Combined Stromal Vascular Fraction and Fractional CO2 Laser Therapy for Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Hypertrophic scars (HTSs) result from aberrant wound healing processes, leading to raised, thickened tissue with functional discomfort and cosmetic concerns. Current treatments, including corticosteroid injections and laser therapy, have limitations. Stromal vascular fraction (SVF) therapy and CO2 laser treatment offer promising avenues, with SVF therapy showing regenerative potential and CO2 laser therapy promoting precise tissue removal and wound healing.

Vibration-controlled transient elastography for non-invasive screening of liver fibrosis and steatosis in Turkish patients with psoriasis: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Aim: The prevalence of fibrosis and steatosis in patients with psoriasis, as determined by vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE), has not been evaluated in Turkiye to date. The present cross-sectional study aims to present the first systematic screening results, focusing on two primary objectives: 1) establishing the prevalence of fibrosis and steatosis, and 2) identifying independent predictors for liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) values in this patient population.

Materials And Methods: Patients were eligible for inclusion if they had a confirmed diagnosis of psoriasis by a qualified dermatologist based on characteristic signs and symptoms and histopathological examination, and had undergone VCTE for LSM and CAP measurements.

Changes in the etiology of chronic liver disease by referral to a FibroScan center: Increasing prevalence of the nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Background And Aim: Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with a wide etiological spectrum. FibroScan is used for follow-up of fibrosis and steatosis. This single-center study aims to review the distribution of indications by referral to FibroScan.

Has the cancer-related death trend been changing in Turkey? An evaluation of the period between 2009 and 2019.

Background: The objective of this study was to determine the trend of cancer-related death rates between 2009 and 2019 in Turkey for all cancers combined and the five cancer types with the highest mortality: lung, stomach, pancreas, breast, and colon cancers.

Methods: Cancer mortality data were obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) and standardized by age using the World Health Organization (WHO) standard population ratios. The change in cancer-related mortality over the years was evaluated using Joinpoint Regression Analysis (JRA).

Long COVID in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the Long COVID frequency, and related factors in patients followed up after hospitalization.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 133 inpatients with COVID-19 PCR test positivity from Nigde Province, Turkey between 01.01.

AIDS-related deaths in Turkey between 2009 and 2018.

The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is increasing day by day in the region, including Turkey. The study aimed to examine AIDS-related deaths in Turkey between 2009 and 2018 according to the national death registration system records. In this descriptive study, data on AIDS-related deaths were obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute.

Cause-of-death distributions and mortality trends in Turkey between 2009 and 2017.

Background: Making the right decisions in the field of public health depends on the reliable recording of statistical data such as death and birth. There have been radical changes and innovations in the death registration since 2009 in Turkey to improve reporting.

Aims: To examine the distribution and the trend of causes of death between the years 2009 and 2017 in Turkey.

Hydrogen sulfide dilates the isolated retinal artery mainly via the activation of myosin phosphatase.

Aims: Hydrogen sulfide (HS) is shown in ocular tissues and suggested to involve in the regulation of retinal circulation. However, the mechanism of HS-induced relaxation on retinal artery is not clarified yet. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the role of several calcium (Ca) signaling and Ca sensitization mechanisms in the relaxing effect of HS donor, NaHS, on retinal arteries.

A qualitative study of hand hygiene compliance among health care workers in intensive care units.

Introduction: Studies indicate that adherence to hand hygiene guidelines is at suboptimal levels. We aimed to explore the reasons for poor hand hygiene compliance.

Methodology: A qualitative study based on the Theory of Planned Behavior as a framework in explaining compliance, consisting four focus group discussions and six in-depth interviews.

Sleep quality and anxiety level in employees.

Objective: The aim of this study was to measure the sleep quality and anxiety level of a group of employees, as well as determine the relationship between sleep quality and anxiety and other factors.

Methods: A total of 130 of 185 employees at a university campus were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. A descriptive questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory were the data collection instruments.

Electrical transport measurements of thin film samples under high hydrostatic pressure.

We present a method to perform electrical measurements of epitaxial films and heterostructures a few nanometers thick under high hydrostatic pressures in a diamond anvil cell (DAC). Hydrostatic pressure offers the possibility to tune the rich landscape of properties shown by epitaxial heterostructures, systems in which the combination of different materials, performed with atomic precision, can give rise to properties not present in their individual constituents. Measuring electrical conductivity under hydrostatic pressure in these systems requires a robust method that can address all the challenges: the preparation of the sample with side length and thickness that fits in the DAC setup, a contacting method compatible with liquid media, a gasket insulation that resists high forces, as well as an accurate procedure to place the sample in the pressure chamber.

Analysis of activation-induced cytidine deaminase mRNA levels in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with different cytogenetic status.

Activation induced cytidine deaminase (AID) enzyme, which converts cytosine into uracil and is expressed only by activated B lymphocytes, plays a role in B cells in both the mechanisms of somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR). There are studies showing that AID can cause numerous translocations in different lymphoproliferative diseases. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is characterized by the accumulation of monoclonal B cells in bone marrow and peripheral blood.

Efficacy of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate in type I tympanoplasty.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate for type I tympanoplasty.

Methods: This study involved 23 patients (14 females and 9 males) with chronic otitis media who underwent type I tympanoplasty. During surgery, the temporal fascia is placed underlying the eardrum remnant, and octyl-2-cyanoacrylate was dropped over the temporal fascia.

Unilateral osteotomies for external bony deviation.

Objective: Deviated nose is a challenge for rhinoplasty surgeons. We applied a new technique to correct nasal bone asymmetry in selected patients. We assessed the efficacy of the technique and discussed the surgical outcomes.

Surgical outcomes of primary and revision endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

Objective: In the current study, whereas the results of endoscopic primary and revision endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomies (END-DCR) were evaluated, the success rates in patients who did or did not undergo nasal surgery were also compared.

Methods: A retrospective medical record review of 70 patients (with a total of 72 affected cases) who were admitted to our clinic with a primary complaint of epiphora between January 2002 and July 2009 was performed. Patients who required additional nasal procedures were also included in the analysis.

Effect of pharyngeal packing during nasal surgery on postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of pharyngeal packing in reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after nasal surgery by taking into consideration the surgery types.

Study Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting: A tertiary referral center.

A comparison of endonasal with external dacryocystorhinostomy in revision cases.

The objective is to compare the success rates of revision endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (END-DCR) with revision external dacryocystorhinostomy (EXT-DCR). The present retrospective study was conducted between January 2002 and July 2009. Seventy-four consecutive patients (17 males, 57 females) who had epiphora or recurrent dacryocystitis after a previous failed EXT-DCR procedure were enrolled in the study.

A randomised prospective trial of trans-septal suturing using a novel device versus nasal packing for septoplasty.

Background: Nasal packing or trans-septal sutures are used to prevent postoperative complications in septoplasty. Trans-septal suturing is not commonly used, since it takes time and is technically difficult with the available devices following septoplasty.

Methods: This study included 64 patients who underwent septoplasty.

Chorda tympani nerve analysis with electron microscopy in chronic suppurative otitis media.

Conclusion: Chronic suppurative otitis media causes some disturbance to the chorda tympani nerve (CTN), which may affect the facial nerve. It is not possible to perform a biopsy of the main truncus of the facial nerve, therefore studies of the CTN might show possible pathologic or physiologic changes of the facial nerve in the future.

Objectives: The specific aim of this study was to investigate the effects of chronic suppurative otitis media on the CTN.

Minimally invasive cochlear implantation with mastoidal three-layer flap technique.

Aims: To describe and evaluate a minimally invasive cochlear implantation approach using mastoidal three-layer flap (TLF) technique.

Methods: We conducted a prospective clinical study at a tertiary referral center. The study population comprised 32 males and 16 females, with an age range of 1-51 years.

Prospective, controlled clinical trial of Ankaferd Blood Stopper in children undergoing tonsillectomy.

Objectives: This is a prospective study evaluating the efficacy of Ankaferd Blood Stopper as a hemostatic agent compared to hemostasis by means of knot-tie after cold knife dissection tonsillectomy.

Methods: Study design was the use of ABS and the KT to reach hemostasis for patients undergoing tonsillectomy. ABS is applied on right side tonsil fossa and KT is used on left side tonsil fossa.

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae and human papilloma virus among women-at risk in the Aegian region of Turkey, and their knowledge about HIV/AIDS.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of selected sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the level of knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS among Turkish brothel based sex-workers (SWs).

Subjects And Methods: A pre-designed questionnaire was administered to 199 SWs to obtain their sexual behaviours and their level of knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The specimens collected for C trachomatis/N gonorrhoeae and human papillomavirus (HPV) were tested using Gen-Probe PACE 2 and HPV-screening assays, respectively.

Regional spread of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the face via facial vein tumor thrombus: a case report.

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck most often spreads via direct extension or through lymphatics to regional lymph nodes. This is a unique case of a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal dorsum with direct vascular invasion of the facial vein. This was initially incorrectly identified as a regional level Ib lymph node metastases, and the intervening venous structures were neither extirpated during an initial surgery nor recognized during subsequent radiation therapy.

Laryngeal transplantation in the setting of cancer: a rat model.

Objective: Traditional immunosuppressive regimens make laryngeal transplantation in cancer patients prohibitive because of the increased risk of recurrence. Everolimus, a recently developed immunosuppressant, has demonstrated significant antitumor properties. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of everolimus alone and in combination with other immunosuppressants on tumor growth in a combined laryngeal transplantation and tumor model.

Use of in situ hybridization to detect human papillomavirus in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients without a history of alcohol or tobacco use.

Context: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is commonly associated with tobacco and alcohol use. There are, however, a group of patients without a significant history of tobacco or alcohol use, and the etiology of these tumors is incompletely understood.

Objective: To examine tumors in this subpopulation for association with human papillomavirus (HPV) using newly available in situ hybridization probes.