The Effect of Preoperative Oral Carbohydrate Solution Intake on Patient Comfort: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Purpose: The study was conducted to investigate the effect of preoperative oral carbohydrate loading on the preoperative discomforts and postoperative complications of patients undergoing elective thyroidectomy.

Design: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Methods: Ninety patients scheduled for thyroidectomy were divided into three groups: (1) those receiving a carbohydrate-rich drink (CHD), (2) those receiving an overnight 5% glucose intravenous infusion, and (3) those fasting from midnight.

Features of multiple pregnancies obtained by in vitro fertilization or spontaneously.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the prognosis of infants born to multiple pregnancies obtained by in vitro fertilization (IVF) or spontaneously.

Methods: The records of multiple pregnancies in Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital between February 2008 and January 2009 were investigated. Maternal, perinatal and postnatal data of multiple pregnancies were evaluated.

Isolated cecal necrosis: our surgical experience and a review of the literature.

Objective: Isolated cecal necrosis is a rare cause of ischemic colitis. Ischemic colitis is further divided into two groups: occlusive mesenteric ischemia and non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia. The aim of this study was to investigate the cause of isolated cecal necrosis.