Tigecycline-Associated Hepatic Steatosis After Liver Transplant: A Case Report.

Tigecycline is a parenteral glycycline antibiotic that is used to treat severe infections caused by susceptible organisms, butitis also associated with hepatotoxicity. We present 2 similar patients with hepatic steatosis possibly associated with early tigecycline after transplant. In the first case, a 61-year-old woman underwent liver transplant for acute severe hepatitis; 6 days posttransplant, because of nonroutine resistant fever, the patient received tigecycline combined with daptomycin.

The effect of conventional radiofrequency thermocoagulation of femoral and obturator nerves' articular branches on chronic hip pain: a prospective clinical study.

Background: Chronic hip pain is one of the most common and difficult-to-treat causes of disability. Our study's primary aim was to investigate the effects of ultrasound and fluoroscopy-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation of the femoral and obturator nerve articular branches on chronic hip pain, and the secondary aim was to determine its effects on hip function and quality of life.

Methods: Fifty-three patients with hip pain lasting more than three months were enrolled in the study.

Multidrug-Resistant Infections After Liver Transplantation, Etiology and Risk Factors: A Single-Center Experience.

Objectives: Patients undergoing liver transplant are at an increased risk of morbidity and mortality due to the development of infections. We aimed to evaluate the risk factors affecting the incidence of infectious diseases after liver transplant and to present the epidemiological data.

Materials And Methods: We investigated patients aged ≥18 years who underwent liver transplant between 2012 and 2020 at our center.

A comparison of the effects of thoracolumbar interfascial plane (TLIP) block and erector spinae plane (ESP) block in postoperative acute pain in spinal surgery.

Purpose: Spinal surgeries are a very painful procedure. New regional techniques for postoperative pain management are being considered. The present study aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that the ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane (ESP) block would lead to lower opioid consumption compared to the thoracolumbar interfascial plane (TLIP) block after lumbar disk surgery.

Time-related variations in viability of random pattern skin flaps: An experimental study in rats.

Chronobiological variations are in the fabric of life. The first ideas regarding the possible effects of circadian rhythm on surgical outcomes were published in the early 2000s. Some studies support and oppose this idea.

The Impact of CoronaVac Vaccination on 28-day Mortality Rate of Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 in Türkiye.

Background: Vaccines against coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) have been effective in preventing symptomatic diseases, hospitalizations, and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. However, data regarding the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in reducing mortality among critically ill patients with COVID-19 remains unclear.

Aims: To determine the vaccination status and investigate the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine on the 28-day mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Comparison of radiological and clinical results of knee intra-articular injections with two ultrasonography-guided approach techniques: A randomized controlled study.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological results of intra-articular injections performed with two different ultrasound-guided approaches in knee osteoarthritis.

Patients And Methods: The randomized controlled study was conducted on 80 knees of 40 patients (9 males, 31 females; mean age: 63.6±8.

Biliary Complications in Living Liver Donors After Donor Hepatectomy: A Single-Center Experience.

Objectives: The most frequent postoperative morbidity following living donor liver transplant is biliary complications, which can happen for both anatomical and procedural reasons.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 104 patients who were living liver donors undergoing hepatectomy from January 2011 to April 2022. We evaluated all perioperative finding such as age, sex, remnant liver volume, biliary anatomy, theduration of operation time and hospitalization, and blood loss.

Effect of Pretransplant Sarcopenia on Mortality in Liver Transplant Recipients.

Objectives: Sarcopenia is an important metabolic disorder associated with end-stage liver disease and is an independent predictor of mortality in liver transplant candidates. We evaluated effects of pretransplant muscle mass, muscle quality, and visceral adipose tissue on mortality after liver transplant.

Materials And Methods: For 2015-2020, we included 65 liver transplant recipients whose records contained pretransplant liver computed tomography images.

COVID-19 infection frequency and clinical course in patients with liver transplantation: Results of a single transplant center in Türkiye.

Objectives: In this paper, it was tried to determine the incidence of COVID-19, course of the disease, and mortality rate in liver transplant patients by evaluating all patients operated on in our center. In addition, the results of liver transplantation performed in our center during the pandemic period were also presented.

Material And Methods: All patients who had undergone liver transplantation in our liver transplant center were questioned about their history of COVID-19 either at their routine controls in the clinic or by phone interview.

Rare hepatocellular carcinoma presentation: Hepatoportal sclerosis.

Hepatoportal sclerosis (HPS) is an idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH) characterized by hypersplenism, portal hypertension, and splenomegaly. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of liver cancer. Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension is an extremely rare cause of HCC.

Evaluation of the effectiveness duration of peripheral blocks applied with high concentration local anesthetic and steroid in trigeminal neuralgia.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness duration of the peripheral blocks applied with high concentration local anesthetic and steroid in trigeminal neuralgia.

Methods: The data of 48 patients (nine patients received medical treatment and 39 patients underwent interventional procedure for peripheral block and Gasser ganglion radiofrequency thermocoagulation [RFT]) were analyzed retrospectively. The medications used by patients, pre-operative and post-operative visual analog scale scores who underwent interventional procedures, and duration for effectiveness of the procedure were evaluated with 36 months follow-up.

Spinal cord stimulator for the treatment of ischemic pain-Burger's disease and Raynaud's disease: A report of two cases and literature review.

Ischemic pain is the main symptom of a group of diseases that result in inadequate blood flow to the extremities and ischemia. In this symptomatology, two major diseases are distinguished: Critical vascular disease and Raynaud's phenomenon. Critical vascular disease background of atherosclerosis caused by diabetes mellitus or hypertension.

Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Similar Morbidity and No Mortality in the Learning Period.

Objectives: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is one of the most challenging operations in gastrointestinal system due to the difficulty of dissection areas and the need for complex reconstruction. The aim of this study is to compare the morbidity, post-operative pancreatic fistula (POPF), and mortality rates of the cases we have from the learning period for minimally invasive PD and our previous open PD cases with similar fistula risk scores (FRSs).

Methods: Patients with similar age, ASA score, pre-operative drainage, and FRS were included in the study.

Efficacy of Combined Dorsal Root Ganglion Pulsed Radiofrequency and Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection on Radicular Neck Pain.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined transforaminal anterior epidural steroid injection (TAESI) and dorsal root ganglion pulsed radiofrequency (DRG-PRF) therapy on the radicular neck pain.

Material And Methods: The results of 84 patients with cervical radicular pain who underwent combined DRG-PRF and TAESI under fluoroscopy were evaluated retrospectively. Primer outcome is the pain measurements of the patients before and after the procedure at the 1 < sup > st < /sup > , 3 < sup > rd < /sup > , and 6 < sup > th < /sup > months were evaluated with the Verbal Pain Scale (VPS).

Neurological disorders in liver transplantation.

Background And Purpose: Liver transplantation is the only curative treatment in patients with end-stage liver failure. It has been associated with neurological disorders more frequently than other solid organ transplantations. We aimed to detect neurological disorders in liver transplantation patients and determine those that affect mortality.

Investigating Whether the Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Higher in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience.

Objectives: Liver transplant recipients have been reported to be a high-risk population for severe disease from COVID-19 infection. In this crosssectional, single-center study, we investigated whether liver transplant increased the risk of death and severe disease in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Materials And Methods: We collected data and serum anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G results of 91 liver transplant recipients seen from September 2020 to March 2021.

Impact of urinary incontinence on anxiety status during pregnancy: A prospective case-control study.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of the presence and severity of urinary incontinence (UI) on pregnancy-related anxiety.

Study Design: This prospective case-control study included 160 pregnant women. Pregnant women with UI (n = 80) were compared with continent pregnant women (n = 80; control group) in terms of scores on the Incontinence Consultation Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) and the Pregnancy-related Anxiety Questionnaire-Revised 2 (PRAQ-R2) scale.

Biliary Stenting Prior to Pancreaticoduodenectomy and its Effects on Postoperative Outcome. Twenty Years of Experience with 805 Patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential effects of biliary drainage before pancreaticoduodenectomy on postoperative outcomes.

Methods: This study was conducted retrospectively on data from 820 cases of pancreaticoduodenectomy performed in the Gastrointestinal Surgery Department of Ankara City Hospital between April 1999 and August 2019. Twenty years of collected patient data were re-examined and 805 patients were divided into two groups as those who underwent preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) and those who did not (non-PBD).

Facet Median Branch Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation Treatment at Different Temperatures and Durations in Patients with Lumbar Facet Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Study.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of various temperatures and durations of radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT) for the treatment of low back pain that is caused by facet joints.

Material And Methods: This is a randomized controlled, double-blind study. Patients diagnosed with facet syndrome were randomly divided into three groups.

Primary anorectal malignant melanomas: retrospective analysis of 11 cases in a single center.

Objectives: Anorectal malignant melanoma is a rare tumor with poor prognosis. In this study, it was aimed to present our surgical results by reviewing the literature retrospectively in 11 patients who underwent surgery for ARMM in our clinic.

Material And Methods: The patients who underwent surgery for anorectal malignant melanoma in Yuksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital between 2007-2018 were included in the study.

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome after caudal epidural steroid ınjection: A case report.

Background: Caudal epidural injections are easy, effective, and safe methods and are good options for patients with low back pain and radicular lower extremity pain. Although various complications related to the technique of the procedure or the drugs used in the procedure have been described, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) has not yet been defined for this intervention.

Case: In this case report, we describe a case of PRES, which we supported with MRI findings in our patient who developed convulsions, changes in consciousness, and vision loss after being administered with caudal epidural steroid, and whose imaging findings regressed with the regression of clinical symptoms during the treatment process.

How can surgical continuity be maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic? A quality improvement study in the pre-vaccination period.

Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the elective surgeries had to be postponed. However, it is not possible to delay the surgical treat- ment of cancer patients for a long time. The aim of this study was to present how gastrointestinal system surgery operations are managed without delay and how employee safety is ensured , together with the results of the last five months.

Intravascular escape during lumbar transforaminal anterior epidural steroid injection: A retrospective study.

Objectives: Demonstrate of accidental intravascular injection during lumbar transforaminal anterior epidural steroid injection (TAESI) performed with three-dimensional imaging angiography (3DIA) and fluoroscopy.

Methods: We assessed 20 (9 males and 11 females) patients (with a total of 40 levels) whose images were received with simultaneously 3DIA and fluoroscopy-guided TAESI between January 2016 and September 2016 as retrospective. Injections were carried out in the lumbar fourth intervertebral space bilaterally and performed in the same way all of the cases.