The Effect of Preoperative Oral Intake of Liquid Carbohydrate on Postoperative Stress Parameters in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Experimental Study.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of preoperative oral intake of liquid carbohydrate on postoperative stress parameters (blood glucose, insulin resistance, cortisol, noradrenaline, and adrenaline levels) in patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Design: This is an experimental study with intervention and control groups.

Methods: The sample consisted of 68 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (control group = 33; intervention group = 35).

Comparison of two different bowel anastomosis types using finite volume method.

The purpose of this study was to compare side-to-side and functional end-to-end anastomosis techniques that are commonly used in bowel surgery. Considering the dimensions of these two different anastomosis models, SolidWorks program was used for 3 D studies. Intra-intestinal flow analyzes were performed based on the finite volume method using Ansys Fluent, a computational fluid Dynamics (CFD) program.

Does the Intestinal Parasite Enterobius vermicularis Cause Acute Appendicitis?

Objective: Although intestinal parasitic infections rarely cause acute appendicitis, they are common public health problems in undeveloped and developing countries. Parasitic infections should be kept in mind in patients clinically suspected of having acute appendicitis, and treatment procedures should be adopted according to the etiology.

Methods: Herein we presented the cases of four patients with clinical findings of acute appendicitis.

Inflamed vermiform appendix within the sac of incarcerated left inguinal hernia.

A 54-year-old male complained of a continuous pain together with an irreducible swelling of the left inguinal region 8 hours prior to admission to the surgical emergency department. His physical examination revealed a very painful, erythematous, irreducible swelling in the left inguinal region without abdominal peritoneal irritation. Routine blood tests disclosed mild leukocytosis.

Predictors of malignancy in patients with a thyroid nodule that contains Hürthle cells.

Objective: Fine needle aspiration cytology of a thyroid nodule with Hürthle cells can be present in both benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid. The aim of this study was to identify the factors that predict malignancy in patients who underwent thyroidectomy with a preoperative fine needle aspiration cytology that contains a predominance of Hürthle cells.

Study Design: Retrospective data collection.