Impact of coronavirus disease on acute appendicitis cases.

Background: Disease profiles have changed in the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we aimed to compare acute appendicitis cases before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A total of 130 patients were diagnosed with AA and operated between the days of first COVID-19 case on March 11, 2020, and May 11, 2020, and the same period of the previous year.

The Significance of Serum Tumor Markers CEA, Ca 19-9, Ca 125, Ca 15-3, and AFP in Patients Scheduled for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Do Elevated Levels Really Mean Malignancy?

Aim And Background: Preparation of the patients for liver transplantation is a meticulous process and includes evaluation of tumor markers to rule out occult malignancy. The present study evaluated the significance of serum tumor markers in patients bound for liver transplantation due to viral and other etiologies of liver failure.

Patients And Methods: Three hundred eighty-one patients who underwent liver transplantation were included in the study.

Role of digital infrared thermal imaging in diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common diseases requiring emergency surgery. Today, diagnosis of AA is made through anamnesis, physical examination along with advanced imaging methods. Thermal imaging confers advantages over conventional techniques for being portable, non-invasive, easily conducted, ionization radiation-free, and inexpensive.

Different approaches in diagnosis, follow-up and treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis: Results of attitude survey.

Background: Acute biliary pancreatitis is one of the most frequently encountered diseases among general surgeons in emergency surgical diseases. Differences in diagnosis and treatment management of these patients, varying from physician to physician, are common in clinical practice. We aimed to present these differences and discuss the results in the light of current guidelines in the literature.

Evaluation of the Bethesda System and the ACR TIRADS in an Endemic Goiter Region.

Background: Various factors can affect incidence of thyroid disorders and disease profiles may show abrupt changes in endemic goitrous areas. In this study, it was aimed to analyze the American College of Radiology (ACR) Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) and the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (BSRTC) in terms of risk of malignancy and general recommendations in an endemic goiter region (EGR).

Methods: In this retrospective study, a total of 500 patients who had thyroidectomy following thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy were enrolled.

Role of computed tomography tractography in evaluation of back/flank stab wounds.

Background: The clinical approach to back/flank wounds has evolved over the years. The aim of this study was to discuss the potential of computed tomography tractography in patients with a stab wound to the back or flank.

Methods: A total of 25 stable patients with stab wounds confined to the back/flank region were enrolled in this retrospective study.

Spontaneous rupture of right gastroepiploic artery aneurysm: a rare cause of hemorrhagic shock. case report.

Context: Aneurysms of the gastroepiploic arteries are seen only rarely. They are usually diagnosed during autopsy or laparotomy in patients with hemodynamic instability. Although the operation to treat this condition is relatively easy, delay in making the diagnosis affects the course of the disease.

Endoscopic Management of Colonic Perforation due to Ingestion of a Wooden Toothpick.

BACKGROUND Toothpick ingestion is implicated in bowel injuries that may cause violent complications, mimicking diseases causing acute abdomen. CASE REPORT A 18-year-old man was admitted with a 3-day history of a swallowed wooden toothpick. The patient had tenderness in the left flank area.

Role of postmastectomy radiation therapy in breast cancer patients with T1-2 and 1-3 positive lymph nodes.

Objective: To evaluate the role of radiotherapy (RT) in overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival in postmastectomy breast cancer patients with tumor size <5 cm, with 1-3 involved axillary lymph nodes (T1-2N1).

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 89 postmastectomy patients with T1-2N1 disease between 2005 and 2015 at the Radiation Oncology Clinic of Kayseri Training and Research Hospital. Clinicopathologic, demographic, and laboratory findings, as well as treatment regimens were investigated.

Intact parathormone measurement 1 hour after total thyroidectomy as a predictor of symptomatic hypocalcemia.

Objective: Postoperative iPTH assay may predict significant hypocalcemia after thyroid surgery. The present study aimed to evaluate the ability of iPTH assay to monitor parathyroid function and to identify the risk of postoperative hypocalcemia in patients underwent thyroid surgery.

Materials And Methods: One hundred patients participated in the study (7 male and 93 female).

Benefits of CT tractography in evaluation of anterior abdominal stab wounds.

Introduction: The study aimed to identify the presence of peritoneal penetration in management of anterior abdominal stab wound by using computed tomography (CT) tractography.

Material And Methods: Hemodynamically stabile, CT tractography-performed patients who were admitted to our emergency clinic with anterior abdominal stab wounds between the years 2012 and 2014 were included in this study, and all images were evaluated in terms of peritoneal penetration and possible intra-abdominal injury.

Results: In the study CT tractography identified necessity of laparotomy accurately in 90% of the patients, and none of the patients without peritoneal penetration needed surgical treatment in their follow-up.