The Predictive Effect of the Level of Psychological Resilience on the Level of Readiness for Discharge in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery.

Aim: The aim of this study is to establish the correlation between the degree of psychological resilience and readiness for discharge in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery.

Design: This study is of a descriptive correlational type.

Material And Method: This study comprised a cohort of 190 patients who were admitted to the orthopaedics and traumatology department and had surgical procedures performed between November 2023 and April 2024.

Evaluation of liver parenchyma with shear wave elastography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy.

Background: Methotrexate (MTX) and leflunomide (LEF) play fundamental roles in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment and require proper monitoring of side effects. Concerns about MTX/LEF-related liver fibrosis (LF) in patients with RA remain unclear. This study investigated liver stiffness using two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) in RA patients undergoing disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy.

Comparative effectiveness of 6x R-CHOP21 versus 6x R-CHOP21 + 2 R for patients with advanced-stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

First-line treatment for advanced-stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) typically involves 6x R-CHOP21 or 6x R-CHOP21 with two additional rituximab administrations (6x R-CHOP21 + 2 R). In contemporary practice, this treatment choice might be guided by interim PET scan results. This nationwide, population-based study investigates the comparative effectiveness of these treatment regimens in an era where interim PET-guided treatment decisions were not standard practice.

Cystic degeneration of the fibrous dysplasia presenting with loss of vision.

Cystic degeneration of the fibrous dysplasia is a very rare clinical condition and may present with loss of vision when it involved the skull base. A 12-year-old female child presented with an enlargement of the skull. She was diagnosed as large skull base and skull vault tumor.

Evaluation of the thyroid gland vascularity during pregnancy using 2-dimensional color Superb Microvascular İmaging vascularization index technique.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate maternal thyroid parenchymal vascularity with 2-dimensional color superb microvascular imaging vascularization index (2D-cSMIVI) levels and thyroid gland volume in the first, second and third trimesters.

Methods: This longitudinal prospective study was carried out with participants selected from 30 healthy asymptomatic pregnant women. Ultrasonography (US) for the thyroid gland was performed in each trimester.

Inadvertent Hypothermia in the Perspective of Operating Room Nurses: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to reveal the awareness and perceptions of operating room nurses concerning inadvertent hypothermia, as well as their experiences and recommendations for its prevention.

Design: The study employed a phenomenological qualitative approach.

Methods: This study was conducted with 17 nurses working in the operating room of a university hospital in Konya, Turkey.

The effects of vertically coronally advanced flap and free gingival graft techniques on shallow vestibule: a randomized comparative prospective trial.

Objectives: The present study aimed to compare the influence of vertically coronally advanced flap (V-CAF) and free gingival graft (FGG) techniques on shallow vestibule depth (VD).

Materials And Methods: Parallel-arm randomized clinical trial was conducted on 38 sites treated with either FGG or V-CAF. Periodontal variables (VD, recession depth and width, probing depth, clinical attachment level, keratinized tissue height (KTH), and tissue thickness (TT)), clinician- and patient-based subjective variables were assessed.

Utility of shear wave elastography for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome with psoriatic arthritis.

Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a type of peripheral entrapment neuropathy and common for the patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a new ultrasonography technique that can be used for diagnosing CTS, but not studied in PsA patients.

Aims: The aim of this study to measure the stiffness of median nerve and hand muscles by quantitative SWE to identify whether SWE can be used for diagnosing CTS in patients with PsA or not.

Is prophylactic anti-convulsive treatment necessary in subdural hematomas?

Background: Subdural hematoma (SDH) is usually an emergent clinical condition in neurosurgery. The relationship between the SDH and epilepsy is not well established. Therefore, the use of anti-convulsive treatment in patients with SDH is controversial.

Comparison of conventional Doppler imaging techniques and superb microvascular imaging in determination of vascularization in undescended testes.

Aim: Our aim was to gain an idea about testicular injury by comparing the reduced volume, which is one of the indirect indicators of testicular damage in undescended testes, and by evaluating the reduced microvascular blood flow by superb microvascular imaging, and also to determine whether superb microvascular imaging modes could detect microvascular blood flow in more detail in the decreased volume of undescended testes.

Material And Methods: We compared testicular blood flow in undescended testes via conventional Doppler imaging, color superb microvascular imaging, and monochrome superb microvascular imaging techniques with contralateral normally located testis and normal control group. Each sample of testicular tissue was evaluated using a qualitative method.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings.

Objective: The aim of the present study is to assess carpal tunnel syndrome's (CTS's) ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and compare them with healthy controls.

Methods: Thirty-nine PsA and twenty-eight healthy volunteers were examined in this study. Demographic and clinical features were recorded.

Assessment of lacrimal gland involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome using gray-scale ultrasonography and shear wave elastography.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess lacrimal gland involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) using lacrimal gland gray-scale ultrasound (LGUS) and two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE).

Methods: Eighty-five pSS patients with a mean age of 51.16 ± 10.

The effect of quercetin on bone healing in an experimental rat model.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effect of quercetin on fracture healing in an open fracture model in rats.

Materials And Methods: A total of 80 Wistar-Albino male rats were used in this study. The rats were divided into 10 groups.

Risk Factors and Surgical Treatment Options for Intracranial Infections.

Aim: To present our experience on intracranial infections, and to determine the possible locations as well as the risk factors for surgical treatment.

Material And Methods: Over 13 years, 103 patients with intracranial infection underwent surgical evacuation. Seventy-one (68.

Fetal Orbital Epidermal Cyst Pre-postnatal Imaging Findings: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Background: Fetal ultrasonographic evaluation is a routine part of pregnancy follow-up, and examination of orbital structures is also part of the routine evaluation. Although orbital developmental anomalies are common in the neonatal period, diagnosis in the intrauterine period is not common. To our knowledge, three cases with a diagnosis of congenital orbital epidermal cysts have been reported in the literature, and two of them had fetal imaging findings.

Cyanoacrylate and hyaluronic acid combination on palatal donor site management after de-epithelialized graft harvesting.

Background: Although soft tissue substitutes showed promising improvement in the past decade, epithelialized gingival graft (EGG) is still widely used in periodontal plastic surgery applications. Donor site management after EGG harvesting has been challenging for clinicians. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of cyanoacrylate, hyaluronic acid, and their combination in palatal donor site management after EGG harvesting.

Two-dimensional shear wave elastography can improve the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in acute appendicitis.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of combining 2-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) with ultrasonography (US) in diagnosing acute appendicitis in patients with suspected acute appendicitis.

Methods: Clinical and laboratory findings, gray-scale US and 2D-SWE imaging features, operation information, and pathology results of 48 patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis who presented with right lower quadrant pain were prospectively evaluated. We compared the findings to the US and SWE imaging features of 79 asymptomatic patients.

Evaluation of refractometry methods for estimating passive immunity status in neonatal foals.

The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine the accuracy of the digital Brix and serum total protein (TP) refractometers for estimating different passive immunity status in neonatal foals. In total, 18- to 40-h old purebred Arabian foals (n = 185) were used. Serum TP concentrations, total solid percentages and IgG concentrations were measured with a digital serum TP refractometer, digital Brix refractometer and the gold standard radial immunodiffusion (RID) assay, respectively.

Evaluation of iliopsoas tendon using shear wave elastography after open reduction surgery for developmental dysplasia of hip.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the wholeness, thickness, and elastography measurements of the iliopsoas tendon using shear wave elastography who underwent open reduction surgery for unilateral developmental dysplasia of the hip.

Patients And Methods: Between January 2011 and December 2016, a total of 15 patients (2 males, 13 females; mean age: 24.6±26.

A rapid responsive coumarin-naphthalene derivative for the detection of cyanide ions in cell culture.

Cyanide ion (CN) is widely used in many industrial processes; however, it causes several diseases in humans. Therefore, rapid and accurate detection of CN is very important and urgent. In this study, a CN sensor (MH-2) which was capable of detecting CN ions in living cell was developed.

Elevated Angiogenic Factor Levels After Transarterial Radioembolization for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases May Predict a Poor Prognosis.

Objectives: To analyze the change in circulating angiogenic factor levels after transarterial radioembolization (TARE) for colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRCLMs) and its prognostic significance.

Methods: Blood samples immediately before TARE and on 1 day, 1 week and 6 weeks after were collected for angiogenic factor analysis in 23 patients.

Results: Patients with elevated serum basic fibroblast growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor levels in the 1 week and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in the 6 week after TARE had significantly shorter median overall survival (OS) times.