Safety and feasibility of robotic surgery in geriatric patients with rectal cancer.

Background: The incidence of rectal cancer is increasing in the elderly population, yet the safety of surgical interventions in this group, particularly robotic surgery, is still debated. This study aims to investigate the safety and short-term postoperative outcomes of robotic surgery in geriatric patients (aged ≥ 70 years) with rectal cancer.

Patients: Patients diagnosed with rectal cancer and undergoing robotic surgery between March 2021 and September 2023 were divided into two groups based on age: the elderly group (aged ≥ 70 years) and the younger group (aged < 70 years), totaling 108 patients.

Robotic gastrectomy is safe in geriatric patients with gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: The efficacy of robotic surgery in oncological operations has been demonstrated, but its applicability in the elderly population (≥70 years) is limited in studies. This study aims to investigate the feasibility, safety, and short-term outcomes of robotic surgery in gastric cancer surgery in geriatric patients.

Patients And Methods: Patients who underwent robotic surgery for gastric cancer between July 2021 and September 2023 were included in the study.

Comparison of clinical outcomes of robotic-assisted and video-assisted esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.

Introduction: Robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) is a recently developed technique for the treatment of resectable esophageal cancer. The present study compares the outcomes of RAMIE and video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy (VATE).

Method: Patients undergoing minimally invasive esophageal surgery between December 2020 and September 2022 were included in the study, while those undergoing conventional surgery were excluded.

Intensive Care Management of an Adult Patient With Rare Chilaiditi Syndrome Presenting as Abdominal Breathing: A Case Report.

Chilaiditi syndrome (CS) is an uncommon case of the asymptomatic radiographic finding of an intestinal loop between the liver and the diaphragm. The most crucial phases in the diagnosis process are a thorough physical examination and precise imaging, particularly in challenging disorders such as CS. The presence of free air under the right hemidiaphragm in this syndrome, the diagnosis of which is based on radiographic imaging, might direct the start of treatment without the need for surgical intervention.

Correlation of TIRADS scoring in thyroid nodules with preoperative fine needle aspiration biopsy and postoperative specimen pathology.

Introduction: The aim of our study is to determine the value of Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (TIRADS) scoring in predicting malignancy in thyroid nodules by examining its relationship with fine needle aspiration biopsy and postoperative histopathological results.

Materials And Methods: In this study, patients who underwent surgery after ultrasonographic examination and fine needle aspiration biopsy for thyroid nodules at the General Surgery Clinic of Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine between January 2014 and November 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The thyroid ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration biopsy of the included patients were performed by a clinician with 15 years of experience.

Short-term surgical outcomes of robotic gastrectomy. A single center/single surgeon experience.

Aim: Surgical resection is considered the optimum approach to the treatment of gastric cancer. The present study evaluates the efficacy of robotic surgery for the treatment of gastric cancer.

Method: Included in the study were 30 patients who underwent robotic surgery for gastric cancer at the General Surgery Clinic between July 2021 and 2022.

Effect of main pancreatic duct suture ligation on the prevention of clinically relevant pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy: analysis of 82 consecutive patients.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the factors linked to the development of clinically significant pancreatic fistulas following distal pancreatectomy (DP) and to assess the efficacy of suture ligation of the main pancreatic duct.

Patients And Methods: A single-center retrospective study was performed on the medical records of 82 patients who underwent DP in our institution between January 2011 and December 2019.

Results: There were 28 males (34.

The relationship between microsatellite instability in colorectal adenocarcinoma and tumor budding and histopathological parameters.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the correlation between the presence of microsatellite instability (MSI) and tumor budding, as well as their relationship with histopathological parameters in patients diagnosed with colorectal adenocarcinoma.

Patients And Methods: The study encompassed patients who underwent curative surgery to treat colorectal cancer. These patients were classified into groups based on their MSI status.

What is the effect of percutaneous cholesistostomy in patients with acute cholecystitis? when is the right time for the procedure?

Background: Acute cholecystitis (AC) is one of the most common emergency diseases in surgical practice. Although the gold standard treatment is laparoscopic cholecystectomy, percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) is performed in some patients due to age, comorbidity, and delays in admission. We aimed to investigate the effect of timing on the clinical process of patients undergoing PC.

A Rare Tumor in Adulthood: Extrapancreatic Pancreatoblastoma.

Pancreatoblastoma is a rare malignant epithelial neoplasm of the pancreas. It primarily occurs in the pediatric population and is extremely uncommon in adults. A 64-year-old male patient with no known systemic disease presented to our clinic with abdominal pain and dyspeptic complaints.

Analysis of appendiceal neoplasms in 1,423 appendectomy specimens: a 10-year retrospective cohort study from a single institution.

Objective: This study aimed to reveal the incidence, clinicopathological, and oncological outcomes of appendiceal neoplasms.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study from a single institution. Patients with a pathological diagnosis of malignancy who underwent appendectomy between January 2011 and 2021 were included in the study, and groups were formed according to pathological type.

An early experience with the Da Vinci Xi surgical system in colorectal surgery. A single-center study.

Aim: Surgery is the optimum treatment approach in cases of colorectal cancer, with open or minimally invasive surgery options applied to patients in general surgery clinics. We present here an assessment of our use of robotic colorectal surgery for the treatment of colorectal cancer.

Method: The outcomes of robotic colorectal surgeries performed in the General Surgery Clinic of Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital were evaluated.

Comparison of percutaneous gallbladder aspiration with percutaneous cholecystostomy in acute cholecystostomy patients. Can gall bladder aspiration alone be sufficient?

Background: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and complication rates of percutaneous gallbladder aspiration (PA) and percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) in the management of AC and present the experiences of a single third-line center.

Methods: The results of 159 patients with AC who admitted to our hospital between 2015 and 2020, that underwent PA and PC procedures, because they did not respond to conservative treatment and LC could not be performed, were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical and laboratory data before and 3 days after PC and PA procedure, technical success, complications, response to treatment, duration of hospital stay, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results were recorded.

"Comparison of Nissen Rossetti and Floppy Nissen techniques in laparoscopic reflux surgery".

Objective: The present study makes a comparative assessment of the Floppy-Nissen (FN) and Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication (NRF) procedures.

Methods: Included in the study were 80 patients who presented to the General Surgery Department outpatient clinic of Balcalı Hospital of the Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine with gastroesophageal reflux between March 2010 and March 2013 All patients were operated on by the same surgeon using the laparoscopic FN or NRF techniques in a randomized controlled manner. The preoperative and postoperative reflux-specific and nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms of the patients were compared.

Are the thorax Computed Tomography findings of ICU patients diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia related to the duration of hospital stay and mortality?

Introduction: Quantitative thorax Computed Tomography (CT) is used to determine the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia. With a new approach, quantitative thoracic CT is to contribute to the triage of patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia in the ICU and to evaluate its relation with mortality by taking into account the vaccination status.

Methods: Fifty-six patients who had a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia confirmed in the adult ICU were evaluated retrospectively.

The effect of D3 dissection on postoperative morbidity and early mortality in gastric cancer patients who underwent curative total gastrectomy.

Aim: The present study presents the factors associated with early complications and mortality in patients undergoing total gastrectomy.

Material And Method: The study included patients who underwent curative total gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma between January 2001 and December 2016 in the General Surgery Department of the Çukurova University Medical Faculty Hospital. The patients were divided into D1, D2, and D3 groups depending on the lymph node dissection width, and the demographic and clinical data and mortality were compared.

The relationship of patients, giving or not giving a pathological full response, wıth YAP (Yes Associated Protein) in breast cancer cases to which neo-adjuvant chemotherapy is applied.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate (immunohistochemically) the YAP expression in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy and to clarify the relationship between the molecular characteristics, treatment response and survival data and the YAP expression, and hence, to clarify the prognostic significance.

Material And Methods: One hundred and four patients who were diagnosed with Breast Cancer between 2015-2020 and underwent Neo Adjuvant Chemotherapy were included in the study. Estrogen Receptor(ER), Progesterone Receptor(PR), Human Epidermal Growth Receptor-2(HER2) and Ki-67.

Diagnostic Value of Preoperative Haemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte and Platelet (HALP) Score in Predicting Tumour Budding in Colorectal Cancer.

Objective: To investigate the value of preoperative haemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP) score in predicting tumour budding in colorectal carcinoma.

Study Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: University of Health Sciences, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital İstanbul/Turkey, between May 2020 and May 2021.

Importance of HALP Score in Breast Cancer and its Diagnostic Value in Predicting Axillary Lymph Node Status.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of the haemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP) score in predicting axillary lymph node (ALN) involvement.

Study Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of General Surgery, Balıkesir University and Mersin City Hospital, Turkey from January 2016-December 2021.

Migration of Tenckhoff Catheter to Sigmoid Colon: A Rare Delayed Complication.

Bowel perforation associated with inserted peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter mainly occurs during the perioperative period. Delayed bowel perforation is difficult to diagnose because of its different clinical signs and rarity. A 53-year-old woman developed acute abdomen after her PD catheter was changed.

Management of pericatheter dialysate leaks using hemostatic agents.

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is one of the treatment modalities used in end-stage renal disease. The most common cause of failure is catheter-related complications. Dialysate leak represents a major noninfectious complication of PD.

Laparoscopic versus open total radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer: surgical outcomes.

Aim: The aim of this study is to compare the oncologic efficacy of laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) versus open total gastrectomy (OTG) for gastric cancer and to provide our experiences regarding this surgery.

Methods: A total of 107 patients who underwent curative total gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma between September 2015 and September 2018 were included in this study. Demographic characteristics, operative parameters, histopathological results, postoperative morbidity and mortality results of the patients were evaluated.

The investigation of biochemical and microbiological properties of four different honey types produced in turkey and the comparison of their effects with silver sulfadiazine on wound healing in a rat model of burn injury.

Background: To determine and compare the effects of different honey types on wound healing in an animal model, with silver sulfadiazine as the standard treatment.

Materials And Methods: Five different groups were created with eight rats in each group. Partial-depth burns were created, and different types of honey and silver sulfadiazine were applied to the respective groups.

Risk Factors in the Development of Rectus Sheath Hematoma and Treatment Modalities.

In this study,we aim to present the clinical features of patients with rectus sheath hematoma(RSH), as well as the condition's therapeutic management and results. The study included patients who were diagnosed with and received treatment for spontaneous RSH between the years 2010 and 2020. The demographic and clinical features of the patients, as well as follow-up parameters, were analyzed retrospectively.

Clinicopathologic characteristics and surgical management of schwannomas of the upper digestive tract.

Aim: Schwannoma is a peripheral nervous system tumor arising from Schwann cells of the neural sheath, and they are very rarely seen in the upper digestive tract. In this study, we aimed to present the clinicopathologic characteristics and surgical management of patients who underwent surgical treatment for esophageal or gastric schwannoma.

Material And Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with esophageal or gastric schwannoma between January 2013 and January 2020 were included in the study.