Can mean platelet volume be a new risk factor in portal venous thrombosis?

Background: The aim of this study was to discuss the possibility of mean platelet volume (MPV) being a new risk factor in the etiology of portal venous thrombosis (PVT).

Methods: Study participants were categorized into 2 different groups: group I, control group (n = 35) and group II, PVT group (n = 34). Demographic data and MPV values were recorded retrospectively.

Selecting a surgical modality to treat a splenic hydatid cyst: total splenectomy or spleen-saving surgery?

Aim: We analyzed the outcomes and effectiveness of surgical treatments and clinical manifestations of splenic hydatid cysts.

Patients And Methods: Between 2000 and 2011, we retrospectively reviewed the cases of 11 patients who were operated on for a splenic hydatid cyst. The demographic features, medical history, physical examinations, biochemical and serological tests, imaging modalities, and surgical treatment of the patients were noted.

Primary echinococcal cyst in the axillary region.

Introduction: Human hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. It has worldwide distribution and is endemic in many countries, especially the Mediterranean region. It most commonly affects the liver and lungs although multi-organ involvement has been observed in 20-30% of patients.

Non-traumatic splenic rupture: report of seven cases and review of the literature.

Aim: To evaluate seven patients with non-traumatic splenic rupture (NSR). NSR is an uncommon dramatic abdominal emergency that requires immediate diagnosis and prompt surgical treatment to ensure the patient's survival.

Methods: Within 11 years, seven cases were evaluated for patient characteristics, anamnesis and symptoms, method of diagnosis, findings of laparotomy, and etiology of NSR.

[The evaluation of 250 patients with thoracoabdominal injuries].

Background: Prognostic factors affecting mortality and morbidity in thoracoabdominal injuries were evaluated.

Methods: Two hundred and fifty patients (227 males, 23 females; mean age 30.1+/-5.

Micronized purified flavonoid fraction may prevent formation of intraperitoneal adhesions in rats.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of an anti-inflammatory and capillary regulator drug, micronized purified flavonoid fraction (MPFF), in the prevention of postoperative formation of adhesions.

Design: A double-blind, controlled study evaluated the efficacy of MPFF in reducing postoperative adhesion formation in a rat model.

Setting: Animal care facility of an academic research setting.

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of intrabiliary ruptured hydatid disease of the liver.

Background And Objectives: The major complication of hydatid disease of the liver is intrabiliary rupture of the cyst. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients with intrabiliary ruptured hydatid disease of the liver.

Method: Using a standardised data collection instrument, case records of patients who were operated on for hydatid disease of the liver diagnosed between January 1990 and December 2001 at Dicle University Hospital (DUH) were searched and 192 patients who had been operated for hydatid disease of the liver were detected.

Salutary effects of radiopaque contrast media on the survival of random-pattern skin flaps in the rat: an experimental study.

The radiopaque contrast medium diatrizoate, has a vasodilator effect so that it is used in sudden-deafness secondary ischemic injury. However, ischemic problems are encountered, especially when longer flaps are elevated. A longer flap also has ischemic and relatively ischemic tissue, and may obtain some benefit from contrast media.

Spontaneous liver hematoma and a hepatic rupture in HELLP syndrome: report of two cases.

Subcapsular liver hematomas and ruptures are unusual fatal complications of HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome (HS). We present two cases of a spontaneous rupture of subcapsular liver hematoma occurring in HS and review the literature on this subjects. One case demonstrated a secondary rupture of a subcapsulary liver hematoma due to HS in one patient and HS associated with preeclampsia in another.