Median nerve entrapment in an adolescent medial epicondyle fracture of humerus: A case report.

A 14-year-old boy with a displaced medial epicondyle fracture without elbow dislocation was found to have an entrapped median nerve. Entrapment of the median nerve is a potential consequence of a displaced medial epicondyle fracture, even when there are no neu-rologic deficits on presentation. This provides additional support for the open reduction of these fractures rather than percutaneous treatment or non-operative management.

Outcome of Corticosteroid Injections, Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, and Radiofrequency Thermal Lesioning for Chronic Plantar Fasciitis.

Background: Chronic heel pain with plantar fasciitis is relatively common and can affect adults of all ages regardless of an active or sedentary lifestyle. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of corticosteroid injection (CSI), extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), and radiofrequency thermal lesioning (RTL) treatments in chronic plantar heel pain that has been unresponsive to other conservative treatments.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the results of 217 patients treated with CSI ( = 73), ESWT ( = 75), and RTL ( = 69).

Effects of Graft Selection in Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Midterm Functional Results.

Objectives: This study is a comparison of the midterm clinical results of patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using an allograft and those who had an autograft procedure.

Methods: The results of 70 patients who underwent ACL reconstruction with an anterior tibial tendon (ATT) allograft (n=18) or a hamstring (HT) autograft (n=52) were evaluated retrospectively. At the last follow-up, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) and Tegner-Lysholm scores were used to assess functional status, as well as results of the Lachman test, the anterior drawer test, and the pivot-shift test.

Survey on the surgical skills of orthopedics and traumatology residents from accredited and nonaccredited institutions in İstanbul.

Objective: To investigate whether orthopedic and traumatology residents who are undergoing training achieve competence in surgical techniques after completion of their specialization and to determine whether there are significant differences between the responses of residents from accredited and nonaccredited institutions.

Methods: A total of 131 orthopedics and traumatology residents from nine institutions in the İstanbul province answered the questionnaire during the morning training meeting. In addition to basic demographic data, level of seniority, equipment competence, and theoretical and practical training, the residents were asked about their opinion on what type of surgeries they could perform after their specialization, considering the surgery and follow-up of the case as well as the complications occurring during this period.

Randomized Trial Comparing Resection of Primary Tumor with No Surgery in Stage IV Breast Cancer at Presentation: Protocol MF07-01.

Background: The MF07-01 trial is a multicenter, phase III, randomized, controlled study comparing locoregional treatment (LRT) followed by systemic therapy (ST) with ST alone for treatment-naïve stage IV breast cancer (BC) patients.

Methods: At initial diagnosis, patients were randomized 1:1 to either the LRT or ST group. All the patients were given ST either immediately after randomization or after surgical resection of the intact primary tumor.

Effects of Zoledronate on Mortality and Morbidity after Surgical Treatment of Hip Fractures.

We aimed to evaluate the effects of intertrochanteric femoral fractures on mortality, morbidity, and cost of zoledronate treatment in elderly patients treated by osteosynthesis. Based on Evans classification, 114 patients with unstable intertrochanteric femoral fractures were treated with osteosynthesis. After the surgical treatment of intertrochanteric fractures, the treatment group (M/F, 24/32; mean age, 76.

Effect of 3-aminobenzamide on perforation an experimental colitis model.

Background/aims: The anti-inflammatory activity of 3-aminobenzamide (3-AB) has been shown via histopathology and immunohistochemistry in various colitis models. We aimed to study the effects of 3-AB on tissue mechanical endurance and, associatively, preventing perforation in colitis.

Materials And Methods: Thirty male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into three groups.

Ipsilateral olecranon and distal radius fracture: A case report.

Introduction: Concomitant ipsilateral olecranon and distal radius fracture are rare injuries. Their clinical presentation is unusual and investigation and management is poorly described.

Presentation Of Case: We present a 55-year-old woman patient who fell off sustaining a concomitant distal radius and olecranon fracture in the same extremity.

Factors affecting mortality after hip fracture surgery: a retrospective analysis of 578 patients.

Purpose: To determine the effect of patient and surgical factors on mortality after hip fracture surgery.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Level-one trauma and tertiary referral centers.

Effects of infliximab on bacterial translocation in experimental acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

Background & Objectives: Translocation of bacteria from the gut is an important factor in the development of septic complications and mortality in acute pancreatitis (AP). The present study was designed to assess the effects of infliximab treatment on bacterial translocation (BT) in experimental acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=45) were allocated into three groups.

The relation between preoperative ultrasonographic thyroid volume analysis and thyroidectomy complications.

Objective: To determine the relation between thyroid volume (ThV) and thyroidectomy complications using preoperative ultrasound and ellipsoid volumetric analysis in Turkish patients.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study included a total of 500 patients (401 females = 80.2% and 99 males = 19.

The comparison of pulmonary functions in open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Objective: To examine respiratory functions of patients after open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy and to compare the advantages.

Methods: Fifty five cases with cholelithiasis subjected to elective cholescystectomy were studied. The patients were divided into two groups.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly patients.

Aim: In this study, we hypothesize that LC is a safe procedure in a non-laparoscopic specialized general surgery unit in a teaching hospital.

Patients And Methods: We evaluated retrospectively the data of 286 patients that had symptomatic cholelithiasis and were operated on with LC.

Results And Conclusion: Fifty-four (18.

The effectiveness of early rehabilitation in patients with modified radical mastectomy.

The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the effects of early onset rehabilitation program on shoulder mobility, functional status, lymphedema, and the incidence of postoperative complications in patients who had modified radical mastectomy. Fifty-seven women were randomly assigned to either treatment group or home exercise program groups, which were consisted of 27 and 30 patients, respectively. After removal of the drains, the patients were instructed to 15 sessions of individual rehabilitation program and continued with home-based physical activity program.

Ultrasonic harmonic scalpel in total thyroidectomies.

Introduction: Haemostasis is very important in thyroid surgery. In conventional surgery, electrocoagulation and suture ligation are used for haemostasis; newer techniques include vessel clips, ultrasonic instruments and lasers. The aim of this prospective study was to compare the usage of the ultrasonic harmonic scalpel (UHS) with conventional procedures, in total thyroidectomies, for operation time, blood loss, usage of drain, cost, length of hospitalisation and complications.

The protective effect of ethyl pyruvate on lung injury after burn in rats.

Objective: To investigate the effects of administered ethyl pyruvate (EP), a novel anti-inflammatory agent, on oxidoinflammatory and apoptotic pathways in the lung tissue of rats in a full-thickness burn model.

Methods: The study took place in Ankara Research and Training Hospital Animal Laboratory, Turkey in June 2006. Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into 4 groups in equal numbers as sham, burn, sham+EP, and burn+EP.

The effect of ethyl pyruvate on oxidative stress in intestine and bacterial translocation after thermal injury.

Background: Thermal injury causes a breakdown in the intestinal mucosal barrier due to ischemia reperfusion injury, which can induce bacterial translocation (BT), sepsis, and multiple organ failure in burn patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ethyl pyruvate (EP) on intestinal oxidant damage and BT in burn injury.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into four groups.

Factors affecting mortality and morbidity in patients with peptic ulcer perforation.

Background And Aim: With the introduction of H2 receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors, the incidence of elective surgery for peptic ulcer (PU) diseases has decreased, although complications of PU such as perforation and bleeding have remained fairly constant. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors that predict morbidity and mortality in patients with perforated PU.

Methods: The records of 269 patients who were operated on for perforated PU were reviewed retrospectively.

The role of serum inflammatory markers in acute appendicitis and their success in preventing negative laparotomy.

Improving the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in order to prevent unnecessary surgery is crucial. This study was intended to identify the role of serum inflammatory markers in patients with preliminary diagnosis of acute appendicitis with a retrospective design. Eighty-five patients with the preliminary diagnosis of acute appendicitis were recruited in this study within the period of November-December 2003.

Fournier gangrene. Approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

Objective: To investigate the factors associated with patients with Fournier's gangrene, and to clarify the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) as a comorbid disease on morbidity and mortality of patients with Fournier's gangrene.

Methods: Twenty-six Fournier's gangrene patients who were admitted to the Emergency Department of Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey from 1997 to 2003 were examined retrospectively.

Results: The mean age of the patients was 52.

Are pretreatment serum albumin and cholesterol levels prognostic tools in patients with colorectal carcinoma?

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine if pretreatment serum albumin and cholesterol levels are prognostic factors in patients with colorectal carcinomas.

Material/methods: Ninety-nine patients with colorectal carcinoma were included in this study. Retrospective data analysis included the clinicopathological parameters of age and gender; emergent surgical intervention; stage at presentation; tumor location, size, and differentiation; lymph node metastases; lymphatic, venous and perineural invasion; preoperative serum albumin, cholesterol, hemoglobin, and CEA levels; the presence of preoperative and postoperative metastases; and tumor recurrence.

Prognostic significance of mucin expression in gastric carcinoma.

In patients with gastric carcinomas, the role of the alteration of mucin expression in overall survival has been a matter of some speculation, but few studies have been reported. The aim of our study was to determine the relationship between MUC1, MUC2, and MUC5AC expression and patient survival, with a secondary aim designed to investigate the alteration of MUC expression within various clinicopathologic parameters. Forty-four specimens from gastric carcinoma patients were immunohistochemically evaluated using the monoclonal antibodies for MUC1 (EMA, clone E29), MUC2 (CCP58), and MUC5AC (human gastric mucin, clone 45M1).

The relationship between prognostic factors of breast cancer and thyroid disorders in Turkish women.

Background: Breast carcinoma is a frequent disease that affects the female population. As for other malignant diseases, several studies have been carried out in an attempt to identify its etiology, yet the etiological agent has not been clearly defined. The etiological relationship between thyroid disease and breast cancer is still being investigated.

A confirmatory report for the close interaction of Helicobacter pylori with gastric epithelial MUC5AC expression.

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is associated with the development of gastritis and peptic ulcer and is presumed to be a risk factor for low-grade B-cell lymphoma and gastric cancer. H.