Publications by authors named "Mehmet Callıoglu"

Objectives: A carefully chosen and suitably prepared kidney donor is essential in living-donor kidney transplantation. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is an effective imaging method for evaluating the renovascular morphology of donor candidates. The aim of this study was to evaluate renal artery variations in kidney donors using CTA and compare the findings with the number of arteries detected during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

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Objective: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of asymptomatic stones ≤4 mm that are left in situ during renal transplantation (RT).

Materials And Methods: Between 2009 and 2017, 31 patients who received stone-bearing (≤4 mm) kidneys were analyzed. At their last follow-up, the patients were evaluated with computerized tomography (CT) imaging and the results were compared to the initial CT findings obtained during donor evaluation.

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Objective: Purpose of this study is to assess sonographic changes and clinical response in different subgroups of Baker's cyst patients with knee osteoarthritis after a single session of ultrasound-guided percutaneous aspiration and corticosteroid injection.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-two knee osteoarthritis patients (46-85 years, mean 58.97±9.

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