Resolution of choroidal effusion and serous retinal detachment after PASCAL photocoagulation in a patient with diabetic retinopathy.

Purpose: To present a rare case of PASCAL photocoagulation-induced choroidal effusion and serous retinal detachment in a patient with diabetic retinopathy.

Methods: A case report.

Case Description: A 68-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with decreased vision in both eyes.

Compliance With and Barriers to Implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist: A Mixed-Methods Study.

This mixed-methods study aimed to determine nurses' views on the use of the Turkish version of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC). Phase 1 of the study consisted of a survey of perioperative and surgical nursing unit nurses' perceptions on the use of the SSC. The results showed that personnel believed that every step of the checklist was not always applied and that an increased workload and the lack of team cooperation negatively affected the use of the checklist.

Amikacin-induced acute kidney injury in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients with sepsis.

In this retrospective cohort study, we aimed to evaluate the incidence, risk factors and outcomes of amikacin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients with sepsis. A total of 311 patients were included in the study. Of them, 83 (26.

Radiographical and clinical results of a new conservative treatment algorithm in Legg-Calvè-Perthes disease: A retrospective study.

Objective: This study aimed to establish a feasible conservative treatment algorithm for Legg-Calvè-Perthes Disease (LCPD), clarify its limitations, and evaluate the correlations between radiographical and clinical results.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with LCPD and treated conservatively were evaluated retrospectively; 39 hips from 35 patients were included. The treatment protocol consisted of intermittent manual traction, range of motion exercises, activity limitation, bed rest, NSAID (ibuprofen 100mg/5mL), and ASA (100mg/day) during attack periods.

Comparative assessment of three different second-line regimens in chemotherapy resistant / refractory small-cell lung cancer.

Purpose: Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients unresponsive or relapsing within 90 days following frontline chemotherapy have poor prognosis and they should be treated with different chemotherapy regimens other than those used in the first-line regimen. Currently there is no globally accepted standard chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of these patients. This retrospective study was designed to compare CAV (Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine), weekly topotecan and weekly irinotecan regimens and to evaluate the efficacy of the three regimens in patients with chemotherapy resistant/refractory (CRR) SCLC.

A legal overview of the use of messaging platforms in healthcare.

Medical interventions are becoming more complex day by day. Moreover, compared with the past, more healthcare professionals take part in the same intervention in the field of medicine. The use of technology in medical interventions has also increased.

Validity of the Kihon Checklist for evaluating frailty status in Turkish older adults.

Aim: The Kihon Checklist (KCL) was developed to identify vulnerable older adults residing in Japan who are at a high risk of becoming dependent. The present study aimed to determine the validity of the KCL for detecting frailty in Turkish older adults.

Methods: A total of 300 outpatients were enrolled in the study.

A patellar tendon length conservation method: Biplanar retrotubercle open-wedge proximal tibial osteotomy.

Objective: The early-period results of our technique for performing a medial biplanar retrotubercle open-wedge proximal tibial osteotomy for the surgical treatment of varus gonarthrosis were evaluated and compared with those reported in the literature.

Methods: The clinical and radiological results of a medial biplanar retrotubercle open-wedge proximal tibial osteotomy performed on 23 knees in 22 patients with medial gonarthrosis with varus alignment were analyzed.

Results: Twenty patients were female and 2 were male.

Ultrasonographic comparison of bilateral patellar tendon dimensions in patients treated via intramedullary tibial nailing using a transpatellar approach.

Objective: One of the most common complications following intramedullary nailing of a tibial shaft fracture is anterior knee pain. The etiology of pain remains unclear. Patellar tendon entry point is the most suspected reason for anterior knee pain.

Effect of Repeated Sterilization by Different Methods on Strength of Carbon Fiber Rods Used in External Fixator Systems.

Objectives: We aimed to study the effects of repeated sterilization, using different methods, on the carbon fiber rods of external fixator systems.

Methods: We used a randomized set of 44 unused, unsterilized, and identical carbon fiber rods (11 × 200 mm), randomly assigned to 2 groups: unsterilized (4 rods) and sterilized (40 rods). The sterilized rods were divided into 2 groups, those sterilized in an autoclave and those sterilized using hydrogen peroxide.

A Scoring System to Demonstrate the Risk for Bone Injury in Patients with Clinically Suspected or Occult Scaphoid Fracture.

Background: It is important to diagnose a scaphoid fracture accurately and start the correct treatment in the shortest time possible. However, the fracture of bone may not be visible on x-ray. In such cases, patients are clinically diagnosed with suspected or occult scaphoid fractures.

Surgical treatment of displaced intraarticular calcaneus fractures using anatomical lateral frame plate.

Background: The present study evaluated the results obtained from the anatomical lateral frame plate treatment of displaced intraarticular calcaneus fractures.

Methods: Overall, 14 displaced intraarticular fractures of 13 patients (3 females, 10 males; Mean age, 37.5 years) were included in the present study.

Radiological and clinical outcomes of medial approach open reduction by using two intervals in developmental dysplasia of the hip.

Objective: To evaluate the midterm clinical and radiological outcomes of the medial approach using two intervals for developmental hip dysplasia (DDH).

Methods: The study involved 62 hips of 47 patients (41 girls, 6 boys) treated with medial approach for DDH from 1999 to 2010. The age of the patients at surgery was 18.

Arthroscopic Technique for Treatment of Schatzker Type III Tibia Plateau Fractures Without Fluoroscopy.

Accurate reduction and maintenance of the stability with correct implant positioning is critical for surgical treatment of tibial plateau fractures. Our technique includes an arthroscopic reduction and fixation of Schatzker type III tibial plateau fractures with a bulls-eye screw placement without fluoroscopy control. With the arthroscopic guidance, an anterior cruciate ligament drill guide is placed and a K-wire sent to the midpoint of the depressed fragment through the guide at a 40° angle to the coronal axis of the tibia.

Endovascular Management of Iatrogenic Vascular Injury in the Craniocervical Region.

Aim: To evaluate iatrogenic vascular injuries in the craniocervical region and their endovascular management.

Material And Methods: Twenty-one patients (9 women, 12 men) with a mean age of 53.6 years (range 16-87 years), who underwent endovascular embolization for iatrogenic vascular injury in the craniocervical region between December 2000 and October 2015, were included in this retrospective study.

GUse of provisional K wires instead of Poller screws for treatment of diametaphyseal fractures of the distal femur and proximal and distal tibia.

There are several important technical points that need to be observed when using an intramedullary nail to fix diametaphyseal fractures of femur and tibia. We aimed to describe a technique using 3.0-mm K wires, which act like Poller screws, in conjunction with intramedullary nails to obtain alignment of diametaphyseal fractures of the femur and tibia, and present our results.

Sensory Substitution: The Spatial Updating of Auditory Scenes "Mimics" the Spatial Updating of Visual Scenes.

Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution is used to convey visual information through audition, and it was initially created to compensate for blindness; it consists of software converting the visual images captured by a video-camera into the equivalent auditory images, or "soundscapes". Here, it was used by blindfolded sighted participants to learn the spatial position of simple shapes depicted in images arranged on the floor. Very few studies have used sensory substitution to investigate spatial representation, while it has been widely used to investigate object recognition.

Severe Pneumonia Treated Succesfully with Levofloxacin and Oseltamivir During Flu Epidemic.

Viral pneumonia is an important cause of community acquired pneumonias (CAP). It's not only specific to childhood period. Although immunocompromised adults are susceptible; all young and healthy adults are at risk.

HELLP syndrome is still a serious, life-threatening complication of pregnancy: admission of 34 women to an eastern Turkish intensive care unit.

Objective: The transfer of the obstetric patient to the intensive care unit is considered as an indicator of maternal morbidity. The most important two indications for admittance of the obstetric patient to the intensive care unit are postpartum hemorrhage and hypertensive disorders. The purpose of this study was to determine maternal morbidity and mortality rates in patients diagnosed with hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome who required intensive care.

Crossmodal processing and sensory substitution: Is "seeing" with sound and touch a form of perception or cognition?

The brain has evolved in this multisensory context to perceive the world in an integrated fashion. Although there are good reasons to be skeptical of the influence of cognition on perception, here we argue that the study of sensory substitution devices might reveal that perception and cognition are not necessarily distinct, but rather continuous aspects of our information processing capacities.

Endovascular treatment of intracranial infectious aneurysms.

Introduction: Intracranial infectious aneurysm (IIA) accounts for less than 5% of all intracranial aneurysms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of endovascular treatment for IIA.

Methods: During a 14-year period, 15 patients (age range, 2-68 years; mean, 42.

Comparative analysis of the efficacy and safety of modified FOLFOX-6 and DCF regimens as first-line treatment in advanced gastric cancer.

The aim of this study was to retrospectively compare the efficacy and toxicity of the oxaliplatin + 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) + leucovorin (LV) regimen [modified (m)FOLFOX-6] with that of the docetaxel + cisplatin + 5-FU regimen (DCF) in patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC). A total of 72 patients received DCF (75 mg/m docetaxel and 75 mg/m cisplatin on day 1 and 750 mg/m 5-FU on days 1-5) every 21 days, whereas 54 patients received mFOLFOX-6 (85 mg/m oxaliplatin and 400 mg/m LV as a 2-h infusion, followed by a 5-FU bolus of 400 mg/m and 2,400 mg/m 5-FU as a 46-h continuous infusion) every 14 days. In the DCF arm, 55 (76.