A rare case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis with involvement of the gastrointestinal system.

We report a rare case of a 37-year-old man with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) with gastrointestinal system (GIS) involvement who needed 526 units of blood and blood product transfusions and was followed up in the intensive care unit (ICU). GIS involvement due to GPA is a rare condition that increases morbidity and mortality of patients. Patients may require ultramassive blood product transfusions.

Comparison of Mortality Rates in Patients Waiting for Liver Transplant and Patients With Colorectal Metastatic Tumors.

Objectives: We aimed to identify outcomes of liver surgery in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal cancer, which result in primary and secondary liver tumors.

Materials And Methods: Our study included 51 patients with colorectal cancer and liver metastases and 63 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who were prepared for liver transplant due to cirrhosis who underwent hepatic resection or local ablation treatments; patients were seen between January 2011 and December 2021.

Results: Most patients with colorectal cancer were men (58.

Effect of Ozone Added to University of Wisconsin Solution on Preservation Damage in Perfused Liver.

Objectives: Ischemia is defined as the inability of the tissue to provide oxygen and other metabolites by the circulation and the removal of residual products. The University of Wisconsin solution is widely used to preserve ischemia and to preserve organs for transplant. Ozone is used in various areas of ischemia damage due to its antioxidant properties.

Multilayer fibroin/chitosan oligosaccharide lactate and pullulan immunomodulatory patch for treatment of hernia and prevention of intraperitoneal adhesion.

This study aims to develop a novel intraperitoneal two- or three-layered patch with immunomodulatory property for treatment of hernia, regeneration of abdominal wall and prevention of intraperitoneal adhesions. Polypropylene (PP) mesh, middle layer, was intended to provide mechanical support whereas pullulan (PUL) hydrogel coating layer was designed to prevent intraperitoneal adhesions. Fibroin/chitosan oligosaccharide lactate (F/COS) layer electrospun on one side of pullulan was chosen for immunomodulation and abdominal wall regeneration.

Pure 3-Dimensional Laparoscopic Living-Donor Nephrectomy: First Case In Kazakhstan.

The available scientific literature has described the tangible benefits of operations using new 3-dimensional laparoscopic systems. The purpose of this report was to describe the first experience of pure 3-dimensional laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy for transplant in the Republic of Kazakhstan. A living-donor kidney transplant was performed in a 21-year-old male patient with the father as the donor.

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Breast Cancer: Correlation of the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Value with Pathologic Prognostic Factors.

Objective: The aim was to evaluate relationship between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values with pathologic prognostic factors in breast carcinoma (BC).

Materials And Methods: 83 patients were enrolled in this study. Prognostic factors included age, tumor size, expression of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), nuclear grade (NG), lymph node involvement and histologic type.

LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN ROSETTI FUNDOPLICATION IN TREATMENT OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE: EVALUATION OF LONG TERM CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

The aim of this study is to evaluate outcomes of Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication in-terms of objective measures and quality of life evaluation instruments. For the period in observation, the chronic GERD patients, who had undergone LNRF surgery, were evaluated. The long-term outcome was assessed by subjectively comparing the preoperative and postoperative symptoms and Gastroesophageal reflux-Health related quality of life index.

Long-term and Perioperative Outcomes of Laparoscopic and Open Surgery for Rectal Cancer.

Objectives: The necessity of comparing oncologic results with the use of minimally invasive surgery in rectal cancer has arisen. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the treatment approach in rectal cancer and to compare the outcomes of laparoscopic and open surgery.

Methods: Patients who underwent surgery for rectal carcinoma between January 2006 and January 2016 in our institution were evaluated.

Long-term cosmetic results of single-incision vs. conventional laparoscopic appendectomy A prospective observational cohort study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare cosmetic, along with surgical, results between single incision laparoscopic appendectomy (SILA) and conventional laparoscopic appendectomy (CLA), particularly from patients' points of view.

Materials And Methods: All of the patients who underwent surgery for suspected acute appendicitis and were eligible for laparoscopic surgery were evaluated prospectively in our center between June 2013 and January 2015. Patients were underwent CLA or SILA were compared for operative results and cosmetic outcomes by Body Image Questionnaire.

Role of preoperative C-reactive protein value and neutrophil ratio in the determination of conversion from laparoscopic appendectomy to open appendectomy.

Background: In this study, we aimed to investigate the factors causing conversion from laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) to open appendectomy (OA) in patients with acute appendicitis and to investigate the role of preoperative C reactive protein (CRP) and neutrophil ratio in this conversion and determine a cut-off point for these parameters.

Methods: Records of patients who underwent LA due to acute appendicitis at our general surgery department between January 2011 and January 2017 were retrospectively evaluated. The preoperative American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) scores, Alvarado scores, white blood cell count, C-reactive protein level, and neutrophil ratio were evaluated.

Open abdomen and entero-atmospheric fistulae: An interim analysis from the International Register of Open Abdomen (IROA).

Introduction: No definitive data describing associations between cases of Open Abdomen (OA) and Entero-atmospheric fistulae (EAF) exist. The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the Panamerican Trauma Society (PTS) thus analyzed the International Register of Open Abdomen (IROA) to assess this question.

Material And Methods: A prospective analysis of adult patients enrolled in the IROA.

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Clinicopathological and Immunohistochemical Study of 65 Cases.

Objective: The clinical behavior of gastrointestinal stromal tumors is divergent. The aim of the present study was to define the clinicopathological features that determine the patient's outcome.

Material And Method: Sixty-five gastrointestinal stromal tumors were reviewed with their histological, immunohistochemical and clinical features and compared with their clinical outcome statistically.

Erratum to: IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results.

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Laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy for a primary hydatid cyst mimicking a mucinous cystic neoplasia.

Pancreatic hydatid cysts are fairly rare. The disease can be encountered concurrently with systemic involvement or as an isolated pancreatic involvement. We report the first case of spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for a pancreatic hydatid cyst.

IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results.

Background: No definitive data about open abdomen (OA) epidemiology and outcomes exist. The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the Panamerican Trauma Society (PTS) promoted the International Register of Open Abdomen (IROA).

Methods: A prospective observational cohort study including patients with an OA treatment.

Can strain elastography combined with ultrasound breast imaging reporting and data system be a more effective method in the differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions?

Purpose: To investigate whether a novel method that combines breast imaging reporting and data system (BI-RADS) with strain elastography contributes to diagnostic performance in differentiation of malignant and benign breast lesions.

Methods: In 81 patients, 81 breast lesions were prospectively investigated. Breast lesions were separately evaluated with ultrasonography and strain elastography.

Effect of Right Posterior Bile Duct Anatomy on Biliary Complications in Patients Undergoing Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplant.

Objectives: Our aim was to evaluate the influence of the localization of right posterior bile duct anatomy relative to portal vein of the donors on posttransplant bile duct complications.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively investigated 141 patients who had undergone living donor liver transplant using right hemiliver grafts. The patients were classified based on the pattern of the right posterior bile duct and divided into infraportal and supraportal types.

Arterial complication of irreversible electroporation procedure for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a non-thermal ablation technique used especially in locally advanced pancreatic carcinomas that are considered surgically unresectable. We present the first case of acute superior mesenteric artery (SMA) occlusion secondary to pancreatic IRE procedure that has not been reported before in the literature. A 66-year-old man underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Outcomes of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Liver Transplant.

Objectives: Liver transplant is one of the few effective treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplant.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study, conducted between October 1988 and March 2015, four hundred seventy-three liver transplants were performed at our institution.

The Outcomes of Ultralow Anterior Resection or an Abdominoperineal Pull-Through Resection and Coloanal Anastomosis for Radiation-Induced Recto-Vaginal Fistula Patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients who underwent colorectal resections and coloanal anastomosis for radiation-induced recto-vaginal fistulas (RVFs). The effect of the surgical treatment technique on bowel function, fecal continence, and quality of life of patients was also evaluated.

Methods: Twenty-one female patients, who received adjuvant chemotherapy and external beam pelvic radiation for cervix carcinoma after radical hysterectomy + pelvic/paraaortic lymph node dissection, having RVF but without tumor recurrence, were included.

Anorectal function and outcomes after transanal minimally invasive surgery for rectal tumors.

Background: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery is a minimally invasive technique that allows full-thickness resection and suture closure of the defect for large rectal adenomas, selected low-risk rectal cancers, or small cancers in patients who have a high risk for major surgery. Our aim, in the given prospective study was to report our initial clinical experience with TAMIS, and to evaluate its effects on postoperative anorectal functions.

Materials And Methods: In 10 patients treated with TAMIS for benign and malignant rectal tumors, preoperative and postoperative anorectal function was evaluated with anorectal manometry and Cleveland Clinic Incontinence Score.

Brown Tumor of the Thoracic Spine: First Manifestation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

Brown tumors also called as osteoclastomas, are rare nonneoplastic lesions that arise in the setting of primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroid adenomas or hyperplasia constitute the major Brown tumor source in primary hyperparathyroidism while chronic renal failure is the leading cause in secondary hyperparathyroidism. Most of the patients with the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism present with kidney stones or isolated hypercalcemia.

Efficacy of cell saver use in living-donor liver transplant.

Objectives: Liver transplant currently is the best treatment option for end-stage liver disease. During liver transplant, there is major blood loss due to surgery and primary disease. By using a cell saver, the need for blood transfusion is markedly reduced.

Liver and kidney transplant in primary hyperoxaluria: a single center experience.

Objectives: Primary hyperoxaluria, especially type 1, is a severe disease with multisystem morbidity and high mortality. We present 3 primary hyperoxaluria type 1 patients who underwent liver transplant, including living-donor liver transplant or combined liver and kidney transplant in our institution.

Case Reports: Patients who underwent liver transplant or combined liver/kidney transplant at our institution were evaluated, retrospectively.