Use of Ozone Therapy and Thymoquinone in the Prevention of Formaldehyde Toxicity by Inhalation: An Experimental Study.

Introduction: The study determined the damage caused by formaldehyde (FA) exposure in blood and liver samples using biochemical markers. Histopathological analysis was performed using the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) method and measurement of CD68 cell density. To what extent the antioxidant molecules thymoquinone (TQ) and ozone (O) reversed the damage caused by FA exposure was investigated, both when used alone and combined.

Evaluation of major coronary artery Bifurcation angles with digital angiography: A detailed study of prevalence in the Upper Euphrates Basin.

Objectives: To investigate the diversity and average values of bifurcation angles in a large population to help develop new methods.

Methods: One thousand five individuals (504 females, 501 male) who visited the Cardiology Polyclinic of Fırat University Hospital with the complaint of chest pain between 2010 and 2015 were evaluated retrospectively. Bifurcation angle measurements between LMCA-CX, CX-LAD, LMCA-LAD, CX-OM1, CX-OM2, LAD-D1, LAD-D2, RCA-RMD, RCA-RVD and PDA-PL were evaluated in all cases.

The effect of the platelet-rich plasma and ozone therapy on tendon-to-bone healing in the rabbit rotator cuff repair model.

Background: The aim of this study is to histologically and biomechanically investigate the effects of local PRP and ozone therapy (OO) on tendon-to-bone healing in a rabbit model of the supraspinatus tendon tear.

Methods: Four groups were formed to have seven rabbits in each group: repair, R; repair + PRP, RP; repair + ozone, RO; and repair + PRP + ozone, RPO. The supraspinatus tendon was detached by sharp dissection from the footprint and an acute tear pattern was created.

The Evaluation of Radiologic Angular Measurements in Patients with Foot Pain.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between foot deformities by comparing foot radiographs of patients with complaints of foot pain with those of healthy individuals.

Methods: The study included 30 patients with pes cavus, 30 patients with pes planus, 30 patients with calcaneal spur, and 30 controls aged 30 to 60 years. All participants underwent measurement of right and left foot length; metatarsophalangeal width; and calcaneal pitch (CA), talohorizontal (TA), talometatarsal (TM), and lateral talocalcaneal (LTC) angles from lateral radiographs.

Effect of acupuncture therapy on fracture healing in rats with femur fractures.

Objective: To investigate the effect of acupuncture therapy on fracture healing in rats with femur fractures.

Methods: A total of 10 groups were formed; control group, groups sacrificed on 7th, 14th, and 21st days of fracture formation, groups to which acupuncture was applied for 7, 14, and 21 d, groups to which fracture and acupuncture were applied for 7, 14, and 21 d. A transverse fracture line was formed in femurs of rats by using a Gigli saw.

Impact of Hard Palate Angulation Caused by Septal Deviation on Maxillary Sinus Volume.

Objective: To investigate the effect of hard palate angulation caused by septal deviation on the volume of the maxillary sinus.

Methods: Coronal computed tomographic (CT) scans of 1568 patients aged from 18 to 60 were examined. CT scans of 402 patients were included in the study.

Effect of carnosine supplementation on apoptosis and irisin, total oxidant and antioxidants levels in the serum, liver and lung tissues in rats exposed to formaldehyde inhalation.

The main objective of the study has been to show whether carnosine has positive effects on liver and lung tissues of rats exposed to a range of formaldehyde concentrations, and to explore how irisin expression and antioxidant capacity are altered in these tissues by carnosine supplementation. Sprague-Dawley type male rats were divided into 8 groups with 6 animals in each: (I) Control; no chemical supplementation); (II) sham (100mg/kg/day carnosine); (III) low dose formaldehyde (LDFA) for 5 days/week; (IV) LDFA for 5 days/week and carnosine); (V) moderate dose formaldehyde (MDFA) for 5 days/week); (VI) MDFA for 5 days/week and carnosine; (VII) high dose formaldehyde (HDFA) for 5 days/week; (VIII) and HDFA for 5 days/week and carnosine. Sham and control groups were exposed to normal air.

Postoperative pain and respiratory function in patients treated with electroacupuncture following coronary surgery.

Objectives: To evaluate respiratory function and pain score in patients undergoing coronary bypass procedures during the first 7 postoperative days.

Methods: The study was carried out as a case-control study between April 2008 and April 2009 in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Elazig, Turkey. Thirty patients, who had undergone a median sternotomy (MS) for coronary artery bypass graft, were randomized to either the electroacupuncture and pharmacologic analgesia (acupuncture) group, or the pharmacologic analgesia alone (control) group.

Efects of melatonin and octreotide on peridural fibrosis in an animal model of laminectomy.

Aim: To investigate the effects of melatonin and octreotide in the prevention of peridural fibrosis in an experimental rat model.

Material And Methods: A total of 36 rats were divided into three groups: Group I was laminectomized and not given any treatment. Group II received an intraperitoneal 30 microg/kg/day dose of octreotide for six weeks after the laminectomy.

The effects of acupuncture on rats with brain ischemia-reperfusion.

Objective: To investigate the damage of brain ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) caused by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), and the effects of acupuncture on this damage.

Methods: This investigation took place in the Experimental Research Unit of Firat University, Elazig, Turkey in January-February 2007. For this aim, 14 rats were divided into 2 groups: I/R (control) and I/R+acupuncture (experiment).

Protective effect of omega-3 fatty acids in a rat focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion model.

Objective: To investigate possible neuroprotective effects of dietary supplementation of fish oil in brain ischemia-reperfusion (I/R).

Methods: This investigation took place in the Experimental Research Unit, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey, from January-February 2006. The study was carried out on 12 male Wistar rats; divided into 2 groups: I/R (control) and I/R + omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) (experiment).

Effects of omega-3 essential fatty acids against formaldehyde-induced nephropathy in rats.

The aim of this study was to examine the toxicity of formaldehyde (FA) on the kidney and the protective effects of omega-3 essential fatty acids against these toxic effects. Twenty-one male Wistar rats were divided into three groups. Rats in Group I comprised the controls, while the rats in Group II were injected every other day with FA.

Jugular foramen syndrome caused by choleastatoma.

Unilateral paresis of 9th-11th cranial nerves together is defined as jugular foramen (Vernet's) syndrome. A cholesteatoma case that penetrated into intracranial area after eroding temporal bone and led to jugular foramen syndrome is presented here, since such a case has not been reported in the literature hitherto. A 46-year-old male patient was evaluated for hoarseness.

Morphometric examination of the paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells using computed tomography.

Background: The paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells vary considerably in size and shape from person to person. The main structures are pneumatic. In this study, we investigated the relationship between right and left sides and evaluated the volume changes according to age and sex.

Volume assessment of age-related conversion of the tympanic cavity by helical computerized tomography scanning.

Objective: To investigate the right-left asymmetry, and gender and age groups differences of the tympanic cavities (TC) using the Cavalieri principle for volume calculation on temporal bone computerized tomography (CT) scans.

Methods: This study was carried out over a 4-year period from 2000 to 2004 at Firat University, School of Medicine, Elazig, Turkey. The areas of the cavities were measured using trace and area measurement functions of CT scanner, and by multiplying the area by slice thickness (0.

Reduction of carbon tetrachloride-induced nephropathy by melatonin administration.

The aim of this study was to investigate possible protective effects of melatonin on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced renal damage in rats. A total of 24 animals were divided into three equal groups: the control rats received pure olive oil subcutaneously, rats in the second group were injected with CCl4 (0.5 ml kg-1, s.

Variants and deformities of atlas vertebrae in Eastern Anatolian people.

Objective: At the craniocervical junction, developmental anomalies of the atlas may produce clinical symptoms by compressing on the vertebral artery, particularly during extreme rotational movements of the cervical spine. The aim of the present study was to investigate several varieties and deformities of the atlas vertebra from the skeletal specimens of Eastern Anatolian people.

Methods: This study was carried out over a 3-year period, 2000 through to 2002 in the Department of Anatomy, Firat, Yuzuncu Yil and Ataturk University, Turkey.

[Radiologic and morphologic evaluation of the lateral sacral mass].

Objectives: Morphologic measurements of the lateral sacral mass (LSM) and adjacent bone structures were made on dried sacrum specimens, together with radiologic evaluations on computed tomography (CT) scans in order to assess the appropriateness of this area in iliosacral screw applications.

Methods: On thirty dried human sacral bone specimens, morphologic measurements of the LSM were made by a compass sensitive to millimeters. Computed tomographic views of S1 and S2 pedicle-bodies and intervertebral foramina were obtained to make radiologic measurements by a millimeter-sensitive ruler to examine the relationship between LSM and the neural canal and intervertebral foramina.

Effects of melatonin on Leydig cells in pinealectomized rat: an immunohistochemical study.

We have investigated immunohistochemically the effects of melatonin on Leydig cells in rat. Three groups of Wistar rats were used. Rats in group I and II were sham-pinealectomized (control) and pinealectomized, respectively, whereas rats in group III were pinealectomized and injected daily with melatonin for 2 months.