Spinal anaesthesia with hyperbaric prilocaine in day-case perianal surgery: randomised controlled trial.

Background: The local anaesthetics used in day-case spinal anaesthesia should provide short recovery times. We aimed to compare hyperbaric prilocaine and bupivacaine in terms of sensory block resolution and time to home readiness in day-case spinal anaesthesia. MeTHODS: Fifty patients undergoing perianal surgery were randomized into two groups.

Changes in the frequencies of abdominal wall hernias and the preferences for their repair: a multicenter national study from Turkey.

Abdominal wall hernias are a common problem in the general population. A Western estimate reveals that the lifetime risk of developing a hernia is about 2%. As a result, hernia repairs likely comprise the most frequent general surgery operations.

Peptic ulcer complications requiring surgery: what has changed in the last 50 years in Turkey.

Background/aims: The incidence and prevalence of peptic ulcer disease has decreased in recent years, but it is not so easy to make the same conclusion when complications of peptic ulcer are taken into consideration. The aim of this study is to determine the time trends in complicated peptic ulcer disease and to state the effects of H2 receptor blockers, proton pump inhibitors (PPI), and H. pylori eradication therapies on these complications.

Factors affecting the safety of drains and catheters in surgical patients.

Objective: Drains and catheters are used for both prophylactic and therapeutic reasons in clinical practice. This study aimed to investigate the factors that affect safety of drains, catheters, nasogastric tube and central venous line in patients who underwent surgery.

Material And Methods: Two hundred and four consecutive patients who were operated at the general surgery clinics under general anesthesia were included in the study.

A rare but distinctive cause of acute abdomen: appendiceal diverticulitis.

Background: Diverticulosis and diverticulitis of appendix vermiformis is a rare diagnosis. Clinical and laboratory examinations do not show a difference between a progressing diverticulitis and simplex appendicitis. But this entity has a higher mortality rate than common appendicitis.

An incidentally detected breast cancer on tc-99m MIBI cardiac scintigraphy.

Tc-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy is generally used as a second-line diagnostic tool for obscured breast lesions. When the entire field of view is examined carefully, it is often possible to detect additional lesions unrelated to the initial intent and purpose of the examination. Herein we present a case of breast cancer incidentally detected by cardiac Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy.

Long-term complications of mesh repairs for abdominal-wall hernias.

The use of prosthetic materials in repair of abdominal-wall hernias can lower the risk of hernia recurrence. Therefore, large numbers of meshes are used worldwide every year. All types of meshes on the market have the potential to cause certain complications, such as fistula formation, migration, infection, and rejection.

Role of preoperative plasma CA 15-3 and carcinoembryonic antigen levels in determining histopathologic conventional prognostic factors for breast cancer.

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women all over the world, with about one million new breast cancer cases diagnosed per year. This large number of cases make the diagnosis, treatment, and determination of the factors affecting the survey extremely important. The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of the preoperative plasma CA 15-3 and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels when determining the conventional histopathologic prognostic factors (tumor grade, lymphatic infiltration, stromal invasion, vessel invasion, tumor necrosis, elastosis, and number of positive lymph nodes in levels I and II).