Publications by authors named "T Sinan"
Aim: To determine whether an association exists between a known marker of platelet activation, mean platelet volume (MPV), and the severity of acute pulmonary embolism (APE), and to test whether it can be used as prognostic indicator in patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE).
Materials And Methods: The study included 209 consecutive patients with APE (106 male, 103 female, mean age 62.4 ± 15.
Objectives: High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) can detect the structural abnormalities in asthma. This study attempts to correlate these abnormalities with clinical and pulmonary function test (PFT) data.
Methods: Consecutive stable asthma patients attending Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, were subjected to HRCT during a six month period from July 2004 to December 2004, after initial evaluation and PFT.
DIAM device for low back pain in degenerative disc disease : 24 months follow-up.
Acta Neurochir Suppl
March 2011
Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of the DIAM device in patients affected by low back pain due to degenerative disc disease.
Background: Recently a number of interspinous devices for dynamic interspinous distraction-stabilization have entered the clinical practice in Europe. All of these devices have a common property of acting on the posterior part of the functional spinal unit by distracting the spinous processes and avoiding extension of the treated segment.
Background: Nucleoplasty appears a successful minimally-invasive treatment for symptomatic contained disc herniation (protrusion). The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the effectiveness of nucleoplasty for alleviating pain and dysfunction in our patients.
Method: All patients who presented with established low back and/or leg pain of at least 3 months' duration were clinically followed for 1 year following the nucleoplasty procedure.