Fournier's Gangrene: Evaluation of Patient Outcomes Using Clinical Data and Prognostic Biomarkers.

Objective: To find out the outcomes of Fournier's gangrene (FG) patients using clinical data and prognostic biomarkers based on the current literature.

Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, from January 2018, to January 2022.

Evaluation and clinical significance of predictors for strangulation and intestinal resection in emergency anterior abdominal wall hernia surgery.

Background: Emergency anterior abdominal wall hernia surgery plays a pivotal role in emergency general surgery practice. In this study, the predictive value of laboratory and imaging findings as well as demographic information and comorbidities of the patients for the recognition of strangulation and intestinal resection was investigated.

Methods: Patients over the age of 18 who were operated consecutively with an indication for emergency anterior abdominal wall hernia surgery between January 2017 and December 2019 in a single tertiary hospital were included in this retrospective cohort study.

Acute appendicitis over the age of 50: The evaluation of the impact of clinical variables on operative and post-operative outcomes.

Background: Studies reported higher mortality and perforation rates, marked increase in delay from symptom onset to hospital admission, significant complication rates, as well as excessive malignancy outcomes on histopathological examinations in patients older than 50 years of age with acute appendicitis. Herein, it was aimed to reveal the clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings that might affect the operative and post-operative findings in a population of patients over the age of 50 who were diagnosed with and operated for acute appendicitis.

Methods: Patients who were older than 50 years of age and operated for the diagnosis acute appendicitis between January 2017 and January 2020 in a single tertiary hospital were included in this retrospective study.

The effects of preoperative oral antibiotic use on the development of surgical site infection after elective colorectal resections: A retrospective cohort analysis in consecutively operated 90 patients.

Purpose: The influence of oral antibiotic use together with mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) on surgical site infection (SSI) rate, length of hospital stay and total hospital costs in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery were evaluated in this study.

Methods: Data from 90 consecutive patients undergoing elective colorectal resection between October 2006 and September 2009 was analyzed retrospectively. All patients received MBP.

Elevated Serum Beta-Trace Protein Levels are Associated With the Presence of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertension Patients.

Beta-trace protein (BTP) has emerged as a novel biomarker of cardiovascular risk. In this study, the authors aimed to assess the relationship between BTP levels and presence of atrial fibrillation in patients who had controlled hypertension (HTN) and normal renal function. A total of 80 controlled HTN patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and 80 age- and sex-matched controls with controlled HTN were enrolled.