The effect of degenerative scoliosis and spinopelvic parameters on dislocation of hip hemiarthroplasty.

Background: Degeneration of the spine may affect pelvic parameters and hip mobility. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of degenerative scoliosis and spinopelvic parameters on hip hemiarthroplasty dislocations.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients who underwent hemiarthroplasty for intracapsular hip fracture over a twenty-year period.

Comparison of Supination-Adduction Type 2 and Supination-External Rotation Type 4 in Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures: Does Partial Pylon Variant of Supination-Adduction Type Fracture Affect Functional Outcomes?

Background: Supination-adduction (SAD) type injuries are pylon variant injuries and lie between partial intra-articular pylon fractures and rotational ankle fractures. We aimed to evaluate functional outcomes of SAD type 2 bimalleolar fractures in comparison to supination-external rotation (SER) type 4 fractures.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data of 42 cases with SER type 4 and 20 cases with SAD type 2 injuries.

Activities of Daily Living, Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and Quality of Life in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Despite reports of reduced physical fitness in children with congenital heart disease (CHD), no specific performance evaluations for activities of daily living have been conducted.

Objectives: The aim was to compare the activities of daily living, quality of life, posture, physical fitness and physical activity levels of children with CHD with healthy controls (HC).

Methods: The study included 30 children aged 6-14 diagnosed with moderate or severe CHD and 30 age-sex-matched HC.

Critical temperatures and aerobic metabolism in post-larvae of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931).

Increasing water temperature because of climate change decreases the oxygen concentration while increasing the oxygen requirement of species in aquatic environments. Temperature is one of the most important environmental factors affecting the physiological functions of organisms, especially poikilothermic animals, such as shrimp at all levels. In intensive shrimp culture, it is of great importance to know the tolerable temperature range of cultured species and their metabolism since this affects the physiological condition.

Transcatheter Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Children With Different Devices and Long-Term Results.

Introduction: With the development of transcatheter interventional techniques and the introduction of next-generation duct occluder devices, transcatheter closure has become the first treatment option for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in pediatric patients. In this study, we compared the effectiveness and safety of different devices for transcatheter PDA closure in pediatric patients, focusing on long-term outcomes.

Methods: A total of 235 patients aged 0-18 years who underwent transcatheter PDA closure at a tertiary care center between January 2005 and February 2020 were included.

Evaluation and Management of Idiopathic Unilateral Footdrop.

Background: We evaluated patients who were followed after acutely developing single-sided footdrop and improving with conservative management or spontaneously.

Methods: In 2019 and 2020, ten patients were retrospectively evaluated for unilateral weakness of the lower extremity in the form of absent dorsiflexion at the ankle joint and were given a diagnosis of footdrop without etiologic cause. Patients were followed for 18 months.

Aromatase Inhibitors May Increase the Risk of Cardiometabolic Complications in Adolescent Boys.

Introduction: Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are increasingly used in children and adolescents to augment adult height. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects AIs have on cardiac morphology, functions and their relation to several metabolic parameters in adolescent boys.

Methods: Three groups matched for sex (boys, n = 67), age (median age 13.

Nail breakage in patients with hypertrophic pseudoarthrosis after subtrochanteric femur fracture: treatment with exchanging nail and decortication.

In this study, we aimed to show the results of exchange nail and decortication in patients whose subtrochanteric femur fractures were treated with intramedullary nails and subsequently developed fracture nonunion and nail breakage com- plications. This study consisted of patients presenting with subtrochanteric femur fractures between January 2013 and April 2019 who underwent surgery and later experienced nail breakage due to hypertrophic nonunion. There were a total of 10 patients aged 26-62 years (Avg 40,30, SD: 9,989).

Thermal acclimation capacity and standard metabolism of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) at different temperature and salinity combinations.

In aquatic environments, rising temperatures reduce the oxygen content of the water while increasing the oxygen demand of organisms. In intensive shrimp culture, it is of great importance to know the thermal tolerance of cultured species and their oxygen consumption since this affects the physiological condition. In this study, the thermal tolerance of Litopenaeus vannamei was determined by dynamic and static thermal methodologies at different acclimation temperatures (15, 20, 25, and 30 °C) and salinities (10, 20, and 30 ppt).

Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels and Bone Mineral Density in Metabolically Healthy and Metabolically Unhealthy Obese Children.

Objective: The harmful or beneficial effect of obesity on bone mineral density (BMD) remains controversial in children and adolescents. Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a metabolic factor that plays a specific role in the regulation of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. However, the role of FGF21 in bone metabolism appears paradoxical and is complex.

Continuous and intermittent parathyroid hormone administration promotes osteogenic differentiation and activity of programmable cells of monocytic origin.

Bone healing deficiencies are challenging for orthopedic practice. The use of stem cells with scaffolds to treat bone tissue losses currently is popular for promoting regeneration of tissue. Programmable cells of monocytic origin (PCMO) may differentiate into three germ layers and may be a promising alternative treatment due to their stem cell-like properties.

Thermal tolerance of Acartia tonsa: In relation to acclimation temperature and life stage.

The Acartia tonsa, a calanoid copepod species, has high survival and thermal acclimation capacity in aquatic environments characterized by temperature variations. Dynamic and static thermal polygon areas of this species are 495 °C and 267 °C for nauplii stage, while adult stage has 747 °C and 411 °C dynamic and static thermal polygon area, respectively. In addition, Acartia tonsa is a copepod species which is more resistant to both high and low lethal temperatures, with its resistance zone of 105 °C and 131 °C for nauplii and adults, respectively.

Retrospective analysis of 35 pediatric femoral neck fractures.

Objective: Pediatric proximal femur fracture is extremely rare trauma comparing to other fractures. The proximal femur fracture is 1% of all pediatric fractures. The aim of current study is to compare the incidence of early complications and outcomes of pediatric proximal femur fractures regarding fracture types retrospectively.

Does Familial Mediterranean Fever Provoke Atherosclerosis in Children? Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness and Serum Endocan Levels.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the risk for atherosclerosis by using echocardiographic arterial stiffness (AS) parameters and serum endocan levels, as a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction (ED) in children with FMF.

Methods: Seventy-nine children with FMF (12-18 years) and 41 healthy children were included, and clinical features (age at the first attack, age at the time of diagnosis, diagnosis delay time, colchicine dose, biological agent usage, MEFV mutations, and symptoms of attacks) of patients were noted. Arterial stiffness parameters were calculated by using echocardiographic aortic measurements with blood pressure monitoring.

Four ectopia cordis cases surgically managed with different strategies.

Ectopia cordis is a rare congenital disorder in which the heart is partially or completely located outside the chest cavity. In this article, we present four cases of ectopia cordis accompanied by cardiac abnormalities with either thoracic and/or abdominal placed heart, managed with strategies ranging from follow-up without any intervention to complete surgical closure.

Assessments of left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions with tissue Doppler imaging and myocardial performance index in children with chronic kidney disease.

Background: This study aimed to document early left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in chronic kidney disease (CKD) using methods such as tissue Doppler imaging and the myocardial performance index (MPI).

Methods: A total of 40 patients diagnosed with CKD (mean age, 10.1 ± 4.

Evaluation of left ventricular systolic functions in two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in children with chronic renal failure.

Background And Aim: Chronic kidney disease may lead to left ventricular dysfunction. Early detection of cardiovascular disease in children with chronic kidney disease is essential to prevent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in early adulthood. This study aimed to document the dysfunction using methods such as two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in the early stage.

Cardiac Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Causing Pulmonary Artery Obstruction: A Rare Case Report.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare soft tissue tumor of the heart. In the literature, cardiac IMT is often described as an endocardial-based cavitary mass originating from the right side of the heart in infants and adolescents. In this article, we present a 5-year-old boy with a rare cardiac IMT who had no complaints and was diagnosed with murmur during his routine examination.

Thermal tolerance and standard metabolic rate of juvenile gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) acclimated to four temperatures.

Temperature variation affects the growth, maturation and distribution of fish species due to increasing constraints on physiological functions therefore, the aim of the present study is to evaluate effect of temperature on thermal tolerance and standard metabolic rate (SMR) of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). For this purpose, tolerable temperature ranges of juvenile gilthead seabream acclimated at 15, 20, 25, and 30 °C for 30 days were estimated using dynamic and static thermal methodologies. The SMRs of the fish were also determined based on oxygen consumption rate (OCR).

Tissue Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography assessment of left ventricular function in children with cystic fibrosis.

Background: Cystic fibrosis may lead to left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. This dysfunction can be documented by methods such as tissue Doppler echocardiographic (TDI) imaging and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in early stage.

Study Design: This was prospective cohort study.

Symptom Frequency in Children with Congenital Heart Disease and Parental Care Burden in Predicting the Quality of Life of Parents in Turkey.

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the symptom frequency and parental care burden of the children with congenital heart disease in predicting the quality of life of parents in Turkey.

Design And Method: The study subjects for the present study included 124 parents whose children were suffering from heart disease. The data for the study were collected from these parents using parent information form, the questionnaire of the frequency of heart disease-related symptoms of the child, the caregiver burden scale, and the quality of life scale.

Risk factors of intravenous immunoglobulin resistance and coronary arterial lesions in Turkish children with Kawasaki disease.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most common cause of childhood coronary artery disease. The incidence of coronary artery lesions (CALs) has declined with the routine use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment, but there is still considerable risk for resistance to IVIG treatment and development of CALs. The present study was aimed to determine the risk factors in Turkish children with IVIG resistant KD and coronary artery involvement.

Comparison of bone scintigraphy and Ga-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the detection of bone metastases of prostate carcinoma.

Aim: This study aims to assess the diagnostic performance of Ga-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/computed tomography in the comparison of planar bone scintigraphy in the detection of bone metastases. Another purpose is to define the additional benefit of bone scintigraphy subsequent to prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/computed tomography and the role of prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/computed tomography in the treatment planning.

Material And Method: Forty-six patients with a median interval of 19 (range: 3-90) days between prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/computed tomography and bone scintigraphy included in the analysis.