Impact of The Method of Diagnosis on The Stage of Breast Carcinoma.

Objective: Screening mammography is recommended to women at a certain age to achieve an early diagnosis. The purpose of this study is to find out how breast carcinoma was diagnosed and the impact of the method of diagnosis on the stage of the tumor.

Materials And Methods: In this study, 903 operated breast cancer patients, between 2010-2016, in a large volume Marmara University Istanbul Pendik Education and Research Hospital were analyzed retrospectively.

Retained abdominal gallstones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a systematic review.

Aim: The aim of this study is to make a systematic review of high-quality published trails regarding the complications of retained gallstones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelitiasis.

Materials And Methods: Medline search from 1987 to 2013 was done. Nine studies with >500 LCs which reported retained gallstones and perforated gallbladders were analyzed systematically.

Surgeon behavior and knowledge on hand scrub and skin antisepsis in the operating room.

Background: Surgical site infections adversely affect patients' well-being. In this study, hand-washing details and adherence to surgical site antisepsis applications among surgical staff were observed and recorded. Then, a questionnaire was given to test surgeons' theoretical knowledge on operating room principles.

Gallstones and Concomitant Gastric Helicobacter pylori Infection.

Background. The association of gallstones with Helicobacter pylori has been investigated but not clearly demonstrated. In this study, the presence of H.

Whey protein versus whey protein hydrolyzate for the protection of azoxymethane and dextran sodium sulfate induced colonic tumors in rats.

Recent studies have shown that whey protein has many useful effects including its anti-cancer effect. In this study we have compared the protective effect of dietary whey protein with whey protein hydrolyzate against azoxymethane and dextran sodium sulfate induced colon cancer in rats. We used a rat model of the colon cancer induced by administration of azoxymethane followed by repeated dextran sodium sulfate ingestion which causes multiple tumor development.

Dietary whey supplementation in experimental models of wound healing.

Whey is a dairy product containing milk serum proteins with diverse biological effects. In this study, the effect of dietary whey supplementation on wound healing was investigated. Rats were fed a standard or whey-supplemented diet for three weeks.

Enterostomy site hernias: a clinical and computerized tomographic evaluation.

Purpose: Parastomal hernia continues to be an important clinical problem with a reported incidence of up to 50 percent. In studies using computerized tomography in selected cases for detection of parastomal hernia, physical examination alone was underestimating the true incidence. Also after closure of the enterostomy, the ostomy site could still be a potential area of herniation.

Safe Veress needle insertion.

Background/purpose: For laparoscopic surgery, the creation of pneumoperitoneum still remains a must. The insertion of a Veress needle or a trocar is never perfectly safe, and almost every kind of intraabdominal organ injury due to these insertions has been reported worldwide. Here, we describe a safe technique for creating pneumoperitoneum.

Whey feeding suppresses the measurement of oxidative stress in experimental burn injury.

Purpose: Burns cause thermal injury to local tissue and trigger systemic acute inflammatory processes, which may lead to multiple distant organ dysfunction. We investigated the protective effect of dietary whey supplementation on distant organs in a rat model.

Methods: Forty-eight rats were divided into six groups of eight: groups 1 and 2 were the controls, fed a standard diet and a whey-supplemented diet, respectively; groups 3 and 4 were fed a standard diet and subjected to burn injury; and groups 5 and 6 were fed a whey-supplemented diet and subjected to burn injury.

Use of resterilized polypropylene mesh in inguinal hernia repair: a prospective, randomized study.

Background: Inguinal hernia repair consumes considerable health-care resources worldwide. Open mesh repairs are commonly used and the feasibility of using a resterilized mesh, which is a general practice in certain countries, has not been evaluated.

Study Design: In this randomized prospective study, original and resterilized meshes were used in two groups of patients with unilateral inguinal hernia.

Early prediction of normocalcemia after thyroid surgery.

Hypocalcemia is the principal factor that determines length of hospital stay after thyroid surgery. Seventy-nine patients who underwent thyroidectomy were prospectively evaluated in order to define risk factors for postoperative hypocalcemia. Serum samples were taken postoperatively at 8, 14, 24, and 48 hours to measure total calcium levels.

Retained abdominal gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Background: Although gallbladder perforation with spillage of bile and gallstones is quite common, the approach to retained gallstones in the abdomen still is controversial.

Methods: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) was performed on 580 patients with gallstones. In 101 (17%) patients, gallbladder perforations occurred during surgery, and in 43 (7%) patients, stone(s) were spilled into the peritoneal cavity.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is it a conscious preference among Turkish patients with symptomatic gallstones?--prospective study.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has the advantages of early return to full daily activity, early return to work, and better cosmetic result, as well as quickly resolving pain. Yet how this information about the procedure influences a patient's attitude toward laparocopy is not known. In this study we analyzed the factors that play role in the decision-making process of patients who choose laparoscopic surgery, and we also evaluated patients' knowledge of laparoscopy and their expectations.

Fat necrosis mimicking liposarcoma in a patient with pelvic lipomatosis. CT findings.

Pelvic lipomatosis is a rare condition characterized by an overgrowth of normal fat in the perirectal and perivesical spaces. The most important differential diagnosis is liposarcoma. We present a case of pelvic lipomatosis associated with a mass, which was diagnosed radiologically as a liposarcoma, but surgical biopsy result revealed fat necrosis.

The use of bonewax to control massive presacral bleeding.

Massive presacral bleeding during retroperitoneal resection is unusual, and can be difficult to control. We describe a technique for managing this complication whereby bonewax is pushed through the presacral fascia and periosteum directly into the bleeding point in the sacrum, followed by abdominal packing. This maneuver proved successful for achieving hemostasis when we recently encountered this intraoperative complication.

Optimal timing and temperature for hyperthermic preconditioning in an animal model of fecal peritonitis.

The impact of immune parameters in the mechanism of hyperthermia is yet to be explained. In this study, the optimal timing and temperature of thermal treatment for reversing the abnormal immunologic parameters obtained in a rat model of peritonitis were planned to be determined. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were grouped as sham, control peritonitis, and thermally treated rats at the time of peritonitis or 4 h prior to induction of peritonitis both at 40 and 42 degrees C.