Evaluation of common carotid artery wall stiffness by shear wave elastography in smokers and non-smokers.

Introduction: Smoking is one of the most important preventable causes of cardiovascular diseases. Vascular disease caused by smoking is associated with vascular endothelial damage, platelet aggregation, and adhesion. In our study, we examined the effect of chronic smoking on vessel wall stiffness in smokers and control group by measuring carotid artery wall stiffness by shear wave ultrasonography.

Management of Epidural Hematomas in Pediatric and Adult Population: A Hospital-Based Retrospective Study.

Objective: We retrospectively reviewed and evaluated our treatment protocols in epidural hematoma (EDH) cases to compare surgical versus nonsurgical treatment subsections with their trauma mechanism, injury type, clinical pattern, radiological details, functional outcome, and mortality rates.

Methods: This study included 350 patients (142 females and 208 males) treated for EDH between 2010 and 2018. Two hundred seven operated and 143 observed patients for EDH were compared for demography, injury type, treatment, and outcome scores retrospectively.

Association between lesion enhancement and breast cancer in contrast-enhanced spectral mammography.

Background: Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) may help to determine the malignancy potential of lesions according to the degree of enhancement.

Purpose: To investigate the correlation between the degree of contrast enhancement of the lesions in contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) and the final histopathological diagnosis in patients with BI-RADS 4 and 5 lesions.

Material And Methods: CESM was performed in 128 patients who had BI-RADS 4 and 5 lesions on mammography and underwent histopathological examination.

A novel missense mutation, p.(R102W) in WNT7A causes Al-Awadi Raas-Rothschild syndrome in a fetus.

Al-Awadi-Raas-Rothschild syndrome (AARRS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which consists of severe malformations of the upper and lower limbs, abnormal genitalia and underdeveloped pelvis. Here, we present a fetus with severe limbs defects, including bilateral humeroradial synostosis, bilateral oligodactyly in hands, underdeveloped pelvis, short femora and tibiae, absence of fibulae, severely small feet, and absence of uterus. An autosomal recessively inherited novel mutation in WNT7A found in the fetus, c.

Benign neurological recovery with low recurrence and low peridural fibrosis rate in pediatric disc herniations after lumbar microdiscectomy.

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a very rare clinical entity in the pediatric age group, therefore only a few clinical studies have until now investigated the clinical behavior of pediatric LDH. The natural clinical history, postoperative neurological recovery with radiological follow-up and quality of life related to the disorder continue to be unknown. We prospectively planned and designed two groups of LDH patients scheduled for surgery in this study.

Microdecompressive laminatomy with a 5-year follow-up period for severe lumbar spinal stenosis.

Study Design: The 2 groups of patients with severe lumbar spinal stenosis were prospectively compared as a case control study.

Objectives: This prospective case control study sought to evaluate bilateral microdecompressive laminatomy (MDL) for treatment of severe lumbar spinal stenosis.

Summary Of Background Data: Total laminectomy is a general consensus on the therapy of severe spinal stenosis.

Mitomycin protection of peridural fibrosis in lumbar disc surgery.

Object: In this prospective, randomized clinical study the authors sought to evaluate the effects of locally applied mitomycin C on peridural fibrosis during lumbar microdiscectomy.

Methods: Patients undergoing lumbar disc surgery were randomly divided into 2 groups. Thirty patients had 1 mg/ml mitomycin C applied at the site of discectomy for 5 minutes, and 30 age- and sex-matched patients underwent lumbar microdiscectomy without mitomycin C application as the control group.

Lumbar facet joint angle and its importance on joint violation in lumbar microdiscectomy.

Objective: We investigated facet joint angle at the level of the nucleus pulposus in herniated disks and documented the importance of this angle in preserving articulation and surgical view in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy.

Methods: In this prospective study using pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging scans, two blinded radiologists measured and inspected the facet joint angles in 168 patients. Patients were treated with single-level, unilateral, lumbar microdiscectomy.