Evaluation of 3D printing in planning, practicing, and training for endovascular lower extremity arterial interventions.

Background: In this study, we aimed to investigate the potential role of 3D-printed physical and digital anatomical models in pre-procedural planning, practice and training in lower extremity arterial interventions.

Methods: A total of 16 patients (9 males, 7 females; mean age: 72.1±1.

Fetal health status prediction based on maternal clinical history using machine learning techniques.

Background And Objective: Congenital anomalies are seen at 1-3% of the population, probabilities of which are tried to be found out primarily through double, triple and quad tests during pregnancy. Also, ultrasonographical evaluations of fetuses enhance detecting and defining these abnormalities. About 60-70% of the anomalies can be diagnosed via ultrasonography, while the remaining 30-40% can be diagnosed after childbirth.

Arteries get confused: an arch variation.

We present a case of an arch anomaly in a 54-year-old female who was admitted to our hospital for magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to evaluate her right-sided numbness. MRA revealed a truncus bicaroticus, right common carotid artery (CCA) originating right vertebral artery, right subclavian artery arising as the final branch of the descending aortic arch and arch originating left vertebral artery. The possible embryologic mechanism and clinical importance of this previously unreported variant are reviewed.

Late self-extraction of a traumatically displaced molar tooth from the maxillary sinus.

An unusual case of late self-extraction of an impacted left maxillary third molar that was displaced into the left maxillary sinus after a traffic accident is described. The patient had been operated on for a maxillofacial trauma after a traffic accident in a plastic and reconstructive surgery department 18 years ago. He was admitted to our clinic 1½ years ago for obstruction and periodically purulent drainage from the left side of the nose.

The cost of care of rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis patients in tertiary care rheumatology units in Turkey.

Objectives: To determine the direct and indirect costs due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients in Turkey.

Methods: An expert panel was convened to estimate the direct and indirect costs of care of patients with RA and AS in Turkey. The panel was composed of 22 experts chosen from all national tertiary care rheumatology units (n=53).