Laparoscopic liver right posterior sectionectomies; surgical technique and clinical results of a single surgeon experience.

Objectives: Laparoscopic liver resections have been performed with increasing frequency in recent years. With increasing surgical experience and technological developments, more complex laparoscopic liver resections can now be applied. Laparoscopic right posterior sectionectomy (LSPS) requires a sophisticated and highly challenging surgical technique due to the length of the parenchyma transection line and the camera out of view in laparoscopic surgery.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency general surgery outcomes: A single-center retrospective cohort study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health-care system unpredictably. Restrictions and precautions have had a significant impact on the volume and nature of admissions in emergency services. In this study, we hypothesized that the pandemic would result in a change in the number of emergencies admitted to the general surgery inpatient service and a worse patient outcome compared to the previous year.

Factors associated with postoperative complications following appendectomy in elderly patients.

Objective: Appendicitis in elderly patients is more challenging due to delayed presentation and higher comorbidities, which are associated with increased postoperative morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors that predict 30-day complications in elderly patients undergoing appendectomy.

Methods: The records of elderly patients who underwent appendectomy were reviewed.

Comparison of outcomes of the patients with acute cholecystitis treated in the COVID-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic period.

Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the health care system in an unpredictable way. In this study, we aimed to analyze the effects of the pandemic process on the disease severity on admission, management strategies, and outcomes of patients.

Methods: The medical records of the patients who applied to the emergency department and consulted to the general surgery clinic from March 2020 until January 2021 were retrospectively reviewed as the pandemic period.

An uncommon cause of acute abdomen in an acromegalic patient: colonic volvulus.

Acromegaly is a chronic endocrine disease, typically caused by a pituitary adenoma leading to increased circulating GH levels and increased IGF-I secretion by peripheral tissues. Gastrointestinal diseases related acromegaly such as colon cancers, adenomatous polyps, and dolichocolon are much less known. We aimed to present a case of complete colonic volvulus in a patient with acromegaly.

Publication rates of abstracts presented at the annual congress of the Turkish Society of Colorectal Surgery (years 2003-2011).

Objective: The aim of our study is to examine the Publication Rate of Congress of Turkish Society of Colorectal Surgery meeting abstracts and determine the factors affecting publication rate.

Material And Methods: All presentations at Congress of Turkish Society of Colorectal Surgery congresses held in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011 were retrospectively assessed. Manuscripts indexed in Google-Scholar database were included.

Experiences of Conflict Zone-Related Ballistic Renal Injury.

To analyze our approaches and experiences in patients with renal injuries accompanying penetrating abdominal injuries admitted to the hospital due to high kinetic energy weapons. Patients including renal injuries associated with penetrating abdominal injuries due to gunshot wounds and fragments of shell treated at our institution between February 2002 and May 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. Total 21 patients were included in this study, 20 of whom (86.

High velocity missile-related colorectal injuries: In-theatre application of injury scores and their effects on ostomy rates.

Background: Treatment of colorectal injuries (CRIs) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present study was to analyze treatment trends of Turkish surgeons and effects of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), Injury Severity (ISS), and Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI) scoring systems on decision-making processes and clinical outcomes.

Methods: Data regarding high velocity missile (HVM)-related CRIs were retrospectively gathered.

Role of alkaline phosphatase intestine-isomerase in acute mesenteric ischemia diagnosis.

Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the diagnostic value of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) intestine-isomerase, plasma lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and D-dimer levels in acute mesenteric ischemia.

Methods: Thirty Wistar rats were divided into 5 groups of 6 rats each. In Group 1, blood samples were obtained to determine normal parameter levels.

Body mass index and ghrelin levels after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.

Purpose: The study aims to evaluate the changes between body mass index (BMI) and ghrelin levels after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF).

Methods: Twenty-four consecutive patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease who were scheduled for LNF consented to participate in the study. The participants' age, sex, preoperative (phase 0), postoperative 1st week (phase 1) and postoperative 4th week (phase 2) dysphagia scores, plasma ghrelin levels, and BMI were recorded.