Publications by authors named "Guner Can Meltem"
Background: Patients' demographic and epidemiological characteristics, local variations in clinicians' knowledge and experience and types of surgery can influence peri-operative transfusion practices. Sharing data on transfusion practices and recipients may improve patients' care and implementation of Patient Blood Management (PBM).
Materials And Methods: This was a multicentre, prospective, observational, cross-sectional study that included 61 centres.
Objectives: Portal vein thrombosis is no longer a contraindication for liver transplantation. However, varied outcomes are still reported with regard to patients with complete portal vein thrombosis.
Materials And Methods: We analyzed data of 505 patients who underwent liver transplant between January 2014 and June 2017.
BACKGROUND Benzodiazepines are the most popular premedication drugs thought to act through the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex and alprazolam is one of the most potent benzodiazepines that have a quick onset. While there is a growing body of evidence supporting alprazolam in the amelioration of redox status in animals, no study has been performed concerning its antioxidant activity in humans. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of alprazolam on redox status.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Laparoscopic approach has become the standard procedure for living donor nephrectomy in many transplant centers. Because the conventional approach results in cosmetic problems and pain during laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy, transvaginal extraction of an intact kidney has been recently introduced as a minimally invasive technique. Here, we aimed to investigate whether transvaginal extraction of an intact kidney during laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy is associated with decreased postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting, and morphine consumption.
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- The study evaluates the effectiveness of the TAP block technique for pain management after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, comparing it to a placebo.
- Patients receiving the TAP block showed significantly reduced pain scores and required less morphine in the first 24 hours post-surgery.
- The findings suggest that using the TAP block can enhance recovery by minimizing postoperative pain and opioid use.
Objective: To determine which type of blunt expansion of a low transverse uterine incision during operative delivery is associated with decreased blood loss and intra- and post-operative morbidity for a caesarean section (CS).
Methods: The prospective randomised-controlled trial was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bezmialem University Hospital. The patients were randomly assigned to a group that received a cephalad-caudad (n = 55) or transverse (n = 57) blunt expansion of the low transverse uterine incision.