Anatomical Parameters Associated with the Shortening Decision in Crowe Type 4 Dysplastic Hip Osteoarthritis: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Muscle and bone morphometry may be potent indicators for predicting femoral subtrochanteric shortening osteotomy (FSSO). We aimed to investigate muscular and bony factors that may be predictive of FSSO.

Methods: Patients with unilateral Crowe type 4 developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) who underwent unilateral total hip arthroplasty (THA) without (Group 1, 31 patients) and with FSSO (Group 2, 39 patients) were included.

Is Lenke type V adolescent idiopathic scoliosis associated with different muscular morphometry?

The aim of the study was to evaluate the changes in psoas major (PM), erector spinae (ES), multifidus (MF), and rectus abdominis (RA) morphometry in Lenke type V adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and control. Forty-two Lenke V AIS patients and 30 control were enrolled. The cross-sectional area (CSA) and CSA index (CI) of the PM, ES, MF, and RA at the T9-L5 levels were measured and compared between Lenke type V patients and control.

The effect of lumbar facet joint injection levels on spinopelvic parameters and functional outcome.

Background: Low back pain is a very common musculoskeletal complaint that impacts patients' quality of life in numerous ways. Facet joint injection is a widely used spinal intervention to relieve back pain. Effects of facet joint injection on spinopelvic parameters and the relationship between injection levels and spinopelvic parameter changes have not been evaluated before.

The critical shoulder angle, the acromial index, the glenoid version angle and the acromial angulation are associated with rotator cuff tears.

Purpose: To compare the critical shoulder angle (CSA), acromion index (AI), acromion angulation (AA) and glenoid version angle (GVA) between patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears (RCTs) and patients with intact rotator cuffs.

Methods: Between 2014 and 2018, the CSA, AI, AA and GVA were measured in consecutively included patients aged > 40 years who underwent shoulder arthroscopy for full-thickness RCTs. A total of 437 patients with RCTs and a mean age of 51.

The knowledge and perceptions of the first year medical students of an International University on family planning and emergency contraception in Nicosia (TRNC).

Background: Informing the individuals on family planning including emergency contraception is a significant step for preventing unintended pregnancies. Although there is a number of studies on family planning and emergency contraception globally and in Turkey, no such data are available in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and perceptions on family planning and emergency contraception of the first year students of an international medical school in Nicosia, Northern Cyprus and to increase awareness for developing new policies on the issue.

Change of Sagittal Spinopelvic Parameters after Selective and Non-Selective Fusion in Lenke Type 1 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients.

Aim: To compare the postoperative changes of both sagittal spinal and spinopelvic parameters in patients with Lenke Type 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who underwent selective and non-selective fusion surgery.

Material And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study among 53 Lenke Type 1 AIS patients who underwent corrective surgery at our centre between 2006 and 2012. Patients were classified as group 1 if they underwent selective surgery and as group 2 if they underwent non-selective surgery.

The role of growth factors on hepatic damage in rats with obstructive jaundice.

In this study, we investigated the affect and the role of growth factors on liver damage. 110 Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 11 groups: a sham group, a control group, HGF, EGF, IGF, TGF groups of irreversible jaundiced rats and a control group and HGF, EGF, IGF, and TGF groups of reversible jaundiced rats (n = 10). In the irreversible jaundiced groups, the common bile duct was explorated, double ligated, and cut.

[The effect of ligustrazin in intestinal ischemia reperfusion injury generated on rats].

Background: Intestinal ischemia is a serious and common clinical status. It develops as result of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) obstruction caused by many etiologic factors. Sepsis and multiple organ failure could develop following intestinal ischemia.

Desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma of the peritoneum.

Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon neoplasm arising in body cavities lined by the mesothelium. Immunohistochemical stains are useful for making a diagnosis, but the correct combination of antibodies as should be selected in a comprehensive assessment. A peritoneal origin combined with desmoplastic histology is an extremely rare disease entity.