Publications by authors named "Cem Celik"

Introduction: Pharyngocutaneous fistula (PCF) is one of the most challenging complications observed after a total laryngectomy. Since the biochemical components of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) have well-known synergistic effects on the healing processes, this study aimed to demonstrate the contribution of PRF application to pharyngeal healing in patients undergoing a total laryngectomy for laryngeal cancer.

Methods: The study compared patients who underwent a total laryngectomy due to laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and had a PRF membrane placed during the pharyngoesophageal closure with those who did not.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) can affect both hearing and balance due to increased inner ear pressure.

Aims/objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of increased inner ear pressure on hearing and balance in patients with IIH using auditory and vestibular tests.

Material And Methods: Twenty-four IIH patients and 28 healthy controls underwent oVEMP, pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, and acoustic reflex tests pre-lumbar punctures.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • The study explores the use of essential oils, like cinnamaldehyde and carvacrol, as adjuncts to existing antimicrobials to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and reduce antimicrobial resistance.
  • Various tests were conducted to assess the effectiveness of these essential oils, their safety on human cells, and their ability to work in synergy with traditional antimicrobials.
  • Findings indicate that essential oils have strong antimicrobial properties, particularly against MRSA, and can enhance the effectiveness of standard treatments, though some components showed cytotoxic effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

To measure the success of the fascia lata-fat island graft technique in septal perforation repair as measured by nasal endoscopic examination. This study presents the results of using fascia lata-fat island, a different graft technique, for the repair of septal perforations, offering an alternative to this challenging procedure. This retrospective study assesses nasal septal perforation repair using the fascia lata-fat island graft technique performed by a single surgeon.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: This study investigates the importance of bone density, surface area, and diameter of anatomical structures of the superior semicircular canal (SSC), lateral semicircular canal (LSC), posterior semicircular canal (PSC), utricle, and saccule in patients diagnosed with superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD).

Materials And Methods: The bone density, surface area, and diameter of SSC, LSC, PSC, utricle, and saccule were measured and compared between the SSCD group and control group. Fifteen ears in the SSCD group and 60 ears in the control group were evaluated.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Aim/objective: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the benefits of the systematic use of nasal cytology and mucociliary clearance in the diagnostic workup of nasal disorders in children with adenoid hypertrophy (AH) to reach a well-defined diagnosis, establish a rational therapeutic approach, avert from complications, and develop the patient's life quality.

Materials/methods: In this prospective study, a total of 61 pediatric patients (aged 5-12 years) were evaluated. The case group consisted of 31 children with AH symptoms, while the control group comprised 30 children without AH symptoms.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Mushrooms, which have been collected to meet the nutritional needs of the world for many years, have gained medical importance thanks to the bioactive compounds they produce. Thanks to studies carried out to determine mushroom diversity, the number of species identified is increasing year by year. Accordingly, in recent years, studies conducted to determine the biological activities of metabolites produced by fungi have been increasing.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Microorganisms attach to surfaces and interfaces and form biofilms which create a sheltered area for host cell response. Therefore, biofilms provide troubles in fields such as medicine, food, and pharmaceuticals. Inhibition of formation of biofilms through hindering of quorum sensing could be a method for the production of new generation antibiotics.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in the identification of M. tuberculosis in pulmonary and extrapulmonary clinical samples by taking the results of the BACTEC MGIT 960TB culture system as a reference.

Materials And Methods: A total of 11,341 specimens sent to Sivas Cumhuriyet University Application and Research Hospital Tuberculosis Laboratory for microbiological examination with suspicion of tuberculosis infection between January 2013 and December 2019 were examined, and 6847 clinical specimens that underwent culture (BACTEC MGIT 960TB), Xpert MTB/RIF and AFB (Acid-fast bacilli) testing were selected and included in our study.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Study Objective: To evaluate whether the presence of an ultrasonographic visible isthmocele has an impact on the chance of pregnancy in women undergoing embryo transfer.

Design: Age-matched retrospective study.

Setting: Private-assisted reproductive center.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • The study looked at whether a special test called PGT-A helps couples with serious male infertility have babies.
  • It compared two groups: one that used the test and one that didn’t, involving a total of 266 couples.
  • The results showed that using PGT-A didn’t improve the chances of having a baby, but older age in women was linked to having a baby.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Klebsiella pneumoniae is the cause of complicated and difficult-to-treat nosocomial infections such as sepsis, urinary tract infection, catheter related infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections in intensive care units. The biggest problem in infections with K.pneumoniae is that treatment options are limited due to multiple antibiotic resistance and consequently the increased morbidity and mortality.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The existing literature is scarce regarding outcomes of fresh vs frozen embryo blastocyst transfers in women with endometrioma. The goal of the study was to compare outcomes between fresh and frozen blastocyst transfers (fresh-BT vs. frozen-BT) in endometrioma-affected women.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

is the leading etiological agent of community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI). Fluoroquinolones have long been the choice of empirical treatment for UTIs. Plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone-resistance (PMFR) is important not only for conferring resistance to fluoroquinolones but also because of the presence of PMFR genes on plasmids carrying genes encoding resistance to other antimicrobials.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Research Question: Can serum oestradiol concentrations on the day of progesterone initiation predict live birth rates in single, autologous vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfers following artificial endometrial preparation?

Design: This retrospective study included the first transfers of 468 patients with unexplained or tubal factor infertility who underwent freeze-all cycles using single, top-quality blastocysts after artificial endometrial preparation from January 2015 to January 2018. Patients were stratified into four groups based on serum oestradiol concentration percentiles on the day of progesterone initiation: Group 1 (<25th percentile), Group 2 (25-50th percentile), Group 3 (51-75th percentile) and Group 4 (>75th percentile). The primary outcome was live birth rate.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Purpose: To compare outcomes between daily intramuscular progesterone (IMP) and daily vaginal progesterone (VP) gel plus weekly intramuscular hydroxyprogesterone caproate (IMHPC) for luteal phase support (LPS) in single, autologous euploid frozen-thawed blastocyst transfers (FBTs) following artificial endometrial preparation (EP).

Methods: The retrospective cohort study included 767 single, autologous FBTs from 731 patients between January 2015 and March 2018. LPS was performed either with IMP (100 mg/day) or with VP gel (90 mg, twice daily) plus IMHPC (250 mg/week).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background/aim: Various studies have shown that adult patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have higher levels of anxiety and depression compared to their normal counterparts. However, it is still unclear whether these mood disorders already exist in adolescents affected by PCOS. The aim of the present study is to assess differences in anxiety and depression levels between adolescents with PCOS and age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls and to determine the possible factor(s) impacting these psychological parameters in adolescents with PCOS.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

It has been documented that exogenously administered irisin (10 fibronectin-type III domain-containing 5 [FNDC5]), which is a new polypeptide hormone, induces the browning of subcutaneous fat and thermogenesis. In this study, effects of physical activity and exogenous administration of irisin were investigated on parameters related with reproduction and metabolism in the high-fat diet-induced obesity model of the female C57BL/6J mice. Sixty mice were gathered at age approximately 5 to 6weeks and were divided into 3 groups.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: The present objective was to retrospectively evaluate factors affecting functional outcome of multipart proximal humeral fracture treated with fixation or hemiarthroplasty.

Methods: Included were 58 patients (19 women, 39 men; average age: 51.04 years; range 22-78 years) who underwent surgery for Neer type III or IV proximal humeral fractures between 2007 and 2012.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The aim of the study was to evaluate the fatty acid-binding protein-4 (FABP4) and irisin concentrations in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Forty-nine women with PCOS, diagnosed according to Rotterdam criteria and 39 healthy women matched for body mass index (BMI) and age. Serum irisin and plasma FABP4 concentrations were measured in both groups.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Carbapenems are the choice of treatment in infections caused by multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae. In recent years carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates due to carbapenemases have been increasingly reported worldwide. Multicenter studies on carbapenemases are scarce in Turkey.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: The objective of the study is to detect the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in Kilis province, determine the risk factors for toxoplasmosis, and assess the effect of risk factors on seropositivity.

Methods: The research performed in Kilis State Hospital was a cross-sectional study in which Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) was used. The study included women between the ages of 15 and 49 years.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background/aim: The aim of this study is to assess the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples and to compare the results by reference to the diagnostic method, Bactec MGIT 960.

Materials And Methods: A total of 7407 samples were included from patients not primarily suggesting pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), collected from patients required to be screened for TB and excluding TB diagnoses since it was a differential diagnosis. Also included were a total of 411 samples from patients primarily suggesting pulmonary or extrapulmonary TB.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: fopen(/var/lib/php/sessions/ci_sessionjne9efliebe71rn7dkglc2e8aiopo8uk): Failed to open stream: No space left on device

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 177

Backtrace:

File: /var/www/html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: /var/lib/php/sessions)

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 137

Backtrace:

File: /var/www/html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once