Most cited 100 articles from Turkey on abdominal wall hernias: a bibliometric study.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to search the most-cited articles from Turkey on abdominal wall hernias and analyze their characteristics with several parameters.

Material And Methods: In March 2019, a search was conducted through all databases in the Web of Science (WoS) to determine the most-cited articles on abdominal wall hernias. Each article was evaluated in regard to host journal, year of publication, the complete list of authors, the type of article, main subject of the study, institution of the study group.

Hernia and Cancer: The Points Where the Roads Intersect.

This review aimed to present common points, intersections, and potential interactions or mutual effects for hernia and cancer. Besides direct relationships, indirect connections, and possible involvements were searched. A literature search of PubMed database was performed in July 2018 as well as a search of relevant journals and reference lists.

Comments on the new groin hernia guidelines: What has changed? What has remained unanswered?

Guidelines are meant to evaluate the options available in the current circumstances and suggest the proper solutions for particular problems. The duty of a guideline is to present a basis for decision-making. Surgical options for the treatment of groin hernias are numerous.

Umbilical Hernia Repair and Pregnancy: Before, during, after….

Umbilical hernias are most common in women than men. Pregnancy may cause herniation or render a preexisting one apparent, because of progressively raised intra-abdominal pressure. The incidence of umbilical hernia among pregnancies is 0.

Current Status of Hernia Centres Around the Globe.

Institutions specifically dedicated to treatment of abdominal wall hernias have gained popularity over the last years. This study aimed to determine the current situation of hernia centres worldwide. A web-based search was conducted using the common search engines Google and PubMed.

An evaluation of treatment results of emergency versus elective surgery in colorectal cancer patients.

Objective: Colorectal cancer is still one of the most common causes of cancer related deaths in the world despite improvements in diagnosis and treatment modalities, and application of community-based screening methods. Symptoms of colorectal cancer are non-specific and usually manifest following local progression. A number of patients with advanced stage colorectal cancer present to emergency departments with obstruction as the first sign of disease without any previous symptoms.

Tizanidine for the management of acute postoperative pain after inguinal hernia repair: A placebo-controlled double-blind trial.

Background: α2-Agonists are used postoperatively as a component of multimodal analgesia. Tizanidine is a centrally acting α2-agonist with muscle relaxant properties.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of tizanidine with placebo in terms of postoperative pain scores, analgesic consumption, return to daily activity and health-related quality of life.

Current options in umbilical hernia repair in adult patients.

Umbilical hernia is a rather common surgical problem. Elective repair after diagnosis is advised. Suture repairs have high recurrence rates; therefore, mesh reinforcement is recommended.

[The effect of clinical, laboratory and radiologic results on treatment decision and surgical results in patients admitted to the emergency department with blunt abdominal trauma due to traffic accident].

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of clinical, laboratory and radiological results on treatment decision and surgical results in patients with blunt abdominal trauma, who were admitted to the emergency department due to traffic accident.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-two patients with blunt abdominal trauma were included into this retrospective study. Pearson chi square, Mann-Whitney U test and logistic regression methods were used for statistical analysis.

Hernia, mesh, and topical antibiotics, especially gentamycin: seeking the evidence for the perfect outcome….

Inguinal hernia repair is a clean surgical procedure and surgical site infection (SSI) rate is generally below 2%. Antibiotic prophylaxis is not routinely recommended, but it may be a good choice for institutions with high rates of wound infection (>5%). Typical prophylaxis is the intravenous application of first or second-generation cephalosporins before the skin incision.

The effect of relaparotomy timing on wound healing in an animal model.

Background: The effect of the timing of the second laparotomy on wound healing is not clear. In an experimental study in rats, we aimed to investigate the effect of timing on wound healing after reoperations on the same surgical site.

Material And Methods: Forty-eight rats were divided into four groups.

Changes in the frequencies of abdominal wall hernias and the preferences for their repair: a multicenter national study from Turkey.

Abdominal wall hernias are a common problem in the general population. A Western estimate reveals that the lifetime risk of developing a hernia is about 2%. As a result, hernia repairs likely comprise the most frequent general surgery operations.

Mini-mesh repair for femoral hernia.

Introduction: Femoral hernia consists only 4% of all primary groin hernias. It is described as "the Bête Noire of Hernias" because of its nature and anatomy which is difficult to understand for the surgeons and tendency to recurrence. Although there is some large series of femoral hernia in the literature, few studies prospectively comparing repair techniques especially for this type of hernia has been published.

Factors affecting the safety of drains and catheters in surgical patients.

Objective: Drains and catheters are used for both prophylactic and therapeutic reasons in clinical practice. This study aimed to investigate the factors that affect safety of drains, catheters, nasogastric tube and central venous line in patients who underwent surgery.

Material And Methods: Two hundred and four consecutive patients who were operated at the general surgery clinics under general anesthesia were included in the study.

The learning curve of real time elastosonography: a preliminary study conducted for the assessment of malignancy risk in thyroid nodules.

Background: Malignancy is correlated with stiffness which is assessed by real time elastosonography (RTE). RTE is not used in routine practice. We aimed to establish the learning curve of RTE on radiology residents.

Knowledge and awareness of auxiliary health personnel about colorectal cancer.

Background/aims: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. On the other hand, it is one of the most preventable cancers. There are effective treatment choices only if it is diagnosed at an early stage.

Emergency surgery due to go-kart injuries: report of two consecutive cases.

Injury due to go-karting accidents is a new kind of surgical emergency in Turkey and may show variations between patients. There are special details as relate to the design of the vehicles and patient characteristics. We report two seriously injured patients as a result of two different go-kart accidents.

A rare but distinctive cause of acute abdomen: appendiceal diverticulitis.

Background: Diverticulosis and diverticulitis of appendix vermiformis is a rare diagnosis. Clinical and laboratory examinations do not show a difference between a progressing diverticulitis and simplex appendicitis. But this entity has a higher mortality rate than common appendicitis.

Outpatient simultaneous repair of ventral and groin hernias in local anesthesia: case report.

Umbilical and epigastric hernias are occasionally seen in patients with groin hernias, however, there is almost no published evidence about their simultaneous repair. In a 3-year period, 10 patients were subjected to simultaneous repair of groin hernias (7 unilateral, 2 bilateral inguinal and 1 femoral) and ventral hernias (7 primary, 2 recurrent umbilical and 1 epigastric) with local infiltration anesthesia and intravenous sedation. The mean total bupivacaine dose was 18 (10-30) mL and mean total lidocaine dose 21 (14-30) mL.

An incidentally detected breast cancer on tc-99m MIBI cardiac scintigraphy.

Tc-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy is generally used as a second-line diagnostic tool for obscured breast lesions. When the entire field of view is examined carefully, it is often possible to detect additional lesions unrelated to the initial intent and purpose of the examination. Herein we present a case of breast cancer incidentally detected by cardiac Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy.

Instant Abdominal Wall Reconstruction with Biologic Mesh following Resection of Locally Advanced Colonic Cancer.

We present a case of immediate abdominal wall reconstruction with biologic mesh following the resection of locally advanced colonic cancer. The tumor in the right colon did not respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Surgical enbloc excision, including excision of the invasion in the abdominal wall, was achieved, and the defect was reconstructed with porcine dermal collagen mesh.

Current options in local anesthesia for groin hernia repairs.

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common procedures in general surgery. All anesthetic methods can be used in inguinal hernia repairs. Local anesthesia for groin hernia repair had been introduced at the very beginning of the last century, and gained popularity following the success reports from the Shouldice Hospital, and the Lichtenstein Hernia Institute.

The acceptance rate of local anaesthesia for elective inguinal hernia repair among the surgeons working in a teaching hospital.

The rates for three different types of anaesthesia used for elective inguinal hernia repairs were retrospectively searched for in the hospital records in 2005 and 2010. In 2005, only 2.1% of elective inguinal hernia repairs were done with local anaesthesia.