A Retrospective Review of Children followed up with the Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis.

Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas, the frequency of which increases in childhood.

Aim: To investigate the demographic, etiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics of children followed up with the diagnosis of AP. The study also included genetic studies of recurrent cases.

Histopathological effects of Algan hemostatic agent (AHA) in liver injury model in rats.

Background And Aim: In this study, we aimed to assess the hemostatic and histopathological impacts of the Algan hemostatic agent (AHA) with the liver injury model.

Materials And Methods: 24 male rats, 10-12 week old, were randomly divided into three equal groups (n=8) as control (physiological saline solution), AHA liquid and AHA powder. A total of three iatrogenic cut injuries were performed on the anterior surface of the left liver lobe.

The first Turkish family with Rotor syndrome diagnosed at the molecular level.

Rotor syndrome is defined as a self-limiting hyperbilirubinemia characterized by jaundice that does not need treatment, cause any morbidity or affect life expectancy. As far as the literature is evaluated, the number of patients with Rotor syndrome diagnosed at the molecular level is less than 20 until today. In this case presentation, we aimed to present two siblings with Rotor syndrome who were diagnosed at the molecular level.

Is a Combination of the Serratus Intercostal Plane Block and Rectus Sheath Block Superior to the Bilateral Oblique Subcostal Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?

Objective: The serratus intercostal plane block (SIPB) is a recently defined interfascial plane block. The oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane block (OSTAP) is another type of interfascial plane block, and it is also used as a part of multimodal analgesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). In this retrospective study, we evaluated the effects of the bilateral OSTAP and a combination of the right SIPB and bilateral rectus sheath block (RSB) on the postoperative pain and analgesia requirement in patients undergoing LC.

Percutaneous peritoneal drainage in isolated neonatal gastric perforation.

A comment on the article by He et al, "Idiopathic neonatal pneumoperitoneum with favorable outcome: A case report and review", published on World Journal of Gastroenterology that reported a case of idiopathic neonatal pneumoperitoneum, possibly due to gastric perforation, with a favorable outcome without surgical intervention.

Vacuum-assisted stereotactic biopsy for isolated BI-RADS 4 microcalcifications: evaluation with histopathology and midterm follow-up results.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the 10-gauge vacuum-assisted stereotactic biopsy (VASB) of isolated Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) 4 microcalcifications, using histology and follow-up results.

Methods: From January 2011 to June 2013, VASB was performed on 132 lesions, and 66 microcalcification-only lesions of BI-RADS 4 were included into our study. VASB was performed using lateral decubitis stereotaxy for all patients.

The efficacy of ampicillin and Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus in the active management of preterm premature rupture of membranes remote from term.

Background: We aimed to investigate the treatment efficacy of ampicillin prophylaxis accompanied by Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus over the latency period following preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM).

Methods: Records of 40 patients who presented with PPROM between 23(0/7)-31(6/7) weeks were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1 (n=20), treated with ampicillin; and group 2 (n=20), treated with ampicillin plus L.

A retrospective review of patients with non-traumatic spontaneous intramural hematoma.

Background/aims: Non-traumatic spontaneous intramural hematoma of the small intestine is a rare clinical condition, most commonly caused by over-anticoagulation. In this study, the clinical approach algorithm for patients diagnosed with a spontaneous isolated intramural hematoma of the small intestine associated with over-anticoagulation and the long-term outcomes of the patients are presented.

Material And Methods: The records of patients who were diagnosed with intramural hematoma in 3 different medical faculty hospitals between 2007 and 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.

[Loeffler's syndrome mimicking bronchial asthma and pneumonia in a child: case report].

A 14-year-old male child was hospitalized with complaints of a bronchial wheezing, cough, dyspnea, and sputum and a preliminary diagnosis of bronchial asthma and pneumonia. The patient was treated empirically for bronchial asthma and pneumonia, but gave neitherr clinical nor radiological response to treatment. On the high-resolution computerized tomography, a typical spiral image of Ascaris lumbricoides was identified inside a cavity in the upper lobe of the left lung with a diameter of 8x7 cm.

The comparison of single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy and three port laparoscopic cholecystectomy: prospective randomized study.

Purpose: Laparoscopic techniques have allowed surgeons to perform complicated intra-abdominal surgery with minimal trauma. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) was developed with the aim of reducing the invasiveness of conventional laparoscopy. In this study we aimed to compare results of SILS cholecystectomy and three port conventional laparoscopic (TPCL) cholecystectomy prospectively.