Comparative study of simultaneous and staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty: is age a key factor in surgical outcomes?

Background: The present study aimed to compare the outcomes of simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (simBTKA) and staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty (stgBTKA) across different age groups, with a specific focus on patients under and over 65 years old.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study design was employed to analyze the medical records of patients who underwent simBTKA or stgBTKA between August 2018 and May 2023. Patients were categorized into 4 groups based on age and surgical approach.

Comparison of Tissue and Urine Microbiota in Male, Intervention Naive Patients with and without Non-Invasive Bladder Cancer.

Introduction: To investigate the presence of dysbiosis in patients with naive bladder cancer.

Methods: Twelve male patients with non-invasive bladder cancer and twelve age-matched healthy males had midstream urine and tissue samples taken. A history of endourological interventions was determined as an exclusion criterion, ensuring that the study was designed solely with naïve participants.

The revealing of the Cyto-genotoxic properties (Allium and MTT) and the effect of chicken meat quality of characterized zein-eugenol nanofibers.

Electrospun zein-based eugenol nanofibers (ZEnF) with diameters (148.19-631.52 nm) were fabricated.

Brown tumors: Retrospective analysis of 26 cases.

Introduction: Brown tumors are reactive osteolytic lesions caused by hyperparathyroidism. These rare lesions are non-neoplastic processes that result from bone resorption. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively review a 34-year experience with brown tumors in our institution.

Chondromyxoid fibroma: A retrospective evaluation of 31 cases.

Objectives: This study aimed to review a 35-year experience with chondromyxoid fibroma at our institution.

Patients And Methods: The study retrospectively analyzed the records of 31 consecutive patients (17 males, 14 females; mean age: 30.5±15.

Construction of a Conductive Polymer/AuNP/Cyanobacteria-Based Biophotovoltaic Cell Harnessing Solar Energy to Generate Electricity via Photosynthesis and Its Usage as a Photoelectrochemical Pesticide Biosensor: Atrazine as a Case Study.

In this research, a cyanobacteria ( sp.)-based biological photovoltaic cell (BPV) was designed. This clean energy-friendly BPV produced a photocurrent as a result of illuminating the photoanode and cathode electrodes immersed in the aqueous medium with solar energy.

Prognostic factors in endometrial cancer patients with bone metastasis.

Objectives: This study aims to examine the pattern and prognosis of osseous involvement and the role of orthopedic surgery in patients with endometrial cancer (EC) and to evaluate the quality of life, local tumor control, and survival of patients.

Patients And Methods: Between January 2011 and December 2018, a total of 14 patients (median age: 60.5 years; range, 55 to 73 years) who were surgically treated for osseous metastasis of EC and followed for minimum 12 months were retrospectively analyzed.

Malignant Tumors of the Foot and Ankle.

Background: Surgical treatment is usually required for malignant foot and ankle tumors. In this study, we sought to review factors in treatment that may be associated with morbidity and mortality.

Methods: All malignant foot and ankle tumors at our institution between April 1988 and April 2018 were retrospectively reviewed.

External and internal hemipelvectomy: A retrospective analysis of 68 cases.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the factors that may be associated with surgical site infection and mortality in pelvic resection surgeries.

Patients And Methods: A total of 68 patients (40 males, 28 females; mean age: 43±16.2 years; range, 11 to 70 years) who underwent internal or external hemipelvectomy between January 2010 and January 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.

IRTGUI: An R Package for Unidimensional Item Response Theory Analysis With a Graphical User Interface.

In the last decade, many R packages were published to perform item response theory (IRT) analysis. Some researchers and practitioners have difficulty in using these functional tools because of their insufficient coding skills. The package provides these researchers a user-friendly GUI where they can perform unidimensional IRT analysis without coding skills.

Scheduling surgery after transarterial embolization: does timing make any difference to intraoperative blood loss for renal cell carcinoma bone metastases?

Purpose: Our purpose is to clarify the optimal timing of surgery after transarterial embolization (TAE) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) bone metastases.

Methods: This retrospective study included 41 patients with RCC bone metastases embolized between 2013 and 2019. Different-sized particulate and/or liquid embolic agents were used for TAE.

A newly described imaging finding for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Can hummingbird sign contribute to the diagnosis?

Background/aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether morphological changes in the mesencephalon, which were previously described as a diagnostic tool for progressive supranuclear palsy, could be associated also with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephal

Materials And Methods: Consecutive 52 patients with a possible diagnosis of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (32 female, mean age 73.6 years) and 40 controls (23 female, mean age 72.7 years) with similar demographic characteristics were included the study.

Urinary microbiota; Which non-ınvasive urine collection method should we use?

Objective: The aim of this study is to establish the optimal non-invasive urine sample collection method for the microbiota studies.

Methodology: Twelve men with bladder carcinoma underwent first voided and midstream urine collection. Urine samples were analysed using V3-V4 regions of bacterial 16s ribosomal RNAs.

Prognostic value of preoperative inflammation markers in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Purpose: To investigate the prediction values of the preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), mean platelet volume (MPV) and red cell distribution width (RDW) for recurrence and progression of patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

Methods: In this prospective study, 94 consecutive patients newly diagnosed with NMIBC between July 2017 and August 2018 were included. The blood samples were collected from patients before transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURB) and NLR, LMR, PLR, RDW and MPV values were calculated.

Diagnostic importance of clinicopathologic features and p16, CD34, MDM2 expression in differential diagnosis of adipocytic tumors.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the immunohistochemical stain profiling of adipocytic tumors.

Methods: From our archive files between the years of 2012-2018, excised, formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded adipocytic tumors were retrospectively screened and 61 subjects were selected. The gender, age, tumor location and tumor diameter were evaluated.

Construction of efficient bioelectrochemical devices: Improved electricity production from cyanobacteria (Leptolyngbia sp.) based on π-conjugated conducting polymer/gold nanoparticle composite interfaces.

In this study, gold electrodes (GE) were coated with conducting polymers to obtain a high photocurrent using cyanobacteria from a novel bioelectrochemical fuel cell. For this purpose, 4-(4H-ditiheno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrol-4-yl) aniline and 5-(4H-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrol-4-yl) napthtalane-1-amine monomers were coated on GE by performing an electropolymerization process. After that, gold nanoparticles (AuNP) were specifically modified by 2-mercaptoethane sulfonic acid and p-aminothiophenol to attach to the electrode surface.

Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of Limb-Sparing Surgery with Vascular Reconstruction for Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Background: The standard treatment for lower extremity soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is limb-sparing surgery. For a small subset of patients, concomitant vascular reconstruction may be required to preserve limb viability and function while completely excising the tumor with an adequate resection margin. The aim of this study was to evaluate the surgical outcomes and clinical characteristics of patients with STS of the extremities requiring vascular reconstructions.

Construction of conducting polymer/cytochrome C/thylakoid membrane based photo-bioelectrochemical fuel cells generating high photocurrent via photosynthesis.

In this study, a photo-bioelectrochemical fuel cell was constructed for photocurrent generation by illuminating the electrodes within an aqueous solution. In this purpose, gold electrode was coated with poly 4-(4H-Dithieno [3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrol-4-yl) aniline, P(DTP-Ph-NH) conductive polymer film by using electrochemical polymerization. Then, P(DTP-Ph-NH) conductive polymer film coated surface was electrochemically modified with cytochrome C which covalently linked onto the surface via bis-aniline functionality of the polymer film and formed crosslinked-structure.

Anesthesia Procedure for Congenital Insensitivity to Pain in a Child with Anhidrosis Syndrome: A Rare Case.

Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) syndrome is a neuropathy characterized by insensitivity to pain, impaired thermoregulation, anhidrosis, and mental retardation. A 9-year old boy with CIPA syndrome, underwent 2 operations for a calcaneal ulcer. During the first operation standard monitorization was performed.

Construction of ferrocene modified conducting polymer based amperometric urea biosensor.

Herein, an electrochemical urea sensing bio-electrode is reported that has been constructed by firstly electropolymerizing 4-(2,5-Di(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)aniline monomer (SNS-Aniline) on Pencil Graphite Electrode (PGE), then modifying the polymer coated electrode surface with di-amino-Ferrocene (DAFc) as the mediator, and lastly Urease enzyme through glutaraldehyde crosslinking. The effect of pH, temperature, polymer thickness, and applied potential on the electrode current response was investigated besides performing storage and operational stability experiments with the interference studies. The resulting urea biosensor's amperometric response was linear in the range of 0.

MIPs and Aptamers for Recognition of Proteins in Biomimetic Sensing.

Biomimetic binders and catalysts have been generated in order to substitute the biological pendants in separation techniques and bioanalysis. The two major approaches use either "evolution in the test tube" of nucleotides for the preparation of aptamers or total chemical synthesis for molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). The reproducible production of aptamers is a clear advantage, whilst the preparation of MIPs typically leads to a population of polymers with different binding sites.

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Situs Inversus Totalis: a Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review.

The aim of this study is to review the reliability of laparoscopic obesity operations in patients with situs inversus totalis(SIT). A new case of SIT was presented together with a literature review of published English language studies on laparoscopic gastric banding (LAGB), laparoscopic gastric bypass (LRYGB), laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), laparoscopic obesity surgery (LOS), and SIT, accessed via PubMed and Google Scholar databases. The case is presented of a 21-year-old female patient who underwent LSG due to SIT.