Postoperative Outcomes of the Awake Colorectal Surgery with Neuraxial Anaesthesia.

Objective: To determine the outcome of awake surgery with combined spinal epidural in geriatric colon cancer patients with advanced comorbidity.

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Turkiye, from April 2022 to 2023.

Evaluation of upper airway ultrasonographic measurements in predicting difficult intubation: A cross-section of the Turkish population.

Objectives: Studies have shown that there are differences in clinical evaluation parameters and difficult intubation rates among different ethnic populations. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of upper airway clinical and ultrasonographic measurement methods in Turkish population.

Methods: Our study is a single-center, prospective, observational study conducted with 402 patients.

New Treatment Modality for Burn Injury-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy in Major Burns.

Pulmonary insufficiency is the primary cause of death in cases of major burns accompanied by inhalation damage. It is important to consider the impact on the face and neck in flame burns. Early implementation of bronchial hygiene measures and oxygenation treatment in inhalation injury can reduce mortality.

Do pre-burn center management algorithms work? Evaluation of pre-admission diagnosis and treatment adequacy of burn patients referred to a burn center.

Interventions for burn management until the patient is transferred to a burn center affect mortality and morbidity. Therefore, adherence to the developed algorithms is an important issue. This study aimed to determine deficiencies in different aspects of the implementation of these algorithms during the pre-admission diagnosis and treatment processes of patients referred to our burn center.

Does the preoperative fasting period affect the liver in a distant organ model of renal ischaemia reperfusion?

Objectives: To experimentally evaluate the effects of preoperative fasting duration on distant organ liver in renal ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) injury.

Methods: This is an experimental study. In the study, 3 groups were formed.

Surgical treatment of hydatid cyst infiltrating into myocardium and causing mitral valve regurgitation.

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. It is endemic in Asia, Africa, South America, and the Mediterranean region including Turkey. Cardiac involvement is rare.

Does preemptive gabapentin modulate cytokine response in total knee arthroplasty? A placebo controlled study.

Background: Gabapentin, as a structural analogue of γ-aminobutyric acid, has been investigated to provide pain relief in the early postoperative period following various surgical interventions.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate whether preemptive oral administration of gabapentin 800 mg can reduce postoperative pain and modulate the inflammatory cytokine response in comparison to placebo in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty under general anesthesia.

Material And Methods: Fifty-two patients were randomly divided into 2 groups before surgery, either to receive peroral gabapentin 800 mg or placebo drug, 1 h before surgery.

A Complication after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Anesthesia Mumps.

Some surgical procedures performed under moderate and sometimes extreme positions expose patients to nonphysiological changes. Especially, the manipulations of a patient in prone and lateral decubitus position might increase complications. Anesthesia mumps has been reported as one of these complications.

Factors associated with preoperative anxiety levels of Turkish surgical patients: from a single center in Ankara.

Background: Preoperative anxiety and stress are undoubtedly a difficult experience in patients undergoing elective surgery. These unpleasant sensations depend on several factors. The objective of this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety levels in a sample of Turkish population, as well as the underlying causes using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI anxiety) scale.

Our Anaesthetic Experiences in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Mitraclip Implantation.

Objective: Percutaneous mitraclip implantation system, is a new technique developed for patients with high surgical risks. It is generally performed in a catheterisation laboratory with the guidance of fluoroscopy and transesophageal echocardiography. In this study, we aimed to share our experiences on anaesthetic in patients undergoing mitraclip implantation under general anaesthesia.

Is an 87-Year-Old Grandfather Too Marginal for Being a Kidney Donor? The View of Anesthesiologists.

Living kidney donation has been accepted increasingly as a result of growth in the number of end-stage renal disease patients awaiting organ. In this aspect using grafts from marginal donors such as with advanced age is increasing in worldwide practice and also in Turkey. Therefore, anesthetic management of donors is particularly important.

Impact of different anesthetic managements in outcomes of transcatheteraortic valve implantation: the first Turkish experience.

Background/aim: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a new therapy in aortic stenosis patients with high operative risk. Advances in experiences have shifted the choice of anesthesia from general to local anesthesia and sedation for these patients. We compared our anesthetic experiences in our institute in a period of 2.

The Effects of Different Anaesthetic Techniques on Surgical Stress Response During Inguinal Hernia Operations.

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the effects of 3 different kinds of anaesthesia on stress response induced by surgery.

Methods: Sixty patients aged between 25-70 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I-II group to undergo inguinal herniography were included in this study. Patients were randomly divided into 3 groups of 20.

The effects of preoperative inflammation on the analgesic efficacy of intraarticular piroxicam for outpatient knee arthroscopy.

Unlabelled: We conducted a double-blinded study in 90 patients undergoing elective arthroscopic knee surgery to determine whether there is a role of inflammation in the analgesic efficacy of intraarticular piroxicam. Standardized general anesthetic techniques were used for all patients. At the end of the operation, after harvesting synovial biopsies, patients were randomized into three intraarticular groups equally.