Publications by authors named "Ozan Kucuk"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the impact of surgical resection on gastric cancer patients classified as curable preoperatively but found to have advanced disease during surgery.
- A retrospective analysis of 264 surgical patients identified 79 who were diagnosed with advanced cancer intraoperatively, leading to the formation of two groups: those who underwent resection and those who did not.
- Results showed a significant difference in median overall survival between the two groups (5 months for resection vs. 1.7 months for no resection), highlighting factors such as age, type of surgery, and chemotherapy as key prognostic indicators for better outcomes.
Bleeding of parastomal varices is an unusual complication of portal hypertension. We report a case with recurrent parastomal variceal bleeding who had chronic liver disease secondary to autoimmune hepatitis and who had undergone abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer. She presented four episodes of parastomal variceal bleeding in one month and was successfully treated with combined polidocanol and cyanoacrylate glue.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparison of the electrothermal vessel-sealing system versus endoclip in laparoscopic appendectomy.
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A
June 2009
Background: Various techniques have been used for the division of mesoappendix, such as endoloops, endoscopic linear cutting staplers, an electrothermal vessel-sealing system (LigaSure), the Harmonic Scalpel, clips, and bipolar coagulation. In the present study, LigaSure and an endoclip were compared in laparoscopic appendectomy (LA).
Materials And Methods: This study included patients who underwent LA for acute appendicitis at Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Emergency Unit (Istanbul, Turkey) between May 2003 and April 2007.