Prospective Study on Avoiding Seroma Formation by Flap Fixation After Modified Radical Mastectomy.

Introduction: Seroma development after mastectomy is a common complication. Continued seroma causes increased outpatient visits, repeated aspirations, infection, delayed healing, delayed adjuvant therapy, and increased cost. Various treatments are being attempted to prevent and reduce seroma development.

Effects of delayed breast reconstruction on the thoracolumbar vertebrae in patients undergoing unilateral mastectomy: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Post-mastectomy changes vertebral column alignment. There is limited data assessing spine curvature after breast reconstruction. In this study, the effects of delayed breast reconstruction on the Cobb angle and quality of life indicator (Oswestry disability index [ODI]) were evaluated in patients undergoing unilateral mastectomy.

Management of Aberrant Left Hepatic Artery During Laparoscopic Gastrectomy and Consequences.

Aberrant left hepatic artery (ALHA) can exist in up to 25% of the population. The presence of ALHA during lymph node (LN) dissection in gastric cancer may complicate the process. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the existence rate, management, and consequences of ALHA in our laparoscopic gastrectomy series.

The effect and clinical significance of using nathanson liver retractor on liver function tests in laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery.

Aim: There are very few studies in the literature investigating the changes caused by the Nathanson retractors in liver function tests (LFT) after LG and its clinical significance. The present study investigated the changes made by the Nathanson retractor used during LG on LFT and its clinical significance.

Material And Method: The data of 236 patients, who underwent radical gastrectomy for primary gastric cancer at Surgical Oncology Unit in the period between January 2015 and January 2020 were retrospective studied.

Adjuvant Treatment of Gastric Cancer in the D2 Dissection Era: A Real-life Experience from a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: The role of radiotherapy in the adjuvant treatment of gastric cancer (GC) remains to be elucidated. This study aimed to assess the additional benefit of radiotherapy in the adjuvant treatment of GC.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we included 230 gastric adenocarcinoma patients who underwent D2 dissection between January 2004 and December 2019.

The role of laparoscopic staging for the management of gastric cancer.

AİM Staging laparoscopy enables us to perform palliative treatment, neo-adjuvant therapy for curative resection or direct curative resection and making a decision with minimal morbidity by avoiding from unnecessary laparotomies. In the present study, the importance of staging lapafoscopy was retrospectively investigated by using clinical and pathologic data. METHODS Data of 70 out of 350 patients who underwent diagnostic laparoscopy due to gastric cancer at Surgical Oncology department between August 2013 and January 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.

Relationship between lymphovascular invasion and molecular subtypes in invasive breast cancer.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relation between LVI and molecular subtypes in invasive breast cancers and to find out whether LVI which is a histopathologic indicator has a role in subtype classification or not.

Methods: One hundred and seventy-six patients who had mastectomy for breast cancer between 2013 and 2018 in the Department of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University were retrospectively analysed. One hundred and thirty-two patients who had LVI, ER, PR, Her 2 and Ki-67 index status information provided in their pathology results were included in the study.

Evaluation of Peroperative and Oncological Results in Laparoscopic Surgery of Gastric Cancer in Elderly Patients: Single-Center Study.

Laparoscopic treatment of gastric cancer in elderly patients is still controversial. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic gastrectomy in elderly gastric cancer patients based on the long- and short-term results of laparoscopic surgery. The data of 163 patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

Long-Term Results and Current Problems in Laparoscopic Gastrectomy: Single-Center Experience.

The study aims to evaluate the long-term results of patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer in Ankara University Medical Faculty, Surgical Oncology Clinic, within 5 years. We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer at the Surgical Oncology Clinic of Ankara University Medical Faculty between January 2014 and September 2019. One hundred forty-six patients were included in the study.

Physical Effects of Unilateral Mastectomy on Spine Deformity.

Objective: Mastectomy is known to effect body posture after a change in the center of gravity of women due to a missing breast. Although previous studies on short-term postural changes in mastectomy patients using photogrammetry or Moiré topography suggested ipsilateral inclination of the trunk, our clinical observations during breast reconstruction surgeries indicated a contralateral shoulder elevation in women with unilateral mastectomy. Because the change in body posture can affect spinal alignment, we aimed to evaluate the long-term physical effects of unilateral mastectomy on spine deformity by radiographic examination.

Is there an association between mastalgia and fibromyalgia? Comparing prevalence and symptom severity.

To determine the prevalence of mastalgia in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and the prevalence of FM in patients with mastalgia in order to investigate coexistence, and to compare the pain patterns in the case of mastalgia or FM alone versus the two in combination. Fifty consecutive patients with mastalgia and 50 consecutive patients with FM were assessed and examined both for the existence and severity of mastalgia and FM. A high proportion of patients with mastalgia (36%) fulfilled the criteria for FM and 42% had mastalgia in the FM group.

A rare gastric neoplasm: gastric medullary carcinoma.

A 57-year-old female patient with early stage gastric medullary carcinoma is presented with review of the literature.

DNA copy number changes in gastric adenocarcinomas: high resolution-comparative genomic hybridization study in Turkey.

Background And Aims: Multiple genetic alterations are responsible for development and progression of gastric cancer which is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The aim of this study was to identify the genomic imbalances of gains and/or losses in gastric adenocarcinomas from Turkish patients and to investigate their association with development and progression of this type of cancer.

Methods: Forty three patients with gastric adenocarcinoma were enrolled in this study and genomic imbalances were analyzed by high-resolution-comparative genomic hybridization (HR-CGH).

Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in assessing aspiration after transhiatal esophagectomy.

Background: Pulmonary complications after transhiatal esophagectomy occur commonly and frequently cause severe morbidity and possible mortality. Aspiration, both overt and silent, can also be present with some regularity after this procedure, and it appears intuitive that identification of aspiration with the appropriate measures of avoidance of oral intake and avoidance of oral contrast studies may help reduce the consequences of aspiration pneumonia.

Study Design: In an attempt to help identify patients at risk for aspiration, we prospectively studied 73 patients who had recently undergone transhiatal esophagectomy using fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES).

Subsite distribution of colorectal carcinoma and implications for screening; a retrospective audit of 1771 cases.

Background/aims: Recent epidemiologic studies mentioned a shift from left to right in colorectal cancer. We searched our hospital database to try to give an insight into the patient characteristics and also optimize the screening programs in our country.

Methodology: A total of 1771 colorectal cancer patients were identified and analyzed.

Lupus mastitis is not a surgical disease.

A 23-year-old woman with a 2-year history of discoid lupus (SLE) presented with a right lateral upper quadrant breast mass. Physical examination revealed a 5 cm irregular, hard lesion suggestive of a breast malignancy. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of the mass confirmed the diagnosis as lupus mastitis.

Pelvic perfusion for locally recurrent unresectable rectal tumors.

Background/aims: Pelvic perfusion evolved as a palliative and curative treatment modality for advanced pelvic tumors and literature data support its use in different steps of the disease.

Methodology: 15 patients with recurrent rectal tumor, without any systemic metastases were included in the study. Mean age was 49.

Intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion may induce bacterial translocation.

Background/aims: Intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion (IPHP) has been used widely in oncologic practice. Hyperthermia is known to decrease the interstitial pressure. Also intraperitoneal hyperthermia may alter the intestinal mucosal barrier and the intestinal bacterial flora.

Association of Streptococcus bovis bacteremia with colonic neoplasia and extracolonic malignancy.

Background: The association between Streptococcus bovis bacteremia and colonic neoplasia is well described; however, the relationship between S bovis and neoplasia outside the colon has not been well evaluated.

Hypothesis: S bovis bacteremia may be associated with colonic neoplasia and extracolonic malignancy.

Design: Retrospective review of all documented cases of S bovis bacteremia identified by a search of computerized bacteriology records.