A malpractice: Stripping of the great saphenous vein without the division of the side-branches at the saphenofemoral junction.

Aim: To highlight the components of stripping operation of the great saphenous vein and to offer a proposal for guidelines.

Methods: 7789 admissions with venous insufficiency during the period, reaching seven and a half years were evaluated. Seventy- two admissions of nineteen patients were related to the recurrent symptoms due to previous incomplete stripping surgery.

The relationship between Raynaud's phenomenon and Helicobacter pylori.

Background: This study was aimed to reveal whether there is a relationship between Raynaud Phenomenon (RP) and Helicobacter Pylori (HP).

Material And Methods: Seventy-nine patients, who had been referred to outpatient clinic with Raynaud in the last 9 years were retrospectively screened. Of these, 29 patients with access to their data and who had HP screening tests were included in the study.

Replacement of the Native Mitral Valve Due to Endocarditis Caused by Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia.

We report a case of a 59-year-old female patient with vegetative native mitral valve endocarditis caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (SM). She had hemodialysis-dependent chronic renal failure, but no immunosuppressive disease. Echocardiography showed mobile vegetation on her native mitral valve.