Identifying Factors Associated with Non-mesenterovascular Pathology in Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment for Acute Mesenteric Ischemia.

Aim: To identify factors that can help us to avoid a preoperative incorrect diagnosis of vascular occlusion by evaluating patients who underwent laparotomy with a probable preoperative diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI), but later at laparotomy, were diagnosed to have a different pathology than AMI.

Material And Methods: A total of 213 patients who were operated with the diagnosis of AMI were enrolled in this study. Based on their operational, clinical, and pathological findings, they were divided into two groups.

Laparoscopic transperitoneal adrenalectomy for adrenal tumours of 6 cm or greater: A single-centre experience.

Background: The present study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) for large adrenal tumours by comparing the outcomes of tumours larger than 6 cm with those smaller than 6 cm and also to identify the risk factors associated with prolonged operative time in transperitoneal LA.

Patients And Methods: One hundred and sixty-three patients underwent LA at our clinic from January 2014 to December 2020. Bilateral LA was performed in 20 of these 163 patients.

Effect of Prophylactic Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for High-Risk Wounds in Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To determine the effect of prophylactic negative-pressure wound therapy (pNPWT) in patients at high risk of surgical wound complications (SWCs) who underwent colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery.

Methods: In an open-label randomized controlled trial, 50 patients who underwent open CRC surgery between November 2018 and February 2020 were included. Participants were randomly assigned to the pNPWT group (n = 24) or control group (n = 26).

Long-term Results of Low Grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm (LAMN): A Retrospective Analysis of 24 Patients.

Background: Appendix tumors are rare tumors found in the gastrointestinal tract, observed at a rate of about 0.2%-0.3%.

Surgical treatment and outcome for primary duodenal adenocarcinoma. Single center experience.

Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate patients who underwent curative surgical treatment for primary duodenal adenocarcinoma and to present our experience.

Material And Methods: Patients diagnosed with primary duodenal adenocarcinoma between 2006 and 2018 participated in the study. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, details of the operation, pathological features of the tumors, short- and long-term follow-up results, and mean survival were evaluated retrospectively.

The prognostic value of Tumor Volume Index in patients with esophageal cancer who had curative resection A single center experience.

Aim: We aim to evaluate the prognostic significance of tumor volume in esophageal cancer.

Methods: Patients who underwent curative resection due to esophageal cancer between the years 2015 and 2019 were included in the study. The Tumor Depth Parameter (TDP) was defined as mucosa and submucosa =1, muscularis propria =2, adventitia =3, and invasion into adjacent organs=4.

Does ß-Glucan can have protective role against oxidative stress in experimental sepsis model in rats?

Background: Very high mortality rate in sepsis may be related to oxidative stress. This study was conducted on the rats to investigate the presence of oxidative stress and also the potential protective effects of the ß-glucan in the intra-abdominal sepsis model formed by cecal ligation-perforation (CLP).

Methods: In this study, 30 Male rats were equally divided into three groups as 'Sham', 'Sepsis' and 'ß-Glucan'.

Application of crystal-line phenol in pilonidal sinus disease A single-center and single-surgeon experience.

Aim: Various surgical and minimally invasive treatment options are available in the treatment of pilonidal sinus. In our study, we aimed to retrospectively analyze the results of crystalline phenol application in patients who applied to our clinic with pilonidal sinus.

Material And Method: Patients who were applied crystalline phenol due to pilonidal sinus disease between 2018- 2019 were included in the study.

Effects of bradykinin preconditioning in an experimental intestinal ischemia reperfusion model on rats.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of bradykinin on reperfusion injury in an experimental intestinal ischemia reperfusion model.

Methods: We used 32 Wistar-Albino rats. We composed 4 groups each containing 8 rats.

Is Histopathological Evaluation of Hernia Sacs Necessary?

Background: Our aim was to investigate the pathologies in the hernia sac in adults, and the frequency of malignancy as well as to confirm the necessity of maintaining the current applications in histological examination of the hernia sac.

Methods: Patients who were operated for hernia in our clinic from 2013 to 2019 were included in the study. Patient data were evaluated retrospectively.

Ectopic adrenal tissue in a hernia sac in an adult. A case report.

The discovery of ectopic adrenal tissue in the hernial sac is very rare, and in the majority of reported cases it is in children, while it is never described in adult subjects. This could be due to a progressive previous atrophy of the ectopic tissue or to an insufficient examination of the sac removed surgically. The most frequent site of these ectopias is the kidney, adjacent to the adrenal glands.

Prognostic significance of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in patients with curative resection of esophageal cancer. A single center experience.

Aim: In this study, we aimed to determine the clinical value and prognostic significance of the Neutrophil / Lymphocyte Ratio in patients undergoing curative surgery due to esophageal cancer.

Material And Method: Patients who underwent curative resection for esophageal cancer between 2015-2019 were included in the study. Two groups, Group1 (low NLR) and Group2 (high NLR), were created.

A rare developmental anomaly associated with right colon cancer: appendix vermiformis agenesis.

Appendix vermiformis agenesis is quite rare. It is seen in 1/100,000 of patients who underwent laparotomy with an initial diagnosis of appendicitis. A 72-year-old woman who had not undergone any previous surgery was operated on for mechanical intestinal obstruction.

Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for the Treatment of Isolated Large Adrenal Gland Metastases from Malignant Melanoma: A Case Report.

The adrenal gland is a common site for metastatic disease. However, isolated adrenal metastases (AM) are rare. We present a case of a rapidly enlarging adrenal mass with solitary distant metastasis from primary malignant melanoma.

Sigmoid colon cancer presenting as complete prolapse.

Backround: The association of rectal prolapse and colorectal cancer is quite rare and only a few cases have been reported previously in the literature. It is unclear whether colorectal cancer triggers rectal prolapse.

Case Presentation: A 77-year-old male patient presented to our emergency department with complete rectal prolapse, and an anterior resection was performed after rectal digital examination revealed a mass.

Comparison of Clinical Features and Treatment Results of Mix Mucinous Carcinomas and Other Atypical Carcinomas of the Breast.

Objective: There are multiple subtypes of breast cancer with different biological and pathological features and accordingly exhibit different clinical behaviors. The aim of this study was to compare the treatment modalities, clinical features and prognostic characteristics of Mix Mucinous Carcinomas (MMBC) and other rare tumors of the breast.

Materials And Method: A total of 2152 patients who were operated on for breast cancer in our clinic between 2010-2019, with pathological diagnoses of tubular, pure mucinous, mix mucinous or papillary carcinoma were enrolled in the study.

Determination of risk factors causing hypocalcaemia after thyroid surgery.

Objective: The most common complication after thyroid surgery is hypocalcaemia and it sometimes leads to problems that are difficult to correct in patients. The present study was aimed to determine the risk factors causing the development of hypocalcaemia after thyroid surgery.

Methods: 818 adult patients were included in the study.

Prognostic value of E2F1 in rectal cancer.

Objective: To evaluate whether E2F transcription factor 1 is a potential prognostic marker in patients with rectal cancer.

Material And Methods: Eighty-two patients who were treated with curative resection because of rectal cancer in the Erciyes University School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery were included in the study and analyzed retrospectively. Data were obtained from patient files, pathology reports, and hospital information system.

Best prognostic factor of neuroendocrine tumors: Grade or Stage? A multidisciplinary single-center study.

Background/aims: Currently, there is no definite consensus about the prognostic factors of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). We evaluate epidemiology, survival and especially prognostic factors in NETs.

Materials And Methods: Patients who had a NET and were diagnosed between 2000 and 2014 at a tertiary care center were included.

Prediction of nonsentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients with one or two positive sentinel lymph nodes.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between non sentinel lymph node metastasis (NSLNM) and clinicopathological factors, particularly in the case of sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis in one or two, in clinically node negative patients with breast cancer.

Methods: Between 10/2010 and 10/2014, 350 sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) were performed in patients with histologically proven primary breast cancer in our clinic. The data collection includes the following characteristics: age, pathological tumor size, histological type, histological grade, lymphovascular invasion (LVI), number of positive SLN, size of the SLN metastasis (macrometastasis, micrometastasis, isolated tumor cells), multifocality (MF), extracapsuler invasion (ECI) of the SLN, the estrogen receptor (ER) status, the progesterone receptor (PR) status and the Her 2 receptor status, Ki 67 reseptor status.

Plasma citrulline measurement in the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischaemia.

Background: The differential diagnosis in acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) is essential and sometimes life-saving. A marker for early diagnosis is lacking. Citrulline is an amino acid mainly synthesized by small bowel enterocytes from glutamine.

BNP shows myocardial injury earlier than Troponin-I in experimental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Objective: In this study, our purpose was to determine whether plasma BNP level can be useful or not in determining the severity of myocardial injury formed by CO poisoning and to compare plasma BNP level with serum cTnI level.

Materials And Methods: In the study, 46 female Wistar Albino rats were used. Rats were divided into four groups, one control group and three poisoning groups.

A comparison of surgical outcome of fasciocutaneous V-Y advancement flap and Limberg transposition flap for recurrent sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcome of fasciocutaneous V-Y advancement flap and limberg transposition flap used to treat recurrent sacrococcygeal PSD.

Methods: A total of 58 patients with recurrent pilonidal sinus who underwent surgery were evaluated retrospectively between January 2008 to December 2013. Fasciocutaneous V-Y advancement flap was performed in 25 patients (Group VYF), and limberg transposition flap repair was performed in 33 patients (Group LTF).

Laparoscopic surgery in functional and nonfunctional adrenal tumors: A single-center experience.

Background: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) is a safe and minimally invasive operation for benign adrenal tumours. The purpose of this study was a retrospective analysis of outcomes following laparoscopic lateral transabdominal adrenalectomy performed for benign adrenal tumours responsible for various endocrinological disorders and non-functioning tumours.

Methods: A total of 100 laparoscopic adrenalectomy were carried out between January 2007 and March 2013 via the lateral transabdominal approach.