Distinctive features of early onset colorectal cancer. A tertiary hospital experience.

Purpose: The colorectal cancer rate under the age 50 years tends to increase, and we aimed to identify the general features of early-onset colorectal cancer and the differences between cancer in younger and older patients.

Methods: The patients with colorectal cancer who underwent surgery between 2016 and 2021 were included. The subjects were divided into two groups by age under and over 50.

Validation of a Turkish Version of the Athlete Food Choice Questionnaire.

There are multiple influences on food choice for athletes. The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of a Turkish Athlete Food Choice Questionnaire (Turkish-AFCQ) and describe the main factors influencing food choices. A multi-step process of language and content validation, Explanatory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and test-retest reliability were used to examine factorial structure and construct validity (convergent and discriminant) and reliability (internal and external).

Costunolide and Parthenolide Ameliorate MPP+ Induced Apoptosis in the Cellular Parkinson's Disease Model.

Monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) is an enzyme that metabolizes several chemicals, including dopamine. MAO-B inhibitors are used in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease (PD), and the inhibition of this enzyme reduces dopamine turnover and oxidative stress. The absence of dopamine results in PD pathogenesis originating from decreased Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity and elevated oxidative stress.

The feasibility of anthropometric measurements for evaluation of abdominal obesity in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: total kidney volume (TKV) increases in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), which perturbs anthropometric measurements. Objectives: the primary objectives were to investigate the accuracy of waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) for determining abdominal obesity in patients with ADPKD by comparison with magnetic resonance images. The secondary objectives were to investigate the associations of energy/macronutrient intake with WC and WHR.

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.

A novel simplified scoring system for predicting mortality in emergency colorectal surgery: prediction model development.

Background: Despite advances in surgical approaches, emergency colorectal surgery has high mortality and morbidity.

Objective: We aimed to create a simple and distinctive scoring system, for predicting mortality among patients undergoing emergency colorectal surgery.

Design And Setting: Prediction model development study based on retrospective data-gathering.

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.

Venous stent placement ameliorates cutaneous microvascular function in iliocaval venous obstruction.

Background: The role of cutaneous microvascular dysfunction is well known in the development of chronic venous disease. However, the effects of venous obstruction on microcirculation have not been well investigated. The aim of this study was to assess cutaneous microvascular function in patients with iliocaval venous obstruction (ICVO) before and after venous stent placement.

Laparoscopic surgery for complex and recurrent Crohn's disease.

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of digestive tract. Approximately 70% of patients with CD require surgical intervention within 10 years of their initial diagnosis, despite advanced medical treatment alternatives including biologics, immune suppressive drugs and steroids. Refractory to medical treatment in CD patients is the common indication for surgery.

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.

Minimally invasive management of anastomotic leaks in colorectal surgery.

Anastomotic leakage is an unfortunate complication of colorectal surgery. This distressing situation can cause severe morbidity and significantly affects the patient's quality of life. Additional interventions may cause further morbidity and mortality.

The role of fine needle aspiration cytology and core biopsy in the diagnosis of palpable breast masses.

Background: The modern approach to palpable breast masses is to get cytopathologic diagnosis before definitive surgery. We aimed to compare fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) with core biopsy in histopathologic diagnosis of palpable breast masses.

Materials And Methods: Data were collected on 123 women who have suspicious palpable breast masses from 2007 to 2010.

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).

Renal Angiomyolipoma With Caval Extension and Pulmonary Fat Embolism: A Case Report.

Renal angiomyolipoma (AML) is a rare benign tumor of the kidney. Occasionally, it may extend into the renal vein or the inferior vena cava (IVC), but so far of pulmonary embolism in patients with renal AML was rarely reported. Here, a case of symptomatic pulmonary embolism secondary to AML that was placed IVC filter before the operation and then treated with radical nephrectomy is reported.

Splenic hamartoma is a rare cause of abdominal pain: Case report and literature review.

Hamartoma is a rare benign tumor of the spleen. It is often asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally. In this study, we report the case of a 51-year-old female patient who was admitted to our department for intermittent epigastric pain since the last 6 months and left upper quadrant fullness.

The effects of ventilation with high density oxygen on the strength of gastrointestinal anastomosis.

Purpose: The aim of our study is to evaluate the effects of administration of perioperative supplemental oxygen on anastomoses.

Methods: Forty male Wistar albino rats were used in the study and randomized into 4 groups. Ischemia-reperfusion models were built in groups 3 and 4.

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.

Is local resection sufficient for parathyroid carcinoma?

Objectives: Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare malignant disease of the parathyroid glands that appears in less than 1% of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. In the literature, the generally recommended treatment is en bloc tumor excision with ipsilateral thyroid lobectomy. Based on our 12 years of experience, we discuss the necessity of performing thyroid lobectomy on parathyroid carcinoma patients.

Breast hamartoma: a clinicopathologic analysis of 27 cases and a literature review.

Objectives: Breast hamartoma is an uncommon breast tumor that accounts for approximately 4.8% of all benign breast masses. The pathogenesis is still poorly understood and breast hamartoma is not a well-known disorder, so its diagnosis is underestimated by clinicians and pathologists.

Effects of surgery on microvascular function in venous insufficiency.

Background: The aim of our study was to assess the effects of venous stripping on microvascular functions in isolated great saphenous vein insufficiency.

Methods: Two groups of participants were prospectively evaluated. The first group included 15 healthy participants without any evidence of venous insufficiency.

Pancreas transplantation: experience of single center.

Background: Diabetes is the most common cause of renal failure. In patients with type I diabetes and renal failure,dialysis and insulin therapy can prevent a clinical context that causes rapid death, but they are insufficient to prevent longterm complications. Pancreas and islet cell transplantation inpatients with type I diabetes are the only curative treatment and have recently become more common.