Publications by authors named "S Katar"
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- The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TESI) in reducing pain for patients with ipsilateral early versus late recurrent lumbar disc herniation (RLDH).
- A total of 738 patients with radicular pain were analyzed, with TESI administered to 390 for early RLDH and 346 for late RLDH, and follow-ups were done 12 weeks post-treatment.
- Results showed that TESI significantly reduced pain more effectively in early RLDH patients (mean VAS score dropping from 85.44 to 20.16) compared to late RLDH patients (mean VAS score dropping from 72.82 to
Background/aim: Meningiomas are one of the most common intracranial tumors, accounting for 30% of the tumors of the central nervous system. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are noncoding RNAs containing approximately 18-22 nucleotides that regulate gene expression by interfering with transcription or inhibiting translation. Recent studies have reported that miRNAs could provide information about the molecular pathogenesis of several types of tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the optimal timing and outcome of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESI) for the management of radicular pain due to extruded lumbar disc herniation (LDH).
Material And Methods: In this clinical study, 305 individuals received fluoroscopically guided TFESI for the management of radicular pain due to extruded LDH. Preprocedural and 12-week postprocedural Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores measuring radicular pain were statistically compared.
Aim: To assess anterior gradient protein 2 (AGR2) gene expression in patients with human glioblastoma (GBM) in comparison to levels in healthy brain tissues.
Material And Methods: We evaluated the expression levels of AGR2 gene in 34 tissue samples: 29 of them were derived from patients with glioblastoma (GBM group) and 5 were derived from patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (control group). Moreover, in order to demonstrate the AGR2 gene expression, we performed RNA isolation from tissue samples, cDNA acquisition from RNA via reverse transcription and the demonstration of gene expression via real-time polymerase chain reaction.