Maternal and neonatal outcome of women before vs. after bariatric surgery: A single tertiary center experience.

Background: Obesity is associated with short term perinatal risks, causing increased risks in pre- and post-term birth, small and large for gestational (SGA/LGA), congenital anomalies, and perinatal mortality.

Objective: This study evaluate maternal and neonatal outcomes of women with morbid obesity who delivered before BS as compared to their counterparts who delivered after BS.

Design: A retrospective analysis in a single institute.

Keep it Simple, Laboratory Parameters to Predict Complicated Acute Appendicitis in Children Younger Than Five Years.

Background: The clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in the youngest age lacks specific signs and symptoms, and it is difficult to obtain an accurate clinical diagnosis. Once the diagnosis is made, it is necessary to determine if the appendicitis is simple and able to be managed non-surgically, or complicated, therefore requiring surgery. Together with the clinical picture and imaging, routine laboratory values play a vital role in this decision.

[TREATMENTS OF PERIANAL CROHN'S DISEASE].

Perianal Crohn's disease is correlated with a significant decrease in quality of life and can predict unfavorable outcomes. In this condition, it is recommended that a multidisciplinary team including a gastroenterologist, colorectal surgeon and radiologist will be involved to optimize therapeutic decisions. Despite the advent of biologic and surgical therapies, the success rate of therapy is unsatisfactory and may result in a high chance of recurrence.

Pre-selection of primary intubation technique is associated with a low incidence of difficult intubation in patients with a BMI of 35 kg/m or higher.

Background: The incidence of difficult intubation (DI) in obese patients may reach a two-digit figure. No studies have assessed the effect of primary use of special intubation devices on lowering the incidence of DI. We assessed the effect of primary selection of special intubation techniques on the incidence of DI in patients with a BMI of 35 kg/m or higher.

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen on neuroregeneration following acute thoracic spinal cord injury.

Aims: Although hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment following spinal cord injury (SCI) have been studied in terms of neurological function and tissue histology, there is a limited number studies on spinal cord tissue enzyme levels.

Main Methods: The effect of HBO treatment in SCI was investigated by measuring superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and nitric oxide (NO) activity in the injured tissue. SCI was induced by applying an aneurysm clip extradurally at the level of T9-T11 vertebrae.