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis, correlation and regression.

Rapid loss of seed viability in conserved wheat and barley at 4°C as compared to -20°C storage.

Genebanks aim to optimize their storage conditions in order to postpone seed ageing as long as possible. As most genebanks have a relatively short life history, empirical data about seed longevity during storage are almost absent. Based on seed characteristics, theoretical predictions indicate that cereal seeds can be stored without substantial loss of viability for time periods exceeding 100 years, even under temperatures of a few degrees above zero.

The association of plasma oxidative status and inflammation with the development of atrial fibrillation in patients presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common supraventricular arrhythmia following ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Oxidative stress and inflammation may cause structural and electrical remodeling in the atria making these critical processes in the pathology of AF. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the association between total oxidative status (TOS), total antioxidative capacity (TAC) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in the development of AF in patients presenting with STEMI.

Usefulness of citric cough test for screening of silent aspiration in subacute stroke patients: a prospective study.

Objective: To detect silent aspiration in a homogeneous sample of stroke patients using the citric acid cough test.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Public university tertiary hospital.

Comparison of computed tomography histogram analysis and chemical-shift magnetic resonance imaging for adrenal mass characterization.

Background: Computed tomography (CT) histogram analysis and chemical-shift magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are currently used modalities for adrenal mass characterization. However, it is not yet clear which modality can be regarded as most sensitive in terms of adrenal mass characterization.

Purpose: To prospectively compare CT histogram analysis and chemical-shift MRI in the characterization of adrenal masses.

Tetraploid and hexaploid wheat varieties reveal large differences in expression of alpha-gliadins from homoeologous Gli-2 loci.

Background: Alpha-gliadins form a multigene protein family encoded by multiple alpha-gliadin (Gli-2) genes at three genomic loci, Gli-A2, Gli-B2 and Gli-D2, respectively located on the homoeologous wheat chromosomes 6AS, 6BS, and 6DS. These proteins contain a number of important celiac disease (CD)-immunogenic domains. The alpha-gliadins expressed from the Gli-B2 locus harbour fewer conserved CD-epitopes than those from Gli-A2, whereas the Gli-D2 gliadins have the highest CD-immunogenic potential.

Differentiation of adrenal adenomas from nonadenomas using CT histogram analysis method: a prospective study.

Objective: The objective of our study was to prospectively evaluate the effectiveness of computed tomography (CT) histogram analysis method in the differentiation of benign and malignant adrenal masses.

Materials And Methods: Between March 2007 and June 2008, 94 patients (46 males, 48 females, age range: 30-79 years, mean age: 57.7 years) with 113 adrenal masses (mean diameter: 3.

Pediatric vertebral and spinal epidural tumors: a retrospective review of twelve cases.

Objective: Pediatric vertebral tumors are rare, and most of the reported series have limited numbers of cases. Diagnosis of these tumors is difficult because of the patients' age and the rarity of the lesions. We aimed to report the clinical, radiological and pathological characteristics in a small series of pediatric vertebral and spinal epidural tumors and to discuss diagnostic and treatment difficulties.

Lumbar extradural infiltrating angiolipoma: a case report and review of 17 previously reported cases with infiltrating spinal angiolipomas.

Background Context: Spinal extradural angiolipomas are rare benign tumors, and most of them are noninfiltrating tumors located in the extradural space. However, there are 17 cases with extradural infiltrating spinal angiolipomas extending into the vertebral bodies or posterior vertebral arches in literature. These 17 tumors are mostly located at the thoracic region, and anterior or in the anterolateral extradural space, and they generally infiltrate only one vertebra.

Measurement of the distance and angle between the aorta and superior mesenteric artery: normal values in different BMI categories.

Aim: The purpose of the study was to reveal the values of the distance and angle between the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and aorta according to body mass index in normal population.

Material And Methods: The study was performed on 524 routine abdominal CT examinations. On axial and reformatted sagittal-oblique sagittal images, the distance and the angle between superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and aorta were measured at the location where the duodenum crosses.

Posterior fossa dermoid cysts causing cerebellar abscesses.

Dermoid cysts are uncommon tumors, and posterior fossa dermoid cysts may rarely cause abscess formation or formation of daughter abscesses within the cerebellum. At present, there are only 16 cases with posterior fossa dermoid cysts causing cerebellar abscesses reported in the literature. Two cases, 22 and 14 months old, with posterior fossa dermoid cysts and dermal sinus causing multiple cerebellar abscesses are reported.

Cervical spinal brucellosis causing epidural and prevertebral abscesses and spinal cord compression: a case report.

Background Context: Cervical involvement due to spinal brucellosis is quite rare. Although surgery usually is not necessary in spinal brucellosis, most of the patients with cervical involvement require surgical treatment because of the high rate of neurological involvement and spinal cord compression.

Purpose: To present a unique case with cervical spinal brucellosis with epidural and paravertebral abscesses and to discuss the treatment alternatives of this disease.

Aggressive postoperative lumbar fibromatosis after the placement of instrumentation for treatment of spondylolisthesis. Case report.

This 50-year-old woman presented with a paravertebral lumbar fibromatosis (desmoid tumor) after undergoing the placement of instrumentation for lumbar spondylolisthesis. The tumor developed just cranial to the previous skin incision. Fibromatoses, or desmoid tumors, are uncommon infiltrative lesions that affect musculoaponeurotic structures, most often of the trunk and limbs.

Non-contiguous multifocal spinal tuberculosis involving cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral segments: a case report.

Main Problem: There are only a few cases reported with non-contiguous spinal tuberculosis in the literature. Most of these patients have only two non-contiguous lesions, and in almost all of these cases, surgical treatment is required.

Methods: A 17-year-old girl with non-contiguous multifocal spinal tuberculosis involving cervical, thoracic, thoracolumbar, lumbar and sacral segments is reported.

Thoracic and lumbar tuberculous spondylitis treated by posterior debridement, graft placement, and instrumentation: a retrospective analysis in 19 cases.

Object: Surgical treatment of thoracic and lumbar tuberculous spondylitis is controversial. An anterior approach is usually recommended. The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of posterior debridement and the placement of posterior instrumentation for the treatment of patients with thoracic and lumbar tuberculous spondylitis.

A solitary calvarial lytic lesion with typical histopathological findings of juvenile hyaline fibromatosis.

Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis (JHF) is a rare systemic disease characterized by papulonodular skin lesions, gingival hyperplasia, joint contractures, and osteolytic lesions on long bones and the skull. It has recently been reported that the disease is caused by mutations in the gene encoding capillary morphogenesis protein-2 (CMG-2). To date, fewer than 60 cases have been published in the literature.

Paradoxical intracranial tuberculoma requiring surgical treatment.

Paradoxical enlargement of intracranial tuberculomas or development of new ones during adequate antituberculous chemotherapy is an uncommon event. Treatment of such cases is controversial. Steroid therapy is usually advocated without change in the antituberculous drug program.