PCNL vs RIRS in management of stones in calyceal diverticulum: outcomes from a global multicentre match paired study that reflects real world practice.

Introduction: Calyceal diverticulum (CD) is the outpouching of a calyx into the renal parenchyma, connected by an infundibulum. Often associated with recurrent stones, common surgical options include percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) or retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS). We aim to present the real-world practises and outcomes comparing both approaches and the technical choices made.

Evaluation of aerosol box use for ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation in patients with COVID-19: A short-term randomised study.

Background And Aims: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health care workers are at a high risk of infection from aerosols. In this study, we compared the ease of using the aerosol box (AB) with the traditional method during internal jugular vein cannulation attempts (IJVCA).

Methods: The study included 40 patients with COVID-19 who required central venous catheterisation during treatment in the ward.

Variations in pulmonary fissural anatomy: a medicolegal autopsy study of 256 cases.

Background: We aimed to document the anatomical variations of pulmonary fissures found during routine forensic autopsies.

Methods: A total of 256 pairs of lungs were investigated. Presence of any variant and accessory fissures was noted.

The effect on morbidity of the use of prophylactic abdominal drain following elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Background And Objective: To evaluate the clinical role of the routine use of a drain in an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy operation applied to patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis not showing acute inflammation.

Method: Following laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder, patients were separated into two groups of 30 each, either with subhepatic drain placement or without. The presence of subhepatic fluid collection was evaluated with transabdominal ultrasonography (USG) at 24 hours postoperatively and on the 7th day.

Theca lutein cysts and early onset severe preeclampsia.

Hyperreactio luteinalis (HL) is a rare condition that is characterized by bilateral ovarian enlargement and multiple thin walled cysts. Hypersensitivity of the ovary to circulating human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is playing the main role in pathophysiology. HL observed in cases where there is high serum ß-HCG levels, similarly to gestational trophoblastic disease, multiple pregnancies, hydrops fetalis and after fertiliy treatment.

[Pediatric head injuries, retrospective analysis of 851 patients: an epidemiological study].

Background: The aim of this study was to contribute to the epidemiological database of our country about pediatric head injuries.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 851 patients younger than 14 years old with head injury, treated in the Neurosurgery Department of Samsun Mehmet Aydın Education and Research Hospital between January 2003 and June 2008.

Results: Five hundred and fifty (65%) patients were male and 301 (35%) were female.

[Retrospective analysis of 954 adult patients with head injury: an epidemiological study].

Background: Head traumas are among the most common causes of mortality and morbidity among young adults in urban areas. We aimed to contribute to the epidemiological database of our country with regard to head traumas.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 954 patients older than 15 years with head trauma who were treated in the Neurosurgery Department of Samsun Mehmet Aydın Education and Research Hospital between January 2003 and June 2008.