[The prevalence of liver trematodes in equines in different cities of Turkey].

Objective: This study was carried out between March 2004- April 2005 to determine the prevalance of liver trematode infections of equids in different cities of Turkey.

Methods: A total of 117 equids (72 horses, 39 donkeys and 6 mules) in Ankara were examined for liver parasites after the slaugthering process. On the other hand, a total of 620 feces of horses in Bursa, Gemlik, Malatya, Eskişehir and Ankara provinces were detected for determining liver trematodes in live equines.

Control of helminth contamination of raw vegetables by washing.

This study was conducted to determine the control of helminth egg contamination of raw vegetables by washing. A total of 199 unwashed and 199 washed lettuce, parsley, carrots, dill, rocket, and green-peppers, provided by a catering service in Bursa, Turkey, between March and June 2009, were subjected to helminth egg count under light microscopy. Helminth eggs were detected in six (3.

Inflammatory mediators and posterior segment involvement in ocular Behcet disease.

Purpose: To assess the serum level of mediators and their relation with posterior ocular involvement in patients with Behcet disease (BD).

Methods: This study was a prospective, institutional clinical trial including 43 patients with ocular BD. Patients were divided into two subgroups: those with active posterior segment involvement (Group A) and those with inactive ocular BD (Group B).

Ocular findings in childhood-onset Behçet disease.

Purpose: To investigate the demographic characteristics and ocular features of patients with childhood-onset Behçet disease.

Patients And Methods: Patients for this retrospective study were selected using the data obtained from medical records of 34 patients with childhood-onset Behçet disease being followed up in the Uveitis Department of Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Education and Research Hospital between January 2003 and May 2008.

Results: Of 34 patients, 24 were boys (70.

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in children: report of a case and review of the literature.

This article reviews the therapeutic approaches in children with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome, and reports on a 9-year-old girl with progressive visual loss due to VKH syndrome in spite of treatment. In previous reports, corticosteroids were found to be the most effective agents in the treatment of VKH syndrome, while combination therapies with cyclosporine, methotrexate, or azathioprine were used with favorable results in refractory cases. In the current case, none of the treatments sufficiently stabilized the vision, but triple combination of corticosteroids, cyclosporine, and methotrexate suppressed the relapses of intraocular inflammation.

Topographic optic disc analysis by Heidelberg retinal tomography in ocular Behcet's disease.

Aim: To compare the topographic characteristics of the optic discs in patients with severe and mild ocular Behçet's disease by using Heidelberg retinal tomographaphy (HRT).

Methods: This prospective study included 47 eyes of 47 patients with ocular BD who were being followed-up at the Uveitis Clinic of the Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. The patients were divided into two groups.

Trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in secondary glaucoma associated with Behçet disease.

Purpose: To determine the outcome of initial trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) in the management of secondary glaucoma associated with Behçet disease (BD) in a 1-year follow-up period.

Methods: Twenty-three eyes of 13 cases with secondary glaucoma associated with BD, were evaluated prospectively. They underwent primary trabeculectomy with MMC.

Short-term side effects of 0.2% alcohol-free chlorhexidine mouthrinse used as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment: a double-blind clinical study.

Background: The aims of this clinical study were to evaluate the short-term subjective (by means of questionnaire) and objective (by means of clinical examination) side effects of 0.2% chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthrinse without alcohol used as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment and to elucidate the relationship between the subjective and objective evaluations.

Methods: This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial with two groups: 1) the test group, rinsing with the test product (0.

Phacoemulsification cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in patients with Behçet's disease.

Background And Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of phacoemulsification cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in patients with Behçet's disease.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study was based on 40 eyes of 34 patients with Behçet's disease who underwent phacoemulsification cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation between May 2000 and February 2003. Their postoperative ocular complications and visual outcomes were observed during a mean follow-up period of 18.

Goldenhar's Syndrome (oculo-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia) with congenital facial nerve palsy.

Goldenhar's Syndrome (oculo-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia) is a wide spectrum of congenital anomalies that involves structures arising from the first and second branchial arches. In this report, a case of a male infant, with the features of hemi facial microsomia, anotia, vertebral anomalies, congenital facial nerve palsy and lagophthalmos is described. Although the syndrome itself is not uncommon, the presence of congenital facial nerve palsy, which has been reported in rare cases, prompted this case report.

The influence of occlusal loading location on stresses transferred to implant-supported prostheses and supporting bone: A three-dimensional finite element study.

Statement Of Problem: Information about the influence of occlusal loading by location on the stress distribution in an implant-supported fixed partial denture and supporting bone tissue is limited.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of loading at 1 to 3 different locations on the occlusal surface of a tooth on the stress distributions in an implant-supported mandibular fixed partial denture (FPD) and surrounding bone, using 3-dimensional finite element analysis.

Material And Methods: A 3-dimensional finite element model of a mandibular section of bone (Type 2) with missing second premolar and its superstructures were used in this study.

Finite element analysis of forces created by root separation and resection modelling.

Natural teeth with a healthy periodontal support exhibit stress transfer when functional forces are applied to them. These stress patterns show considerable variations during differing treatment modalities, which may influence both the tooth and supporting alveolar bone. The purpose of this study was to evaluate variations in the stress transfer under functional loads on first molars with periodontal furcation involvement, which were treated either with by root resection or root separation.