Publications by authors named "E Mekik Akar"
Background: Intraventricular hemorrhages (IVH) are common pathologies in neurosurgery practice and are associated with the worst clinical outcome among all intracranial hemorrhages. Blood in the ventricles is thought to worsen the clinical condition by triggering inflammatory processes. In recent years, NLR value is a frequently used inflammatory parameter, and there are many publications reporting that a high NLR value is an important marker in predicting the severity of inflammation.
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- The study examined the impact of immunotherapy in renal patients with urothelial carcinoma, categorizing them based on their glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
- Results showed that patients with normal GFR had a higher overall response rate and longer duration of response compared to those with low and very low GFRs.
- The findings indicated that while normal GFR patients had better outcomes, immunotherapy still proved effective for patients with impaired renal function who lacked other treatment options.
Objective: To identify the effect of stoma site marking on stoma-related complications.
Methods: The study sample included 639 individuals with stomas who were followed up in a stomatherapy unit in Turkey between January 1, 2017, and June 20, 2021. Researchers collected patient data from nursing records.
Retrospective Evaluation of Cases Undergoing Stereotaxic Brain Biopsy.
Asian J Neurosurg
September 2023
The aim of this study is to evaluate the demographic, radiological and histopathological findings, tumoral biomarkers, and survival rates of patients who underwent a stereotactic brain biopsy and those diagnosed with glioblastoma, metastasis, and lymphoma, and the changes in the diagnosis distribution over the years. The patients who underwent stereotactic biopsy in our clinic between 2012 and 2020 were evaluated retrospectively. Metastasis, glioblastoma, and lymphoma cases were evaluated as three main groups and the others were excluded.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The primary aim of this study was to determine the average cricothyroid membrane (CTM) height in healthy volunteers, and the secondary aim was to determine the hypothetical success rate for emergency cricothyrotomy with a tracheal tube with an 8.0 mm outer diameter.
Methods: This study included healthy volunteers aged 18 years and older.