Sternal Fractures in Blunt Chest Trauma: Retrospective Analysis of 330 Cases.

Objective: To analyse the range of injuries associated with sternal fracture (SF) and their clinical features and outcomes.

Study Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey, from July 2010 to July 2020.

Does digestive symptoms require esophago gastroscopy prior to bariatric procedure? Assessment of 6 years' experience.

Aim: Performance of routine preoperative esophagogastroduodenal endoscopy (EGE) in patients undergoing bariatric surgery is still a controversial subject. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the benefits of performing preoperative EGE in a cohort of bariatric patients.

Material And Methods: The present retrospective study was performed between March 2010 and June 2016.

Does digestive symptoms require esophago gastroscopy prior to bariatric procedure? Assessment of 6 years' experience.

Aim: Performance of routine preoperative esophagogastroduodenal endoscopy (EGE) in patients undergoing bariatric surgery is still a controversial subject. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the benefits of performing preoperative EGE in a cohort of bariatric patients.

Material And Methods: The present retrospective study was performed between March 2010 and June 2016.

The effects of bariatric surgical procedures on the improvement of metabolic syndrome in morbidly obese patients: Comparison of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate patients who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in terms of weight loss, metabolic parameters, and postoperative complications.

Material And Methods: Data on patients who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with a diagnosis of morbid obesity between January 2012 and June 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. Patients were compared in terms of age, sex, body mass index, duration of operation, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, perioperative complications, length of hospital stay, and long term follow-up results.

Efficacy of aprotinin treatment on bilateral blunt chest trauma created in rabbits.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of aprotinin, on blood gasses, oxidant-antioxidant status, and lung histopathology in an experimental bilateral blunt chest trauma model.

Methods: Conducted at the Experimental Animal Laboratory of Meram Medical School at Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey, the study comprised 21 New Zealand female albino rabbits who were divided into three groups.Trauma was applied on the sham and aprotinin groups, which was administered intravenous Aprotinin 20.