The importance of serum intestinal fatty acid-binding protein for the early diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia.

Background: Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI), although relatively rare, is an emergency condition with high mortality rates (60-80%) attributed to lack of early diagnosis. The aim of this experimental study was to observe the changes in serum intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) levels over time in the AMI model by ligating superior mesenteric artery (SMA) in rats and to compare with the serum I-FABP levels of the rats in the control group.

Methods: Twenty rats were randomly allocated into two groups as control and ischemia group.

Cyanoacrylate application on colonic anastomosis: is it safe or not?

Introduction: Major complications of colonic anastomosis include fistula, bleeding, and anastomotic stricture, and the most common one is anastomotic leakage. Many organic or inorganic tissue adhesives are being used such as fibrin glue or cyanoacrylate to strengthen or protect colonic anastomosis. Up to now, a great number of studies have been carried out to investigate the effects of these biomaterials.

Diagnostic Value of Hook Wire Localization Technique for Non-Palpable Breast Lesions.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of hook wire localization biopsy for non-palpable breast lesions which were detected by ultrasonography (USG) or mammography (MMG).

Methods: In this retrospective study, USG or MMG-guided hook wire localization technique was performed on 83 patients who had non-palpable breast lesions. Then histopathological examination was performed on surgically removed specimens.

Sacrococcygeal foreign body progressing with pilonidal sinus clinical picture: report of a case.

Background: Pilonidal sinus is a benign anorectal disease that is frequently seen in the sacrococcygeal area when a foreign body reaction develops after the invasion of hair follicles.

Objectives: Trauma in this region and clinical abscesses that recur after trauma due to foreign bodies are not frequently observed.

Case Report: This study presents the case of a patient with chronic leakage who had a history of three surgical procedures due to recurrent pilonidal abscesses and the presence of a foreign body in the sacrococcygeal area.

Rapunzel Syndrome Case Report: A 13-year-old Girl.

Bezoars are masses, which are commonly encountered in patients after stomach surgery or in those with psychiatric problems, formed by the accumulation of intraluminal nondigestible substances that can lead to obstruction of the stomach and the small intestine. The anatomical changes in the gastrointestinal tract are known to cause bezoar formation. In the absence of an anatomical change, psychiatric disorders such as trichotillomania may lead to the formation of trichobezoars in the stomach.

Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature.

Bezoar is defined as the accumulation of undigested foreign bodies or nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract. These foreign bodies can be hair (trichobezoar), fibers or seeds of vegetables and fruits (phytobezoar), or remnants of milk (lactobezoar) and stones (lithobezoar). Lithobezoar, the accumulation of stones in the digestive tract, is commonly seen in stomach.

The effect of fibrin glue on the intensity of colonic anastomosis in the presence and absence of peritonitis: an experimental randomized controlled trial on rats.

Aim. Anastomotic leakage after colon anastomosis is the most frequent and most feared complication with its highest mortality rate. In this study, we aimed to expose the impact of performing fibrin glue on sutured colocolic anastomosis, in the presence of experimental peritonitis, on anastomosis safety.