DISTAL URETHRAL DUPLICATION IN A FEMALE CHILD: A UNIQUE CASE REPORT WITH DIVERTICULAR COMPONENT.

Study Objective: To report a rare case of urethral duplication in a 5-year-9-month-old girl and describe the surgical approach and outcomes.

Methods: A 5-year-9-month-old girl presented with post-void dribbling and clitoral swelling. Physical examination and imaging were performed.

Use of intraoperative microvascular Doppler during subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy in children reduces complications.

Background/aim: This study assessed the impact of intraoperative microvascular Doppler ultrasonography (MDU) during microsurgical subinguinal varicocele correction in children.

Materials And Methods: Nineteen patients who underwent intraoperative MDU during subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy between 2021 and 2023 were included in this study. Each patient's age, varicocele side, clinical examination findings, preoperative ultrasonography results, intraoperative findings, spermatic artery counts and findings in terms of MDU use, postoperative complications, and results were evaluated.

TRPV6 gene mutation associated with giant pancreatic pseudocyst with mediastinal extension in a pediatric patient: Lessons learned.

Pancreatic pseudocyst is a common complication secondary to acute or chronic pancreatitis. The extension of a pseudocyst into the mediastinum is extremely rare, with notably few reported cases in the pediatric age group found in the literature. This report presents a giant pancreatic pseudocyst with mediastinal extension that developed secondary to TRPV6 gene mutation in a 12-year-old male patient with no previously known disease and normal laboratory values.

Comparison of FGF-8, FGF-10, FGF-Receptor 2, Androgen Receptor, Estrogen Receptor-A and SS in Healthy and Hypospadiac Children.

Unlabelled: In this study, we aimed to investigate the levels of Fibroblast Growth Factor-8 (FGF-8), FGF-10, FGF-Receptor-2 (FGFR-2), Androgen receptor (AR), Estrogen receptor alpha and beta (ER-α and ER-β) in the foreskins of children with and without hypospadias.

Methods: Samples from the foreskins of 20 children with hypospadias and 20 skin samples from children without hypospadias between the ages of 14 months and 12 years were taken during circumcision or hypospadias correction surgery for immunohistochemical (IHC) examination of these markers. In IHC examination, it was shown that ER-α, ER-β and AR receptors were more involved in the foreskin of children with hypospadias than in the fore-skin of without hypospadias children, and FGF-8, FGF-10 and FGFR-2 were lower (p<0.

A Classification for Gastric Outlet Obstruction in Childhood: Extending Beyond Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis.

Background/aims:  Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is a rare condition in childhood, with the exception of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). However, no classification exists from a pediatric gastroenterologist's perspective.

Materials And Methods:  The patients with a diagnosis of GOO between 2009 and 2020 were reviewed retrospectively.

Protective effects of lupeol in rats with renal ischemia‑reperfusion injury.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by ischemia and, exogenous or endogenous nephrotoxic agents poses a serious health issue. AKI is seen in 1% of all hospital admissions, 2-5% of hospitalizations and 67% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The in-hospital mortality rates for AKI is 40-50, and >50% for ICU patients.

What has changed? The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of acute biliary pancreatitis.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic thoroughly changed the daily practices of medicine. We retrospectively evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our management strategies for patients with acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP).

Methods: A total of 91 patients with ABP who were treated at Trakya University Faculty of Medicine between March 15, 2019 and March 15, 2021 were retrospectively recruited.

Observations and experiences of pediatric surgeons working on the field in the first 7 days of the Kahramanmaraş earthquake.

Purpose: This study aims to share our experiences and problems, and to suggest solutions as pediatric surgeons who took part in the teams that went voluntarily to the region hit by the Kahramanmaraş earthquake during the first 7 days after the disaster.

Methods: This study conveys our observations made at Kahramanmaraş Sütçüimam University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, where we worked as a volunteer team between February 7 and 14, 2023.

Results: During the first few days, there were registration problems due to lack of electricity, water, and internet, as well as issues with sterile surgical environments.

An interesting and rare cause of post-operative intussusception: Roux limb intussusception.

Intussusception is a common disease in children. Most intussusception is idiopathic and approximately 1% develops postoperatively. We present a case of a 6-year-old male patient who underwent surgery for a type 1 common bile duct cyst.

Evaluation of celiac artery and common hepatic artery variations by CT-angiography and new classification model.

Purpose: Knowledge of anatomical variations is important in all interventional procedures. This study aims to evaluate the variations and prevalence of celiac trunk (CeT) and its branches.

Methods: The computerized tomography-angiography (CT-A) findings of 941 adult patients were evaluated retrospectively.

Our Cases and Literature Review for Presence of Bladder Hernias in the Inguinal Region in Children.

Background: The rate of bladder injury during inguinal hernia repair in children is not well known. However, it is known that bladder injury during childhood inguinal hernia repair places a serious morbidity burden on children. We sought to determine an algorithm to avoid accidental bladder injuries.