Analyse of patient characteristics and aetiological causes of enterocutaneous fistulas and their impacts on in-hospital mortality: a ten-year retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: This study aimed to compare patient characteristics according to the primary aetiology including gunshot wounds in inpatient individuals diagnosed with enterocutaneous fistula (ECF) or enteroatmospheric fistula (EAF) and to evaluate the impacts of these characteristics on all-cause in-hospital mortality.

Methods: This is a single-centre hospital-based retrospective cohort study conducted with adult patients who were hospitalised for treatment of ECF or EAF. The patients were allocated to three study groups according to their primary aetiology (surgery-related group, gunshot-related group and other-cause group).

Comparison of open and laparoscopic techniques in the surgical treatment of acute appendicitis.

Objective: Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common cause of acute abdomen and appendectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures. In this study, we aimed to compare open appendectomy (OA) and laparoscopic (LA) surgical techniques in the treatment of AA.

Methods: The data of 236 patients treated with the diagnosis of AA in 2019-2020 were analyzed.

A rare case of pantaloon hernia accompanied by strangulated ileal segment: Inguinal herniation of the bladder.

Mesanenin inguinal kanal içine herniasyonu nadir görülen bir klinik antitedir ve tüm inguinal hernilerin yaklaşık %1-4'ünü oluşturmaktadır. Genellikle yaşlı erkek hastalarda ve sağ tarafta sık görülmektedir. Hastalar çoğunlukla asemptomatik olduğundan, intraoperatif olarak tanı almaktadır.

The Effect of Education Given to Children with Functional Constipation and Fecal Incontinence and Their Mothers on Anxiety and Constipation Management.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of multidimensional training program on children with constipation and fecal incontinence and their mothers on anxiety and their constipation management.

Method: The study had an experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group. The intervention group consisted of children diagnosed with functional constipation (n=20) and fecal incontinence (n=21) and their mothers in the Pediatric Surgery Clinic.