Medicine Faculty Students' Perspective on Cadaver and Organ Donation in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: COVID-19 is an important pandemic that affects the whole world. Another branch of the wreckage its devastating effects on the health care system is organ and cadaver donations. This article aimed to raise awareness about cadaver and organ donation during the COVID-19 period, with the support of student opinions.

Medical Students' Views on Cadaver and Organ Donation.

Background: Organ and cadaver donation are 2 important issues that contribute to the future of medicine. Organ donation is a miraculous gift and enables the donor to continue to "live" in others. Cadavers are usually part of medical students' first encounters with clinical work and play a very important role in medical education.

A retrospective study on the pathologies in patients with coccydynia-lumbosacralgia and their treatment.

Background: The aim of this study was to arrange the treatment according to the etiology following the differential diagnosis in patients who had presented to the Orthopedics and Traumatology and General Surgery outpatient departments, and to emphasize the post-treatment success.

Method: The charts of 156 patients who had presented to the Orthopedics and Traumatology, General Surgery Departments of the Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine between July 2012 and June 2021 were retrospectively reviewed after permission was obtained from the ethics committee in this study. The demographic findings and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) results for those with a symptom of pain as detected during the physical examination were recorded from the patient charts.

The Knowledge of Nursing Students About Organ Donation and the Effect of the Relevant Training on Their Knowledge.

Background: The positive attitude of nursing students toward organ donation will affect the number of transplantations to be performed in the future. This study was conducted to determine the knowledge of the students studying at Kafkas University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department on organ donation and the effect of the relevant training on their knowledge.

Method: This study with a pretest-post-test design was completed with 352 nursing department students in the 2016-2017 academic year.

Retrospective Evaluation of Patients Diagnosed with Cystic Echinococcosis at Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine's Surgical Outpatients Unit.

Objective: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the serological and radiological analysis and medical and surgical treatment results of patients diagnosed with cystic echinococcosis (CE).

Methods: Records belonging to a total of 67 patients diagnosed with CE who presented to the Kars Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine Research Hospital's Surgical Outpatient unit between January 2012 and December 2015 were retrospectively evaluated.

Results: Of 67 CE cases, 53 (79.

Investigation of the effects of Achillea millefolium extract in diabetic rats with second-degree burns.

Our aim was to investigate the effects of Achillea millefolium on wound healing in second-degree burns formed in diabetic rats. This study was conducted at the Kafkas University Experimental Research Center. 20 Sprague Dawley rats were divided into 2 groups.

Myofibroblastoma.

Myofibroblastoma of the breast is a rare benign mesenchymal tumor. We report a 61-year-old male case who presented to the orthopedic clinic with right shoulder pain. The physical and clinical examination was normal and he was referred to our clinic.

The Situation of Cystic Echinococcoses in Kars State Hospital for The Last Five Years.

Objective: This study was conducted to contribute to the information regarding the spread of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in our country and to reveal its importance in our region by determining the spread of CE in people.

Methods: CE cases, which were detected by retrospectively reviewing the records at Kars State Hospital in Kars between 2009 and 2013, were evaluated in terms of age group, gender, and organ involvement. For features, descriptive statistics were stated in numbers and percentages.

Effects of alpha lipoic acid on intra-abdominal adhesion: an experimental study in a rat model.

Background: This study was performed to determine the effect of alpha lipoic acid, a powerful antioxidant, on intra-abdominal adhesion formation.

Methods: Twenty-four female Wistar Albino rats weighing 250-300 g were used in this study conducted on three groups consisting of the alpha lipoic acid group (Group I, n=8), control group (Group II, n=8), and sham group (Group III, n=8). After performing laparotomy with a midline incision under general anesthesia, the adhesion model was created on the antimesenteric side of the caecum in Group I and Group II.

The comparison of the effects of ellagic acid and diclofenac sodium on intra-abdominal adhesion: an in vivo study in the rat model.

Peritoneal adhesions are seen frequently after abdominal surgery and can cause serious complications. We aimed to evaluate the effects of the oral use of diclofenac sodium and ellagic acid on formation of postoperative adhesions in rats Studies have shown that agents with anti-inflammatory properties and antioxidant substances can prevent adhesion by decreasing oxidative stress. We compared and evaluated the effects of ellagic acid that has strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory diclofenac sodium on peritoneal adhesion development in our experimental study.