Gastric foregut duplication cyst as a rare cause of abdominal pain.

Gastric foregut cyst is a rare congenital disease. In this report, a gastric foregut cyst in a 22-year-old male patient is presented. Fluid-filled gastric ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrated a cystic, calcified lesion attached to the anterior gastric wall.

Safe thyroidectomy with intraoperative methylene blue spraying.

Background: We aimed to minimalize operative complications by spraying of methylene blue stain on thyroid glands and the perithyroidal area.

Material And Methods: The intra-operative methylene blue spraying technique was used prospectively on a total of 56 patients who had undergone primary (not recurrent) thyroid surgery for a variety of thyroid diseases. Bilateral total thyroidectomy was performed in all cases.

The evaluation of hearing loss in children with celiac disease.

Background And Aims: Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy. The disease may be presented with extraintestinal manifestations including neurological findings. Epilepsy and ataxia are well known neurological disorders in CD.

Factors affecting mortality in Fournier's gangrene: experience with fifty-two patients.

Introduction: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a life-threatening infection of the perineal and genital areas. We examined the comorbid diseases, treatments and factors affecting mortality in FG.

Methods: This retrospective clinical study involved 52 patients who were treated for FG.

The first experience of eosinophilic esophagitis in Turkish children.

Background/aims: Eosinophilic esophagitis is a rare allergic disease of the esophagus with no published data in Turkish children.

Methods: This is an observational study of children diagnosed as eosinophilic esophagitis in our hospital between February 2009 and January 2011. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical features, allergic work-up, endoscopic and histological findings, and response to treatment.

Intramedullary osteosynthesis of instable intertrochanteric femur fractures with Profin® nail in elderly patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the radiologic and functional results of patients with instable intertrochanteric femur fractures treated with Profin® nails.

Methods: This study included 32 patients (24 female, 8 male; mean age: 70.7 years; range: 65 to 96 years) who were treated with Profin® nails for instable intertrochanteric fractures.

New and Simple Approach for Preventing Postoperative Peritoneal Adhesions: Do not Touch the Peritoneum without Viscous Liquid-A Multivariate Analysis.

Background. Postoperative peritoneal adhesions (PPAs) are an unsolved and serious problem in abdominal surgery. Method.

The evaluation of endothelial functions in patients with celiac disease.

Aim: Celiac disease is characterized by malabsorption resulting from inflammatory injury to the mucosa of the small intestine after the ingestion of wheat gluten or related rye and barley proteins. This study aimed to identify individuals who are at risk of heart failure and increased risk for cardiovascular events by evaluating endothelial function in patients with celiac disease.

Materials And Methods: The study included 36 patients with celiac disease and 35 healthy volunteers.

Hepatoportal sclerosis in childhood: some presenting with cholestatic features (a re-evaluation of 12 children).

Hepatoportal sclerosis (HPS) is a syndrome of obscure etiology, and is one of the causes of noncirrhotic portal hypertension (PH). We aimed to investigate this heterogeneous group of patients whose presentation showed cholestatic features, histopathologically. Between 1999 and 2009, 12 children diagnosed with HPS were retrospectively evaluated.

Prevalence of selective immunoglobulin A deficiency in healthy Turkish school children.

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency is the most common primary deficiency. We aimed to define the prevalence of IgA deficiency among healthy school children in Turkey and the differences between geographical regions. Blood samples were collected from 20,331 healthy school children from all regions across Turkey.

The diagnosis and outcomes of persistent diarrhea in infants aged 0-24 months--a Turkish cohort study.

Background/aims: Infantile persistent diarrhea series are not well documented in the literature. Evaluating the literature, the aim of this study was to document persistent diarrhea cases followed in our center and to constitute a practical diagnostic algorithm for the pediatrician by means of surveying methods.

Methods: Diarrheas lasting more than 14 days were accepted as persistent diarrhea.

Hematoma of the falciform ligament: a rare cause of acute abdomen.

Hematoma or abscess of the liver ligaments is extremely rare, and hematoma of the falciform ligament has been sporadically reported. We report the case of a 70-year-old female who presented with a three-day history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain, fever and nausea. With a preoperative diagnosis of probable perforated acalculous cholecystitis, the patient underwent emergency surgery.

Hepatopulmonary syndrome in children with cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension: a single-center experience.

Background: Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is defined as an arterial oxygenation defect induced by intrapulmonary vascular dilatation (IPVD) associated with hepatic disease. The prevalence and clinical characteristics of HPS in portal hypertensive children is not well characterized.

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of HPS in 40 portal hypertensive children.

Comparison of totally extraperitoneal technique and darn plication of primary inguinal hernia.

Introduction: This prospective, randomized, controlled clinical study aimed to assess the perioperative and long-term results of primary inguinal hernia repair and to compare the results for a totally extraperitoneal (TEP) procedure with the results of patients undergoing darn plication.

Materials And Methods: For this study, 166 patients with unilateral inguinal hernias were randomly assigned to undergo either TEP (n=78) or darn plication (n=88).

Results: The mean operation time for darn plication (16±14.

Prevalence of celiac disease in healthy Turkish school children.

Objectives: Epidemiological studies of celiac disease (CD) in Turkey have been performed only within some regions of the country. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of CD in Turkish school children.

Methods: Between 2006 and 2008, serum samples were collected from 20,190 students (age range, 6-17 years) in 139 schools in 62 cities from different regions of Turkey.

Congenital myasthenic syndrome: a case report.

Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are diseases of the neuromuscular junction. They usually belong to the disease groups that begin in the infantile or childhood period and carry genetic characteristics. The following is important in establishing the diagnosis of this disease: clinical findings, electromyography, genetic tests, determination of serum acetylcholine receptor antibodies.

Immunogenicity of hepatitis A vaccine in children with celiac disease.

Objectives: The response to hepatitis A vaccine has not been studied in children with celiac disease (CD). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the immunogenicity of an inactivated hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccine and the effect of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) type on immunogenicity in children with CD.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-three patients with CD and 62 healthy controls were enrolled in the study.

Determinants of postoperative hypocalcemia in vitamin D-deficient Graves' patients after total thyroidectomy.

Background: The etiology of postoperative hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy appears to be multifactorial, that is, postoperative transient hypoparathyroidism, low 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25-OHD) concentrations, aging, and hyperthyroidism with increased bone turnover. Our aim was to evaluate the factors responsible for postoperative hypocalcemia in euthyroid vitamin D-deficient/insufficient Graves patients who underwent total thyroidectomy at our institution.

Methods: Thirty-five consecutive patients with Graves disease treated by total thyroidectomy were included in the present study.

Predictive value of thyroid tissue density in determining the patients on whom sternotomy should be performed.

Background: Retrosternal goiter incidence rates range between 0.2% and 45% of all goiters, and sternotomy is performed in some of patients. There is no consensus for selecting the patients on whom sternotomy should be performed.

Type of lateral internal sphincterotomy incision: parallel or vertical?

Background: The lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS) technique is considered the optimal surgical treatment for chronic anal fissures (CAFs), although questions remain regarding the best technique. The present study investigated whether the type of anoderm incision (vertical or parallel to the anus) affects wound healing, wound-related complications, incontinence, and recurrence rates in CAF patients undergoing open LIS.

Methods: This prospective randomized clinical study divided 52 patients undergoing LIS for CAF into two groups.

Predictive value of retroperitoneal fat area measurement for detecting metabolic syndrome in patients undergoing adrenalectomy.

Background: Visceral obesity is one of the main components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). The retroperitoneal fat area (RFA) is part of the intraabdominal adipose mass. The aim of this clinical trial was to determine whether there is an association between the RFA measurement and MetS components in patients undergoing laparoscopic lateral transabdominal adrenalectomy.

Radio-guided excision of parathyroid lesions in patients who had previous neck surgeries: a safe and easy technique for re-operative parathyroid surgery.

Background: Several methods have been recommended to detect parathyroid lesions in patients who have previously undergone neck surgeries, including radio-guided surgery or intraoperative ultrasounds. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether the radio-guided excision of pathologic parathyroid lesions allowed us to find affected lesions in patients who had previously undergone neck operations.

Methods: This prospective study included 18 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism who had previously undergone neck surgeries.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy on the bikini line for invisible scar.

Background: A traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy uses 4 trocar incisions on the upper abdomen, which may be the source of undesirable cosmetic outcomes. We describe here a modification of the traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy by which scars remain underwear. Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.