Long-Term Efficacy of Single-Incision Laparoscopic Intragastric Resection in Treating Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), the most common mesenchymal tumors in the gastrointestinal tract, are increasingly treated with minimally invasive surgeries. Developed techniques include laparoscopic, endoscopic, and hybrid methods for gastric GIST resection. Our study, focusing on single-incision laparoscopic intragastric resection for gastric GISTs, aims to evaluate its safety, efficacy, and long-term outcomes.

The impact of the preoperative red blood cell distribution width on weight loss prediction after sleeve gastrectomy.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate whether RDW has a predictive impact on weight loss after obesity surgery.

Material And Methods: This was a single-institution retrospective study. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the variables affecting the %EBMIL and %EWL values.

Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents After Renal Transplantation.

Background: Kidney transplantation is the predominant treatment option in patients with end-stage renal disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the presence of a psychiatric disorder on the quality of life in children and adolescents after kidney transplantation.

Methods: A total of 43 patients aged 6 to 18 years were included in the study.

Incidence and risk factors for incisional hernia after abdominal aortic aneurysm and aortic occlusive disease surgery.

Background: This study aims to investigate incisional hernia incidence and risk factors after abdominal aortic aneurysm and aortic occlusive disease surgery via a midline laparotomy.

Methods: A total of 110 patients (66 males, 44 females; mean age: 69.3±8.

Nonoperative Management of Leaks After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy With Endoscopic Stents in a Tertiary Referral Center.

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a frequently performed operation. Leaks are formidable complications; however, the optimal management of these leaks is controversial.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 15 patients referred to our tertiary center between 2012 and 2016 with leaks after LSG.

Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography May Predict Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplantation.

Background: Allograft biopsy that is done as indicated by clinical and laboratory clues about graft rejection provides a definitive diagnosis. Noninvasive methods that may be useful for predicting or diagnosing rejection are important for early diagnosis of possible rejection.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between changes in shear wave velocity (SWV) values and renal allograft kidney biopsy findings.

Increase in interventricular septum thickness may be the first sign of cardiovascular change in kidney donors.

Background: Because of the inadequate number of deceased kidney donors, living kidney donation remains an important issue for kidney transplantation. Previous studies have shown that living donation does not differ life expectancy and progression to end-stage renal disease compared with the normal population. In this study, we investigated short-term cardiovascular changes after donor nephrectomy.

Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in Patients With Urologic Anomalies.

Introduction: and Aim. End-stage renal disease owing to structural urologic anomalies is frequent in the pediatric population. Impaired bladder function is thought to have a negative effect on graft function and survival.

Do Antithymocyte Globulin-Free Acute Rejection Therapies Increase the Risk of Polyoma Nephropathy in Renal Transplant Recipients?

Introduction: BK virus nephropathy is a serious complication that can lead to allograft kidney loss. Excessive immunosuppression increases the risk. We aimed to evaluate whether there is an increased risk of BK viremia and nephropathy in patients who underwent high-dose immunosuppression because of the development of acute rejection in the early period after kidney transplantation.

Early predictive value of baseline renal transplant scintigraphy in pediatric patients.

Objectives: The value of baseline renal transplant scintigraphy (RTS) with technetium-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Tc-DTPA) performed within 2 days after transplantation in predicting early renal transplant outcome in pediatric recipients was assessed in this study.

Patients And Methods: Baseline RTS of 48 pediatric patients were studied retrospectively. Hilson's perfusion index, graft index (GI), time between peak perfusion and iliac artery (ΔP), and the ratios of peak perfusion to plateau (P : Pl), to peak iliac artery (P : A), and to peak uptake (P : U) were obtained.

Prognostic factors in peptic ulcer perforations: a retrospective 14-year study.

Regarding the complications of peptic ulcer, a perforation remains the most important fatal complication. The aim of our retrospective study was to determine relations between postoperative morbidity and comorbid disease or perioperative risk factors in perforated peptic ulcer. In total, 239 patients who underwent emergency surgery for perforated peptic ulcer in Ege University General Surgery Department, between June 1999 and May 2013 were included in this study.

Rare cause of weight loss in a kidney transplant recipient: iron overload.

Various reasons such as malignancies and chronic infections may cause weight loss in kidney transplant patients. In this report, iron overload as a rare cause of weight loss in a kidney transplant patient is presented. Forty-seven-year-old male patient who transplanted from a deceased donor 5 years ago was hospitalized because of 20 kg of weight loss.

Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm as a cause of gastrointestinal system bleeding: a case report with a brief review of the literature.

A hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm is, by definition, a pulsatile hematoma due to a leakage of blood through a tear or disruption of the arterial wall, and the blood is contained only by the hepatic parenchyma or surrounding hematoma. It can be a very rare cause of gastrointestinal system bleeding. These pseudoaneurysms are usually very well managed by angiographic intervention.

Abdominal wall endometrioma: ultrasonographic features and correlation with clinical findings.

Background: The diagnosis of abdominal wall endometrioma (AWE) is often confused with other surgical conditions. Certain factors relating to knowledge of the clinical history of the disease make correct diagnosis and treatment difficult.

Aims: To present the clinical findings and ultrasonographic (US) features of AWE with special emphasis on size-related features.

A horseshoe kidney from a live donor as a renal transplant: case report.

Objectives: This case report presents our experience regarding a horseshoe kidney from live donor to be used as a renal transplant.

Materials And Methods: The recipient was a 48-year-old man with chronic renal failure owing to hypertension who had been on hemodialysis for 2 years. The donor was his 43-year-old sister who had an uncomplicated horseshoe kidney with negative results on a urinalysis.

Diagnostic value of ultrasonography in appendicitis.

Background: Clinical diagnosis of appendicitis is often difficult in atypical patients.

Objectives: The authors aim to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography (US) for acute appendicitis.

Material And Methods: 121 consecutive patients with right lower abdomen pain were evaluated.

Laparoscopic resection of retroperitoneal schwannoma near the inferior vena.

Background: Schwannomas are usually benign tumors that arise from the schwann cells in the neural sheaths of peripheral nerves. Most schwannomas occur in the head, neck, or limbs and rarely in the retroperitoneal space. In the retroperitoneal space, schwannomas are most commonly located near the adrenal gland.