Nucleosome assembly protein 1-like 1 (NAP1L1) in gastric cancer patients: a potential biomarker with diagnostic and prognostic utility.

Background: The nucleosome assembly protein 1-like 1 (NAP1L1) is suggested to have an oncogenic role in several tumors based on its overexpression. However, its diagnostic and prognostic role in gastric cancer remains unclarified. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic utility of NAP1L1 in gastric cancer patients.

B7-H3: A Useful Emerging Diagnostic Marker for Colon Cancer.

Background: Colon cancer is the second most common malignancy causing the majority of cancer-related deaths. B7-H3 concentrations have drawn major interest as possible diagnostic biomarkers of cancer. The aim of this study was to measure the preoperative serum B7-H3 levels and to determine those that are replaced in colon cancer.

The Utility of Serum Vasorin Levels as a Novel Potential Biomarker for Early Detection of Colon Cancer.

Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the utility of vasorin, a newly discovered transmembrane protein, as a novel biomarker in the early detection of colon cancer. Methods A total of 80 patients aged 55-70 years, diagnosed with colon cancer and followed up in our clinics, and 50 healthy volunteer blood donors were included in the study. Participants' demographics such as age, gender, and vasorin levels were recorded and compared between the patient and control groups.

Nidogen-2: A new biomarker in colon cancer patients.

Aim: In the present study, we followed Nidogen-2 levels and clinicopathological parameters of patients with colon cancer.

Material And Methods: Eighty-eight patients (F/M, 43/45; Mean age ± SD, 57.86 ± 1.

Symptomatic Bochdalek Hernia in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report.

Introduction: Symptomatic Bochdalek hernia in pregnancy is quite rare. To the best of our knowledge, there are a total of 44 cases reported in the literature between 1959 and 2016 (Hernández-Aragon et al., 2015; Koca et al.

Intraperitoneal Infusion of Neutral-pH Superoxidized Solution in Rats: Evaluation of Toxicity and Complications on Peritoneal Surface and Liver.

BACKGROUND Superoxidized water (SOW) is known to be a potent disinfectant. The aim of this study was to evaluate the toxicity and complications on the peritoneal surface and liver after infusion of pH-neutral SOW into the peritoneal cavity of rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty Wistar-Albino rats weighing 250-300 g were randomly divided into 3 groups (10 rats/group).

Potential diagnostic and prognostic significance of plasma prolidase activity in gastric cancer.

Aim: Plasma prolidase activities (PPAs) in cases of gastric cancer.

Methodology/results: This study was based on a prospective design. 60 patients with gastric cancer (operable cases: 48; inoperable: 12) and 60 healthy controls were included in the study.

The diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnant versus non-pregnant women: A comparative study.

Objective:: To investigate whether the diagnosis of acute appendicitis is affected by pregnancy or not.

Method:: A retrospective study with the analysis of the medical records of all women suspected of having appendicitis who underwent appendectomy at our hospital between June 2010 and March 2015 were reviewed. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether they were pregnant or not during the surgery: group I, pregnant women, and group II, non-pregnant women.

Ingested intraabdominal foreign bodies that require surgical intervention.

Background: The aim of the present study was to review cases that required surgical intervention to remove ingested foreign bodies.

Methods: Medical records of 7 patients who underwent surgical intervention at the Yüzüncü Yıl University Department of General Surgery between 2009 and 2014 after ingesting foreign bodies were reviewed.

Results: Female:male ratio was 5:2; mean age was 25 (16-35).

Effect of thymoquinone on the healing of left colon anastomosis: an experimental study.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of thymoquinone on the healing of experimental left colon anastomosis in rats.

Methods: Forty Wistar albino rats weighing 250-300 g were randomly divided into four groups (10 rats/group). Group 1 (control group) rats were not administered Thymoquinone (TQ) for 3 days after the operation.

Maternal and fetal outcomes after laparoscopic vs. Open appendectomy in pregnant women: data from two tertiary referral centers.

Objectives: Appendectomy is the most common cause of non-obstetric surgery in pregnant women. Our aim was to compare the clinical characteristics, peri-and post-operative data of pregnant women undergoing either laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) or open appendectomy (OA).

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study of medical records of all pregnant women diagnosed and treated surgically for acute appendicitis at two referral centers of Yuzuncu Yil University Medical Faculty and Kafkas University Medical Faculty, from January 2010 to January 2015.

Successful Treatment of a Large Pelvic Abscess Using Intraluminal VAC: A Case Report.

The most feared complication of the surgical treatment of rectal cancer is anastomotic leakage, which is related to high rates of mortality and morbidity. Here, we present a patient who could not be treated with surgical drainage but treated by intraluminal Vacuum Associated Closure (VAC). A 34-year-old male patient was treated for rectal cancer by low anterior resection, colorectal anastomosis, and diverting ileostomy following neoadjuvant CRT.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A rare cause of invagination in adults.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a distinct pseudosarcomatous lesion arising in the soft tissues and interior organs of children and young adults. It is rarely seen in adults. It was first described in lungs.

Uncommon Caecum Diverticulitis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis.

Diverticulum of the cecum is a rarely seen reason of acute abdomen and it is difficult to be distinguished from appendicitis. The diagnosis is generally made during operation. We have presented this case in order to remember that it is a disease which should be kept in mind in cases of right lower quadrant pain.

Factors affecting mortality in emergency surgery in cases of complicated colorectal cancer.

Aim: To evaluate retrospectively demographic, clinical and histopathological variables effective on mortality in patients who had undergone emergency surgery due to complicated colorectal cancer.

Methods: A total of 39 patients underwent urgent surgical interventions due to complicated colorectal cancer at the Department of General Surgery, Dursun Odabaş Medical Center, between January 2010 and January 2015. Thirty three of these were included in the study.

Colon cancer presented with sigmoid volvulus: A case report.

Introduction: Sigmoid volvulus is the most prevalent type of colonic volvulus. Colon cancer is seen less where sigmoid volvulus is common, so it is rare to see that colon cancer is synchronous with sigmoid volvulus.

Presentation Of Case: We would like to present a case of sigmoid volvulus caused by colon cancer in a male patient aged 80 who was referred to the hospital with toxaemic shock presentation.

A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia.

Endoscopic biliary stents have been recently applied with increasing frequency as a palliative and curable method in several benign and malignant diseases. As a reminder, although most of the migrated stents pass through the intestinal tract without symptoms, a small portion can lead to complications. Herein, we present a case of intestinal perforation caused by a biliary stent in the hernia of a patient with a rarely encountered incarcerated incisional hernia.

An analysis of 13 patients with perforated gastric carcinoma: A surgeon's nightmare?

Background And Objectives: Perforation is a rare complication of gastric carcinoma and generally not diagnosed preoperatively. To clarify the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with this condition we reviewed 13 cases of gastric cancer perforation who required emergency surgery.

Methods: A total of 13 patients with gastric cancer perforation were retrospectively reviewed.