Long-term protective effects of the combination of intermittent reperfusion and hypothermia on reperfusion injury in an experimental testicular torsion model.

Introduction: There are many significantfactors in testicular injury which determine the prognosis in testicular torsion. Reperfusion injury following detorsion also has a significant effect on testicular injury.This study was planned considering that with the implementation of intermittent reperfusion and hypothermia, reperfusion injury can be reduced, and such an application might have a positive effect on testicular tissue in the long term.

-Effects of Local Anesthetics on Smooth Muscle Tissue in Rat Trachea: An In Vitro Study.

Objectives: We evaluated the muscle responses of rat trachea to LA drugs, such as lidocaine and prilocaine, in terms of airway spasms.

Materials And Methods: A total of 16 male rats were used. After ketamine anesthesia, the tracheal ring of each rat was removed and placed in the organ bath in the Krebs solution.

The long-term protective effect of hypothermia and gradual detorsion on ovarian tissue in adnexal torsion/detorsion model in rats.

Introduction: Ischemia in ovarian torsion and subsequent reperfusion has significant effects on fertility in the long term. The most important reason for these changes is thought to be a reperfusion injury rather than ischemia. We aimed to evaluate whether the reperfusion injury following ovarian detorsion could be reduced by hypothermia and intermittent reperfusion.

Comparison of the effects of intermittent reperfusion and hypothermia in preventing testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury in the testicular torsion model in rats.

Introduction: Reperfusion injury after detorsion in testicular torsion is a clinical problem. This study was planned to investigate the protective effect of intermittent reperfusion in hypothermia-applied testicles.

Materials And Methods: A total of 40 adult male rats were used, and 5 groups were created: sham (Sh; n = 8), torsion (T; torsion-detorsion) (n = 8), intermittent reperfusion (IR; n = 8), hypothermia (H; n = 8), and intermittent reperfusion+hypothermia (H+IR; n = 8).

Short-interval postconditioning protects the bowel against ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Objective Acute mesenteric ischaemia leads to intestinal damage. Restoration of blood flow results in further damage to tissue, which is called reperfusion injury. This study aimed to investigate the protective effects of short-interval postconditioning and to determine the optimal interval for reperfusion in an experimental rat model of intestinal ischaemia.

Does gradual detorsion protect the ovary against ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats?

Aim: Adnexal torsion is an infrequent and serious gynecologic surgical emergency. Adnexal torsion may result from pre-existing tubal or ovarian pathology or hyperstimulation of the ovary during ovulation. Early diagnosis and emergency surgical treatment (detorsion) are important to preserve fertility and to prevent peritonitis or loss of the adnexa.

The long-term protective effects of short-interval postconditioning in testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Aim: Even with prompt diagnosis and treatment, testicular torsion may lead to infertility and atrophy after testicular salvage. The aims of this study were to investigate the long-term protective effects of short-interval postconditioning on testicular atrophy and to optimize the reperfusion period.

Materials And Methods: Forty adult male rats were divided into 5 subgroups: sham operated; torsion + detorsion; torsion + postconditioning, 5 seconds (PC5); torsion + postconditioning, 10 seconds; and torsion + postconditioning, 20 seconds.

The effects of short-interval postconditioning in preventing testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Aim: Testicular torsion can lead to testicular damage. During reperfusion, tissue damage is more severe. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect of short-interval postconditioning and determine the optimal time of reperfusion for postconditioning.

Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in the diagnosis of childhood appendicitis.

Total leukocyte count (TLC) and neutrophil count are not reliable parameters in the diagnosis of appendicitis in children, necessitating a search for more sensitive criteria. This study's goal was to investigate the diagnostic value of neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio in childhood appendicitis. The patients admitted for acute abdominal symptoms were reviewed retrospectively.

The protective effect of dexpanthenol on testicular atrophy at 60th day following experimental testicular torsion.

Despite the prompt diagnosis and treatment of testicular torsion (TT), there are problems with fertility and atrophy after testicular salvage. Dexpanthenol (Dxp) is the biologically active alcohol of pantothenic acid (PA). Dxp is converted to PA in tissues.

Dexpanthenol attenuates lipid peroxidation and testicular damage at experimental ischemia and reperfusion injury.

Prevention of tissue damage after testicular torsion caused by I/R injury is still a clinical and experimental problem. There are many experimental studies made with several chemicals in the literature for decreasing the effect of reactive oxygen species after ischemia and reperfusion. Dexpanthenol (Dxp) is the biologically active alcohol of pantothenic acid.

Anomalous congenital band: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction and failure to thrive.

Intestinal obstruction caused by an anomalous congenital band is very rare in adults and children. A 7-year-old boy was admitted with acute intestinal obstruction. His parents mentioned that the child always had mild abdominal distention and failure to thrive from his infancy.

Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty for abortive hypospadiac urethral duplication.

Urethral duplication is among the rarest congenital anomalies and is characterized by two urethral canals. The urethral canals are most commonly located in the sagittal plane. We present a case of abortive hypospadiac urethral duplication and its surgical management with tubularized incised plate urethroplasty.

The study of expanded tri-lobed flap in a rabbit model: possible flap model in ear reconstruction?

Background: Local flaps are widely used in reconstructive surgery. Tri-lobed skin flap is a relatively new flap and there has been no experimental model of this flap. This flap can be used for repair of full thickness defects in the face, ears and alar region.

Comparison of double vertical incision with various tubularization techniques and its clinical application.

Introduction: Tubularization is one of the indispensable practices of reconstructive surgery, especially in the repair of hypospadias. In all procedures of forming a tube, the desired diameter should be reached without any complication.

Materials And Methods: We used as a new technique, 'double vertical incision', in 8 rabbits and compared it with free skin graft, local flap and single vertical incision.

A very late onset urethral fistula coexisting with skin bridge after neonatal circumcision: a case report.

Complications of neonatal circumcision are generally minor and occur early; a few reports exist on the late or serious kind. The authors describe a case of urethrocutaneous fistula occurring 13 years postcircumcision. The patient also had a skin bridge, another late complication of circumcision.

Nontraumatic myositis ossificans with an unusual location: case report.

Myositis ossificans is a pathologic entity rarely met, but still it must be kept in mind in differential diagnosis of a tender soft tissue swelling. The authors present an 8-year old boy with nontraumatic myositis ossificans circumscripta in the left paravertebral muscle. In diagnostic workup, ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT)-scan showed a well marginated, regular, ossified mass in the paravertebral muscle, but we were not able to exclude malignancy on the clinical grounds.