COVID-19 infection frequency and clinical course in patients with liver transplantation: Results of a single transplant center in Türkiye.

Objectives: In this paper, it was tried to determine the incidence of COVID-19, course of the disease, and mortality rate in liver transplant patients by evaluating all patients operated on in our center. In addition, the results of liver transplantation performed in our center during the pandemic period were also presented.

Material And Methods: All patients who had undergone liver transplantation in our liver transplant center were questioned about their history of COVID-19 either at their routine controls in the clinic or by phone interview.

D2 vs D2 Plus Para-aortic Lymph Node Dissection for Advanced Gastric Cancer.

Objectives: Gastric cancer is a common malignancy worldwide. Effective treatment by interdisciplinary cooperation is important, and surgery still plays an important role.

Material And Methods: In a ten-year period, 355 patients were diagnosed to have gastric cancer.

30-Day Morbidity and Mortality of Bariatric Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multinational Cohort Study of 7704 Patients from 42 Countries.

Background: There are data on the safety of cancer surgery and the efficacy of preventive strategies on the prevention of postoperative symptomatic COVID-19 in these patients. But there is little such data for any elective surgery. The main objectives of this study were to examine the safety of bariatric surgery (BS) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to determine the efficacy of perioperative COVID-19 protective strategies on postoperative symptomatic COVID-19 rates.

High density optical neuroimaging predicts surgeons's subjective experience and skill levels.

Measuring cognitive load is important for surgical education and patient safety. Traditional approaches of measuring cognitive load of surgeons utilise behavioural metrics to measure performance and surveys and questionnaires to collect reports of subjective experience. These have disadvantages such as sporadic data, occasionally intrusive methodologies, subjective or misleading self-reporting.

Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair: Robotic TAPP Versus Laparoscopic TEP.

Background: As the advantages of minimally invasive techniques in general surgery have been shown, we prefer laparoscopic total extraperitoneal (LTEP) inguinal hernia repair or robotic transabdominal preperitoneal (RTAPP) inguinal hernia repair in patients diagnosed especially with a bilateral inguinal hernia in our practice. The present study aims to evaluate the early/midterm outcomes and complications in patients who underwent LTEP and RTAPP because of bilateral inguinal hernia.

Materials And Methods: In total, 189 patients underwent inguinal hernia repair between June 2016 and June 2019 in our department.

The attitude of Turkish general surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of "general surgery COVID-19 pandemic attitude survey".

Objectives: The whole world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, and healthcare professionals are the most affected group. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of general surgeons about COVID-19 and understand the attitude and current situation of our colleagues.

Material And Methods: This descriptive study comprised general surgeons working in different parts of Turkey.

Recommendations for bariatric and metabolic surgical operations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.

The world has been struggling with the COVID-19 virus since December 2019. Turkey has also been battling with the virus since March 2019. While struggling with this unknown virus, we have postponed our new bariatric surgeries like most elective surgery.

Surgical management of digestive system cancers during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: review of general suggestions.

Since December 2019, the world has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic, and health workers are at the forefront of the fight. Surgeons also fulfill their duty; however, elective cases had to be postponed in order to use resources appropriately in the fight against coronavirus. Although benign elective surgical procedures can be postponed to a distant time during this pandemic, surgical interventions for urgent and life-threatening situations are mandatory to perform but the main uncertainty among surgeons is about cancer patients.

Obesity and appendicitis: Laparoscopy versus open technique.

Objectives: The clinical results of obese patients who have undergone open or laparoscopic appendectomy, whether one technique is superior to the other is still not clearly known.In our study, we compared the clinical results of obese patients operated with laparoscopic or open technique for acute appendicitis.

Material And Methods: We performed retrospective analyses of patients operated for acute appendicitis between the dates of July 2016 and July 2019 at Istinye University Faculty of Medicine Bahcesehir Liv Training and Research Hospital and Liv Hospital Ankara.

Recommendations for Trauma and Emergency General Surgery Practice During COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 is a new disease, based on currently available limited information, older adults and people of any age who have severe underlying medical conditions may be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19. People of all age groups are also at risk. Healthcare providers have always been the professionals most exposed to the risk of contracting to any kind of infection due to the nature of their profession.

An electron microscopy study of liver and kidney damage in an experimental model of obstructive jaundice.

Unlabelled: With this experimental study we investigated the consequences of ligation of the common bile duct (CBD) on hepatic cells and on the renal ultrastructure by electron microscopy and also determine the effects after liberation of the ductus joint in order to clarify the mechanisms of renal failure commonly observed in cholestatic liver disease. The study was conducted on 53 Wistar albino rats divided into 4 subgroups. In the comparison group (sham) we proceeded to the simple laparotomy.

Changing Attitudes of Medical Students Regarding Organ Donation from a University Medical School in Turkey.

BACKGROUND Doctors have an important role in increasing the number of organ donors. This study aimed to investigate the changing attitudes of medical students regarding organ donation, from first-year medical students (FYMS) to sixth-year medical students (SYMS) at a university medical school in Turkey. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred first-year medical students and 100 sixth-year medical students participated in the study.

Evaluation of gunshot wounds in the emergency department.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate injury patterns of patients admitted to the emergency department with gunshot wounds, results of imaging studies, treatment modalities, outcomes, mortality ratios, and complications.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was carried out including a total number of one hundred and forty-two patients admitted to Hacettepe University Emergency Department with gunshot injuries between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2013. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) probability of survival for penetrating trauma were calculated for all patients.

Admissions of critically ill patients to the ED intensive care unit.

Introduction: Many emergency departments (EDs) have established units capable of providing critical care because of increasing need for critical care, called as ED intensive care unit (EDICU). However, prolonged critical care leads to crowding, resulting in poor quality of care and high mortality rates. We aimed to determine which type of critically ill patients play a main role for crowding in the EDICU, and how to manage these patients.

Evaluation of liver injury in a tertiary hospital: a retrospective study.

Background: Liver is the most frequently injured intraabdominal organ following abdominal trauma. Liver injury in polytraumatized patients can vary from minor contusions to major lacerations and is associated with morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of liver injury in polytraumatized patients.

Prospective evaluation of crural repair with and without double-sided mesh reinforcement.

Background: Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is gold standard treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease. We examined the results of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication with or without double-sided polypropylene mesh.

Patients And Methods: Sixty patients were prospectively evaluated.

Use and effectiveness of prothrombin complex concentrates vs fresh frozen plasma in gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to warfarin usage in the ED.

Objectives: High International Normalized Ratio (INR) level resulting from warfarin use increases the risk of gastrointestinal hemorrhages. We aimed to compare the efficacy of prothrombin complex concentrates (PCC) and fresh frozen plasma (FFP) at lowering the INR level, decreasing active hemorrhages visible by endoscopy, and shortening the length of stay at the emergency department (ED).

Method: This study is a prospective cohort study of consecutive patents with gastrointestinal hemorrhages that received either PCC or FFP.

Comparison of TIMI and Gensini score in patients admitted to the emergency department with chest pain, who underwent coronary angiography.

Background: In patients admitted to the emergency department with complaints of chest pain and unstable angina pectoris, ST-elevation MI scoring is done according to risk factors used to calculate risks of urgent revascularization, MI, and death within 14 days. For this calculation, the most widely used scoring system is TIMI risk score.

Material And Methods: In this prospective, cross-sectional descriptive study, we evaluated and compared the effectiveness of TIMI and Gensini scores of patients with chest pain who were admitted to Hacettepe University Hospitals Emergency Department between March 2011 and September 2011 and who underwent coronary angiography.

[General approach to penetrating abdominal traumas of Turkish general surgeons: survey of practice].

Background: In patients with penetrating abdominal traumas (PATs), selective non-operative management (SNOM) has been widely accepted. This study was designed to investigate the practice trends among Turkish surgeons regarding SNOM.

Mehtohds: The study was conducted as an online survey.

Emergency admissions due to swallowed foreign bodies in adults.

Aim: To study a retrospective analysis of patients who presented to the emergency departments (ED) with complaints related to foreign body ingestions.

Methods: Patients older than 16 years of age who presented to the ED between January 1(st) and December 31(st) of 2010 with complaints related to swallowed foreign bodies were identified from electronic health records and patient charts.

Results: A total of 100 patients presented with a complaint of foreign body ingestion during the study period.

A model of complaint based for overcrowding emergency department: Five-Level Hacettepe Emergency Triage System.

Background: To compare ESI Five-Level Triage System with 5-Level Hacettepe Emergency Triage System (HETS), which was developed for Overcrowded EDs in our country.

Methods: Over a period of six days, patients were assessed by a different ED staff everyday using HETS, then re-evaluated blindly by an emergency physician using HETS. Then patients were evaluated blindly for a third time by an independent, ESI-using emergency physician.

Copeptin is a predictive biomarker of severity in acute pancreatitis.

Background: Acute pancreatitis remains a common intraabdominal disease with a complex pathophysiology. The overall outcome has improved, but specific treatment remains elusive. The challenge is the early identification and treatment of patients who will develop severe acute pancreatitis.