Thyroid nodules with atypia or follicular lesions of undetermined significance (AUS/FLUS): analysis of variables associated with outcome.

Background: The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology is one of the main classification systems for thyroid nodules. It expects that 7% of all fine needle aspiration biopsies will be reported as atypia or follicular lesions of undetermined significance, and 5-15% of these undetermined nodules are malignant. Our study is a retrospective analysis of variables that may be associated with outcome in patients with indeterminate thyroid nodules.

The relation between preoperative ultrasonographic thyroid volume analysis and thyroidectomy complications.

Objective: To determine the relation between thyroid volume (ThV) and thyroidectomy complications using preoperative ultrasound and ellipsoid volumetric analysis in Turkish patients.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study included a total of 500 patients (401 females = 80.2% and 99 males = 19.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly patients.

Aim: In this study, we hypothesize that LC is a safe procedure in a non-laparoscopic specialized general surgery unit in a teaching hospital.

Patients And Methods: We evaluated retrospectively the data of 286 patients that had symptomatic cholelithiasis and were operated on with LC.

Results And Conclusion: Fifty-four (18.

The protective effect of ethyl pyruvate on lung injury after burn in rats.

Objective: To investigate the effects of administered ethyl pyruvate (EP), a novel anti-inflammatory agent, on oxidoinflammatory and apoptotic pathways in the lung tissue of rats in a full-thickness burn model.

Methods: The study took place in Ankara Research and Training Hospital Animal Laboratory, Turkey in June 2006. Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into 4 groups in equal numbers as sham, burn, sham+EP, and burn+EP.

The effect of ethyl pyruvate on oxidative stress in intestine and bacterial translocation after thermal injury.

Background: Thermal injury causes a breakdown in the intestinal mucosal barrier due to ischemia reperfusion injury, which can induce bacterial translocation (BT), sepsis, and multiple organ failure in burn patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ethyl pyruvate (EP) on intestinal oxidant damage and BT in burn injury.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into four groups.

The role of serum inflammatory markers in acute appendicitis and their success in preventing negative laparotomy.

Improving the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in order to prevent unnecessary surgery is crucial. This study was intended to identify the role of serum inflammatory markers in patients with preliminary diagnosis of acute appendicitis with a retrospective design. Eighty-five patients with the preliminary diagnosis of acute appendicitis were recruited in this study within the period of November-December 2003.

The relationship between prognostic factors of breast cancer and thyroid disorders in Turkish women.

Background: Breast carcinoma is a frequent disease that affects the female population. As for other malignant diseases, several studies have been carried out in an attempt to identify its etiology, yet the etiological agent has not been clearly defined. The etiological relationship between thyroid disease and breast cancer is still being investigated.

A confirmatory report for the close interaction of Helicobacter pylori with gastric epithelial MUC5AC expression.

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is associated with the development of gastritis and peptic ulcer and is presumed to be a risk factor for low-grade B-cell lymphoma and gastric cancer. H.

Follow-up problems and changes in obliteration of the residual cystic cavity after treatment for hepatic hydatidosis.

Background/purpose: In this prospective open clinical study, we investigated the problems that might arise during the obliteration of the residual cavity in hepatic hydatidosis. These problems might be related to the duration of the obliteration period and to the effects of omentoplasty on the residual cavity.

Methods: We operated on 54 hepatic hydatidosis patients with cystodrainage and omentoplasty.

Expression of MUC5AC in colorectal carcinoma and relationship with prognosis.

Overexpression and alterations in the glycosylation of gastric mucins have been described in colorectal carcinoma. The purpose of our study was to confirm aberrant expression of MUC5AC in colorectal carcinoma, to investigate relationships between clinicopathological parameters and MUC5AC expression, and to determine if MUC5AC expression may be a prognostic factor for colorectal carcinoma. Immunohistochemical staining using an antibody against MUC5AC tandem repeat epitopes was performed on colorectal tumor specimens (n = 41), their metastatic tumors in regional lymph nodes (n = 21) and normal colonic mucosa (n = 41).