Can Skin Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Submuscular Implant-Based Reconstruction Be a Better Choice in Treatment of Early-Stage Breast Cancer?

Objective: To discuss if skin sparing mastectomy (SSM) with immediate submuscular implant-based reconstruction (IBR) can be the preferred treatment in early-stage breast cancer.

Materials And Methods: Patients treated for clinical or early-stage invasive breast cancer with SSM and immediate submuscular IBR between October 2016 and October 2018 were retrospectively evaluated.

Results: Twenty-one cases were reviewed, of whom18 had two-stage and three had one-stage IBR.

Peritoneal dialysis for refractory heart failure: A single-center experience.

Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is a disease associated with poor quality of life. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) can be an alternative in the treatment of these patients to overcome fluid overload. The objective of this study is to observe the effects of PD in refractory HF patients.

Cinical Significance of Androgen Receptor, CK-5/6, KI-67 and Molecular Subtypes in Breast Cancer.

Objective: To detect the relationship between molecular subtypes of breast cancer with expressions of androgen receptor, cytokeratin 5/6 (CK5/6)and Ki-67.

Materials And Methods: Expressions of androgen receptor, CK-5/6 and Ki-67 were determined by immunohistochemistry in paraffin-embedded sections obtained from 86 invasive breast cancer cases of stages I/IIa/IIb in 4 molecular subtypes. Patients treated for recurrent disease and locally advanced disease were excluded.

Effects of hemoperitoneum on wound healing and fibrinolytic activity in colonic anastomosis.

Background: We aimed to test whether hemoperitoneum has adverse effects on colonic anastomosis healing by increasing fibrinolytic activity.

Methods: After colonic intersection and anastomosis, 20 Wistar Albino rats received intraabdominal injections of either 25 mg/kg blood (10, Group 1) or physiologic saline (10, Group 2). Anastomotic bursting pressures were measured after sacrifice on the fifth day.

Management of Patients with Granulomatous Mastitis: Analysis of 31 Cases.

BACKGROUND: Granulomatous mastitis is a benign recurrent disease. Accurate diagnosis is only by histopathology. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 31 cases with histological diagnosis were retrospectively analyzed.

Incremental value of magnetic resonance imaging for breast surgery planning.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on preoperative or intraoperative surgical planning.

Methods: One hundred and sixty females with breast cancer were enrolled in the study. The contribution of MRI compared to MMG and USG, their histopathological concordance, and their impact on surgical treatment were evaluated prospectively.

Predicting the likelihood of nonsentinel lymph node metastases in triple negative breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel lymph node: Turkish Federation of Breast Disease Associations protocol MF09-01.

Background: Triple negative (TN) tumor has a relatively high rate of recurrence and distant metastasis, but results of studies revealed that triple positive tumor is an independent predictor of axillary lymph node involvement. Our aim was to evaluate the frequency of nonsentinel lymph node metastasis (NSLNM) involvement in operable TN breast cancer with positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) and predicting the likelihood of NSLNM in this cohort of patients by using 4 different nomograms.

Methods: A total of 128 patients with TN and SLN(+) underwent complete axillary lymph node dissection in 14 different centers in Turkey.

Gastric duplication cyst in an adult.

Gastric duplication cyst which is a rare anomaly can also be observed in adulthood. Abdominal pain is the most common complaint in adults and most cases are discovered incidentally by radiological examination or gastric endoscopy. Preoperative diagnosis of gastric duplication is difficult and definitive diagnosis requires findings on laparatomy together with histopathological examination of the lesion.

Ectopic breast carcinoma.

A 47-year-old premenopausal woman had a swelling in right axilla which had been diagnosed as "ectopic breast tissue" with an incisional biopsy. A subcutaneous nodule appeared two years ago. The ectopic breast containing the mass was excised with axillary dissection.

Extended lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer: a single center experience in Istanbul.

Background/aims: Surgery is the only potentially curative treatment for gastric carcinoma. Western surgeons have recently performed extended operations while Japanese surgeons reported therapeutic value of extended lymphadenectomy (D2, D3) long before. We aimed to observe the benefits and hazards of this procedure.

A rare case of duodenal duplication treated surgically.

Duodenal duplication, a rare congenital malformation, can also be observed in adulthood. Although it can be cystic or tubular, communicating or non-communicating, cystic and non-communicating forms are the most common. Several complications, such as obstruction, bleeding, perforation and pancreatitis, may result.

Diagnostic value of plasminogen activity level in acute mesenteric ischemia.

Aim: To investigate the changes in plasminogen activity level during mesenteric ischemia.

Methods: We performed laparotomy in 90 female Wistar-Albino rats (average weight 230 g). In sham groups (SL) (Groups I and II) the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and vein (SMV) were explored, but not tied.