The Fabrication of Poly(-caprolactone)-Poly(ethylene oxide) Sandwich Type Nanofibers Containing Sericin-Capped Silver Nanoparticles as an Antibacterial Wound Dressing.

In this study, antibacterial, synthetic poly(-caprolactone)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PCL-PEO) multilayer nanofibers were produced by an electrospinning method. The material was synthesized in 3 layers. The upper-lower protective layers were produced by PCL nanofibers and the intermediate layer was produced from PEO nanofiber containing sericin-capped silver nanoparticles (S-AgNPs).

Production and characterization of bactericidal wound dressing material based on gelatin nanofiber.

Gelatin is a biocompatible and biodegradable natural polymer obtained by collagen. Gelatin nanofibers meet all the necessary requirements when used as wound dressing material. However, their lack of antimicrobial properties limits their use.

Improvement of bioethanol productivity of immobilized Saccharomyces bayanus with using sodium alginate-graft-poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) matrix.

In this study, immobilization conditions and bioethanol production characteristics of immobilized Saccharomyces bayanus were investigated into sodium alginate-graft-poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone; NaAlg-g-PVP) matrix. The matrix that crosslinked with calcium clorid was used for immobilization of S. bayanus.

Effect of the subdermal contraceptive etonogestrel implant (Implanon) on biochemical and hormonal parameters (three years follow-up).

Objective: To determine whether the use of the subdermal contraceptive implant releasing etonogestrel (Implanon) affects serum hormonal and biochemical indices.

Methods: Seventy women with a mean age of 28.5+/-3.

Rapid prenatal diagnosis of common aneuploidies in amniotic fluid using quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction.

Background/aims: Quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) is a successful prenatal diagnostic method which has been regularly used for the diagnosis of common chromosomal abnormalities in recent years. This method provides diagnosis of common aneuploidies in a few hours after sampling with a high throughput, very low error rates and low cost.

Methods: In this study, 576 amniotic fluid samples were analyzed for trisomies 13, 18, and 21 and sex chromosome aneuploidies using different commercial QF-PCR kits (ChromoQuant version 1, Aneufast, ChromoQuant version 2).

Comparison of the long-term histopathologic and morphologic changes after endometrial rollerball ablation and resection: a prospective randomized trial.

Study Objective: To compare long-term histologic features of endometrial rollerball ablation versus resection.

Design: Randomized clinical trial (Canadian Task Force classification I).

Setting: Akdeniz University School of Medicine.

The predictors of retained products of conception following first-trimester pregnancy termination with manual vacuum aspiration.

Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with retained products of conception (RPC) following first-trimester pregnancy termination with manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).

Methods: We analyzed 1623 patients who underwent MVA during the first 9 weeks of their pregnancies in SSK Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital Department of Family Planning in between February 2001 and January 2004.

Results: A total of 81 patients (5%) had RPC after MVA.

Comparison of the clinical efficacy of flutamide and spironolactone plus Diane 35 in the treatment of idiopathic hirsutism: a randomized controlled study.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of flutamide and spironolactone plus Diane 35 in the treatment of idiopathic hirsutism (IH).

Design: Prospective randomized clinical study.

Setting: Social Security Agency, Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital, Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, a tertiary referral center.

Prothrombin G20210A mutation in cases with recurrent miscarriage: a study of the mediterranean population.

Background: Thrombophilic predisposition may be one of the underlying causes of recurrent miscariage (RM). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Prothrombin G20210A mutation in cases with history of RM.

Material And Methods: A total of 104 cases, 55 with diagnosis of RM and 49 control cases, were included in this controlled study.

Reproductive and obstetric characteristics of adolescent pregnancies in Turkish women.

Objective: To evaluate reproductive and obstetric characteristics of adolescent pregnancies in Turkish population.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Social Security Agency (SSK) Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital (tertiary referral center).

Necrotizing fasciitis after abdominal hysterectomy: a report on five cases.

Necrotizing fasciitis, a severe soft tissue infection, was first described 80 years ago. It occurs rarely in obstetric and gynecology practice. We reviewed medical records of 2,894 women who had underwent an abdominal hysterectomy at the Social Security Agency Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital between 2001 and 2005, and identified 5 (0.

Comparison of pituitary-ovarian function in patients who have undergone successful renal transplantation and healthy women.

Twenty-eight renal transplantation patients, aged 19-35 years, and 30 healthy women of reproductive age were enrolled into the study. Analyses revealed significant differences between study and control groups' midluteal serum P levels and between study and control groups' serum PRL levels. Although most renal transplantation patients have plasma estrogen and gonadotropin levels similar to those in healthy women, several problems, such as luteal phase defect, might affect transplant recipients.

Ovarian cysts in tamoxifen-treated women with breast cancer.

Objective: The objective of this study was to detect any ovarian changes in tamoxifen-treated breast cancer patients.

Methods: In all, 51 patients with breast cancer were enrolled in the study, which was conducted in the SSK (Social Security Agency) Aegean Maternity Hospital between January 1999 and December 2002. The patients' demographic and medical data were reviewed.

Adenosarcoma of the uterus: a case report.

Adenosarcomas of the uterus are very rarely observed and diagnosed. In this report, we present a case of a uterine adenosarcoma that was diagnosed in February 2002.

Comparison of Gram stain and Pap smear procedures in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of Gram stain versus Pap smear in diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV).

Methods: One-thousand and sixty women were enrolled in this study. All cases with symptoms of BV were determined by Amsel's criteria, which were accepted as the gold standard for diagnosis of BV.

Comparison of the clinical efficacy and safety of flutamide versus flutamide plus an oral contraceptive in the treatment of hirsutism.

Objective: To compare the clinical, hormonal, biochemical and hemotological effects of flutamide versus flutamide plus an oral contraceptive (OC) in the treatment of hirsutism.

Patients: Eighty-four women with hirsutism were equally randomized to receive either flutamide or flutamide plus OC.

Design: Eighty-four women with hirsutism were recruited from patients presenting to our hospital.

Long-term histopathologic and morphologic changes after thermal endometrial ablation.

Study Objective: To outline long-term histologic features of endometrial ablation.

Design: Prospective longitudinal study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).

Setting: Tertiary-care teaching hospital.