Publications by authors named "Bulent C Yuksel"

Introduction And Purpose: Acute mesenteric ischemia is especially seen in the elderly population. It has an increasing incidence in today's world where the average life expectancy is increasing. Early diagnosis is the most important factor reducing morbidity and mortality, and there is still no marker with high sensitivity and specificity for early diagnosis.

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Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of a new marker that could be easily obtained to differentiate between complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis in a patients with a white blood cell (WBC) count within the normal range.

Methods: The patients who underwent surgery with histopathologically proven acute appendicitis (AA) between January 2021 and October 2022 were evaluated retrospectively. Patients were classified into two groups as uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis, based on the surgical and histopathological findings.

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Purpose: Pilonidal sinus disease is a disease that especially affects the young population and causes loss of workforce. Although many treatment methods have been defined, there is still no "gold standard" treatment method. Our objective was to evaluate the postoperative results of bilateral parallel elliptical flap and Karydakis flap in the surgical treatment of pilonidal sinus.

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In the current study, we aimed to compare sexual function and pain during the sexual activity of men who underwent surgery with the open or laparoscopic total extraperitoneal hernia repair techniques. Patients were randomised into two groups according to the technique used during the operation: the Lichtenstein hernia repair open technique (n = 63) and the laparoscopic total extraperitoneal repair technique (n = 57). In both groups, postoperative sexual function score was significantly improved compared with the preoperative period (p < .

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Background: Although cholecystectomy is the standard treatment modality, it has been shown that perioperative mortality is approaching 19% in critical and elderly patients. Percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) can be considered as a safer option with a significantly lower complication rate in these patients.

Aim: To assess the clinical course of acute cholecystitis (AC) in patients we treated with PC.

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Background: Transverse colon cancers show behavioral differences in terms of the involvement of extramesocolic lymph nodes since they are closely related to all three embryological planes. These tumors have also been observed in the gastroepiploic-omental (GEOM) region, outside their usual regional areas. We will evaluate this new metastatic route in our own cases.

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Background: Despite advances in surgical approaches, emergency colorectal surgery has high mortality and morbidity.

Objective: We aimed to create a simple and distinctive scoring system, for predicting mortality among patients undergoing emergency colorectal surgery.

Design And Setting: Prediction model development study based on retrospective data-gathering.

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Background/aim: One of the most feared complications after colon resection for carcinoma is anastomotic leakage. Prediction of anastomotic leakage can alter pre- and perioperative management of patients. This study validates an anastomotic leakage prediction system.

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Background And Objective: Acute cholecystitis (AC) is an inflammation of the gallbladder. Tokyo Guidelines (TGs) for the diagnosis of AC classified this condition according to severity as mild, moderate and severe. Therapeutic intervention regulated according to the type of severity.

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Background: During the past 25 years, the incidence of thyroid papillary carcinoma (TPC), especially the micropapillary subtype, has been increasing in different countries worldwide. The rise in the rate of thyroid malignancies were also determined in Turkey in the last two decades. This fact was attributed to the Chernobyl accident because Turkey is one of the affected countries by the radioactive fallout.

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Background: The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is popular, simple, and reliable, and provides information about the level of consciousness in trauma patients. Nevertheless, the necessity of using a more complex system than GCS has been questioned recently. The revised Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation system (APACHE II) is a physiologically based system including 12 physiological variables, and it also includes GCS.

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Ileal knotting is a rare but serious complication of pregnancy, with relatively high maternal and fetal mortality. We report a case of ileal knotting with complications in a pregnant woman without any history of abdominal or pelvic surgery. To our knowledge, there is no other report in the international literature.

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The hiatus hernia and sigmoid volvulus are usually found in older patients. The delay of the treatment of both of these illnesses may result in increased morbidity and mortality. We report a case of an isolated intrathoracic hiatal herniation of the twisted sigmoid colon.

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