Effects of preoperative nutritional support on colonic anastomotic healing in malnourished rats.

Objective: It has been proven that malnutrition increases postoperative morbidity and mortality, and it may also negatively affect wound healing in the gastrointestinal tract. In the literature, there is only one study evaluating the effects of preoperative nutritional support on colonic anastomotic healing under malnourished conditions. In order to improve the data on this topic, an experimental study was planned to evaluate the effects of preoperative nutritional support on colonic anastomotic healing in malnourished rats.

A single-surgeon, single-institute experience of 59 sinotomies for sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease under local anesthesia.

Background: The sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease affects relatively young people, causing much nuisance and many lost working days. The ideal treatment should be simple, allowing a speedy recovery with short hospitalization while affording a permanent cure. Currently, many treatment options are available; unfortunately, none of them is ideal and each has its own recurrence rate.

The effect of honey on the intestinal anastomotic wound healing in rats with obstructive jaundice.

Background: Jaundice has been associated with an increased incidence of postoperative hernias, decreased wound and anastomotic bursting pressure, and reduced tissue collagen synthesis. This study is aimed to examine the possible effects of honey supplementation on anastomotic wound healing in obstructive jaundice (OJ) model.

Methods: Eighty wistar-albino rats were divided into four groups as control, OJ, O plus artificial honey and OJ plus honey.

Giant primary synchronously bilateral mesenteric dedifferentiated liposarcoma with hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, type-2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

Liposarcomas represent the single most common type of soft tissue sarcoma, occurring most commonly in the extremities and retroperitoneum. There is no relation between liposarcomas and multiple endocrine syndromes. We presented a 61-year old woman with giant primary synchronously bilateral mesenteric dedifferentiated liposarcoma with hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension.

Gastric adenocarcinoma and GIST (collision tumors) of the stomach presenting with perforation; first report.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are very rare tumors of stomach. To our knowledge there are a few reported cases of synchronous occurrence of epithelial and gastrointestinal stromal tumors of stomach. Also, tumor perforation is very rare.

Axial torsion and gangrene of a giant Meckel's diverticulum mimicking acute appendicitis.

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of gastrointestinal tract, occurring in 2% of the population. More than 80% of patients are asymptomatic. Complications like intestinal obstruction, bleeding and inflammation of Meckel's diverticulum occur in 4% of patients.

Amebic perforation of small bowel: an unexpected localization of a fatal complication.

The intestinal protozoan parasite E. histolytica is the causative organism responsible for human amebiasis and amebic dysentery. Although it is primarily an infection of the colon, it may also be spread by hematogenous path to other organs, especially the liver.

The PlasmaKinetic tissue management system in thyroid surgery.

Background: Thyroid surgery involves meticulous devascularization of the gland. Although conventional technique being a highly efficient technique for vessel bleeding control, it takes long time. The aim of this study was evaluate the efficacy of PlasmaKinetic to the conventional technique.

A single-surgeon, single-institute experience of 115 Lichtenstein hernia repairs under local anesthesia.

Background: Repair of an inguinal hernia is one of the most common operations performed in general surgery with significant costs to health care and society. Lichtenstein mesh repair has been the most widely performed groin hernia repair. In this study, we wanted to emphasize the effectiveness of local anesthesia in groin hernia repair by single-surgeon's experience.

Vascular reactivity in the experimental, simvastatin-treated diabetes with endothelial dysfunction.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of simvastatin therapy on general characteristics of diabetes and vascular reactivity in the 14 week-old streptozotosin-diabetic rats.

Methods: Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided into four groups as following: control, control-statin, diabetes and diabetes-statin.

Results: We observed that hyperglycemia and weight-loss observed in diabetic rats were partially treated with simvastatin, but were still different from the control group.

Castleman's disease of the duodenum.

Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of uncertain origin. Just two cases of Castleman's disease of the gastrointestinal tract have been reported. These were found in the stomach.

Results of lateral internal sphincterotomy with open technique for chronic anal fissure: evaluation of complications, symptom relief, and incontinence with long-term follow-up.

The aim of this study is to investigate the results of open lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS) and the recurrence and incontinence rate, to perform a long-term assessment of incontinence and to assess complications and relief of symptoms. This clinical prospective study was undertaken in patients undergoing open LIS. One hundred and twenty-nine patients entered the study.

Does low molecular weight heparin impair anastomotic wound healing?

Background: Enoxaparin is an important molecule which had been using in prophylaxis and treatment of deep venous thrombosis. Also, it is showed that it prevents postsurgical peritoneal adhesions in rats. It is aimed to evaluate its effects on gastrointestinal wound healing.

Family history of acute appendicitis.

Objectives: To evaluate the association of acute appendicitis with age, sex, Alvarado score (AS) and family history.

Methods: Medical records of 2670 patients, who were admitted to our hospital's emergency department between January 2005 and June 2007, were reviewed. These patients were referred as acute abdominal pain by general practitioners.

Perforation of gallbladder.

Objective: Gallbladder perforation is a rare but life threatening complication of acute cholecystitis. Aim of this study is to present our clinical experience with gallbladder perforation.

Material And Methods: Thirty-seven of retrospectively reviewed 1042 acute cholecystitis patients were found to have gallbladder (GB) perforation.

Emergency spontaneous gastric perforations: ulcus versus cancer.

Background: The spontaneous perforation of gastric cancer is a rare fatal complication, occurring in 1% of patients with gastric cancer, and it has a wide hospital mortality range (0-82%). In addition, it has been reported that about 10-16% of all gastric perforations are caused by gastric carcinoma. The aim of this study is to evaluate the gastric perforations and improve an alternative pathway for the management of this disorder when a pathologist is not available.

Bilateral Paget disease of the male nipple: first report.

Bilateral breast carcinoma is reported to occur in 5-10% of all patients with breast cancer. Paget disease of the breast represents 1-3% of all breast malignancies [Ashikari R, Park K, Huvos AG, Urban JA. Paget's disease of the breast.

Peritoneal adhesions: facing the enemy.

Background: Postsurgical adhesions severely affect the quality of life of millions of people worldwide. Numerous attempts have been made to prevent or reduce the incidence of peritoneal adhesions, but with limited success.

Data Sources: An extensive Medline search, textbooks, scientific reports and scientific journals are the data sources.