Clinicopathologic and prognostic features in appendiceal malignancies: does tumor invasiveness matter?

Objectives: To evaluate the survival rates of appendiceal tumors and prognostic factors affecting survival.

Material And Methods: Demographic features, tumor characteristics and pre- and post-operative outcomes of the patients were analyzed retrospectively. The study was performed according to the Helsinki declaration.

Effect of platelet-rich plasma on postoperative peritoneal inflammation and adhesions.

Introduction: Postoperative peritoneal adhesion is an important complication of abdominopelvic surgery. The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on postoperative intraperitoneal inflammation and adhesions.

Material And Methods: Twenty-four Wistar albino rats were divided into three groups.

Thoracoscopic vagal-sparing esophagectomy and colonic interposition for caustic stricture.

Minimally invasive esophagectomy is an increasing trend in surgery. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy is applicable and an alternative procedure to conventional esophagectomy in patients especially with end-stage benign diseases like caustic stricture. A 33-year-old female patient was admitted to the department of general surgery with dysphagia.

A new surgical approach for pilonidal sinus disease: "de-epithelialization technique''.

Objective: In the treatment of pilonidal sinus disease different approaches are used such as conservative treatment and fasciocutaneous rotation flap. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of "de-epithelialization technique" as a new approach in pilonidal sinus disease treatment.

Material And Methods: Forty pilonidal sinus disease patients treated with de-epithelialization method were evaluated retrospectively.

Can balneotherapy improve the bowel motility in chronically constipated middle-aged and elderly patients?

Balneotherapy or spa therapy is usually known for different application forms of medicinal waters and its effects on the human body. Our purpose is to demonstrate the effect of balneotherapy on gastrointestinal motility. A total of 35 patients who were treated for osteoarthritis with balneotherapy from November 2013 through March 2015 at our hospital had a consultation at the general surgery for constipation and defecation disorders.

Cholecystectomy and duodenogastric reflux: interacting effects over the gastric mucosa.

Aims: To evaluate association between duodenogastric reflux and early gastric mucosal changes before and after the cholecystectomy procedure.

Materials And Methods: Patients were evaluated with preoperative and postoperative endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy. Demographic and clinical characteristics, histological parameters, presence of duodenogastric reflux, and Updated Sydney scores were noted.

Challenging management of obturator hernia: a report of three cases and literature review.

Obturator hernia (OH) is a rare condition with high rates of morbidity and mortality. While diagnosis is difficult, surgery is the definitive treatment. Intestinal obstruction is the most common symptom upon admission.

Laparoscopic partial cholecystectomy: A safe and effective alternative surgical technique in "difficult cholecystectomies".

Objective: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the "gold standard" for benign gallbladder diseases due to its advantages. In the presence of inflammation or fibrosis, the risk of bleeding and bile duct injury is increased during dissection. Laparoscopic partial cholecystectomy (LPC) is a feasible and safe method to prevent bile duct injuries and decrease the conversion (to open cholecystectomy) rates in difficult cholecystectomies where anatomical structures could not be demonstrated clearly.

Can outcome of pancreatic pseudocysts be predicted? Proposal for a new scoring system.

Background: The spontaneous resolution rate of pancreatic pseudocysts (PPs) is 86%, and the serious complication rate is 3-9%. The aim of the present study was to develop a scoring system that would predict spontaneous resolution of PPs.

Methods: Medical records of 70 patients were retrospectively reviewed.

The effect of morphometric and anatomic relationship of gallbladder to the liver on standard laparoscopic cholecystectomies and proposal of a new anatomical classification.

Objective: Anatomical variations of the extrahepatic biliary tree are frequently seen and may cause challenging conditions for surgeons. We aimed to investigate the morphological variations of the gallbladder in patients who underwent cholecystectomy and their effects during and after the surgery, by using a new anatomical classification.

Patients And Methods: Dissection time, perioperative bleeding, perioperative/postoperative complication rates, the difference between preoperative/postoperative hematocrit and leukocyte levels of 164 symptomatic cholelithiasis patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy were evaluated.

The role of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio to leverage the differential diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever attack and acute appendicitis.

Background/aims: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by attacks of fever and diffuse abdominal pain. The primary concern with this presentation is to distinguish it from acute appendicitis promptly. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the role of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) to leverage the differential diagnosis of acute FMF attack with histologically proven appendicitis.

Efficacy of laparoscopic transversus abdominis plane block for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly patients.

Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block technique seems to offer one of the most efficient methods for a local pain control. Our aim is to demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of TAP block for post-operative pain control under laparoscopic vision in elderly patients during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The patients aged more than 65 years old, who had cholecystectomy due to symptomatic cholelithiasis, were retrospectively evaluated.

A real mycotic aneurysm-mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta due to fungal infection.

A 53-year-old male who was being followed up by a nephrology department because of type V crescentic glomerulonephritis was admitted with abdominal pain to our clinic. He was diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysm after the examinations. Aortic repair with a tubular graft was performed.

Comparison of surgical Limberg flap technique and crystallized phenol application in the treatment of pilonidal sinus disease: a retrospective study.

Objective: This study was designed to compare the efficacy of crystallized phenol method with Limberg flap in pilonidal sinus treatment.

Material And Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of pilonidal sinus disease treated with surgical excision + Limberg rhomboid flap technique and crystallized phenol method between 2010-2011 in the Şevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery were evaluated retrospectively. Patients' age, sex, length of hospital stay, complications and recurrence rates were evaluated.

Esophageal perforation due to inadvertent swallowing of a dental prosthesis.

Intentional or inadvertent swallowing of foreign bodies can lead to severe complications in the gastrointestinal tract, primarily in the esophagus, and requires an urgent approach. In children, coins are the most commonly seen foreign bodies in the esophagus. However, in adults, the solid components of meals, like bones, and in the elderly population dental prostheses are the most frequently observed ingested foreign bodies.

The effect of glutamine on oxidative damage in an experimental abdominal compartment syndrome model in rats.

Background: The aim was to investigate whether or not glutamine, an antioxidant effective amino acid, improves the reperfusion-induced oxidative injury of abdominal hypertension.

Methods: Wistar Albino rats were used. Group 1: Abdominal compartment syndrome alone: With the rats under anesthesia, intraabdominal pressure was obtained.

Intestinal Langerhans cell histiocytosis-like lesion in an adult presented with diverticulitis: a reactive or neoplastic condition?

The involvement of the gut by Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is very rare in adults; however this is usually observed with a disseminated disease in children. We report a 75-year-old male patient who underwent right hemicolectomy for a complicated intestinal diverticular disease. The surgical specimen revealed LCH-like proliferative lesion associated with diverticulitis.

[Case report: primary splenic hydatidosis].

Hydatidosis, caused by Echinococcus granulosus is still an important problem in endemic areas as Middle and Eastern Europe including Turkey, South America, Avustralia, New Zealand and South Africa. Hydatid disease affects more common liver and lung. Isolated splenic hydatidoses are quite rare in the medical literature.

Femoral artery occlusion secondary to a spontaneously "migrated" hip prosthesis: case report.

A 77-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with a worsening acute ischemia of the left lower extremity. The patient, who had a coxarthrosis and was being followed by the orthopedic clinic, had undergone a total hip prosthesis, with a revision performed at the sixth month of its placement. The physical examination revealed the absence of the femoral, popliteal and distal pulses of the left lower extremity.

Biliary peritonitis due to "fallen" hydatid cyst after abdominal trauma.

Hepatic hydatid cysts may cause serious complications. Intraperitoneal rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst is rarely seen and the prognosis can be fatal. By experience, we know that it might be difficult to diagnose an unruptured cyst expulsed into the peritoneal cavity.

Severe hyperthyroidism requiring therapeutic plasmapheresis in a patient with hydatidiform mole.

A 38-year-old woman had a 4-week history of vaginal bleeding, heat intolerance and palpitations. Levels of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin and thyroid hormones were abnormally high. After ultrasound diagnosis of a molar pregnancy, evacuation of the mole was planned with preoperative treatment involving the use of antithyroid drugs and plasmapheresis.