Biliary Complications in Living Liver Donors After Donor Hepatectomy: A Single-Center Experience.

Objectives: The most frequent postoperative morbidity following living donor liver transplant is biliary complications, which can happen for both anatomical and procedural reasons.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 104 patients who were living liver donors undergoing hepatectomy from January 2011 to April 2022. We evaluated all perioperative finding such as age, sex, remnant liver volume, biliary anatomy, theduration of operation time and hospitalization, and blood loss.

COVID-19 infection frequency and clinical course in patients with liver transplantation: Results of a single transplant center in Türkiye.

Objectives: In this paper, it was tried to determine the incidence of COVID-19, course of the disease, and mortality rate in liver transplant patients by evaluating all patients operated on in our center. In addition, the results of liver transplantation performed in our center during the pandemic period were also presented.

Material And Methods: All patients who had undergone liver transplantation in our liver transplant center were questioned about their history of COVID-19 either at their routine controls in the clinic or by phone interview.

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC Improves Survival in Peritoneal Metastatic Gastric Cancer.

Introduction: This study examined the difference in overall survival (OS) between peritoneal metastatic gastric cancer (PMGC) patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by cytoreductive surgery ± hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS ± HIPEC) and those who did not have surgery but instead received palliative chemotherapy.

Methods: This retrospective study included 80 patients who were followed up with the diagnosis of PMGC, those undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by CRS ± HIPEC (CRS ± HIPEC group) and those receiving chemotherapy only (non-surgical group), in the medical oncology clinic between April 2011 and December 2021. Clinicopathological features, treatments, and OS of the patients were compared.

Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Similar Morbidity and No Mortality in the Learning Period.

Objectives: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is one of the most challenging operations in gastrointestinal system due to the difficulty of dissection areas and the need for complex reconstruction. The aim of this study is to compare the morbidity, post-operative pancreatic fistula (POPF), and mortality rates of the cases we have from the learning period for minimally invasive PD and our previous open PD cases with similar fistula risk scores (FRSs).

Methods: Patients with similar age, ASA score, pre-operative drainage, and FRS were included in the study.

High Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma in a Liver Transplant Recipient Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

According to GLOBOCAN 2020 data, the incidence of ovarian cancer is 1.6%. Ovarian cancer ranks 19th in incidence and 15th in mortality with a rate of 2.

Biliary Stenting Prior to Pancreaticoduodenectomy and its Effects on Postoperative Outcome. Twenty Years of Experience with 805 Patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential effects of biliary drainage before pancreaticoduodenectomy on postoperative outcomes.

Methods: This study was conducted retrospectively on data from 820 cases of pancreaticoduodenectomy performed in the Gastrointestinal Surgery Department of Ankara City Hospital between April 1999 and August 2019. Twenty years of collected patient data were re-examined and 805 patients were divided into two groups as those who underwent preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) and those who did not (non-PBD).

How can surgical continuity be maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic? A quality improvement study in the pre-vaccination period.

Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the elective surgeries had to be postponed. However, it is not possible to delay the surgical treat- ment of cancer patients for a long time. The aim of this study was to present how gastrointestinal system surgery operations are managed without delay and how employee safety is ensured , together with the results of the last five months.

Single-Center Results of Choledochal Cysts in Turkish Population.

Background: Choledochal cysts are seen commonly in Asian populations, but rarely in Western populations. The pathogenesis of these premalignant lesions is not fully understood yet and the risk of malignant transformation increases with age. The overall malignancy risk is 10%-15% in East Asian countries.

Treatment Modalities and the Role of Endoscopy for Delayed Gastric Emptying After Whipple Operation: Analysis of 53 Patients.

Background: Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is one of the most common complications after Whipple surgery. This situation delays postoperative oral food intake and prolongs hospitalization. Postoperative DGE often develops due to complications such as intra-abdominal abscess, collections, and anastomosis leaks, and these are called secondary DGE.

The attitude of Turkish general surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of "general surgery COVID-19 pandemic attitude survey".

Objectives: The whole world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, and healthcare professionals are the most affected group. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of general surgeons about COVID-19 and understand the attitude and current situation of our colleagues.

Material And Methods: This descriptive study comprised general surgeons working in different parts of Turkey.

Comparison of endocrinological and cytokine response to trauma in laparoscopic and conventional appendectomy in patients with acute appendicitis.

Purpose: In this study, we compared the endocrine and cytokine reaction of the patients which laparoscopic and conventional appendectomy was done for acute appendicitis.

Materials And Method: 50 patients who were operated for acute appendicitis in Ankara Atatürk Research and Training Hospital between the dates December 2013 and February 2014 were enrolled and grouped as either laparoscopic or conventional. Serum ACTH, IL-6 and CRP levels were obtained at induction of anesthesia and postoperative 6th hour.

Is It Necessary to Specifically Define the Cause of Surgically Treated Biliary Tract Infections? A Rare Case of Cholecystitis and Literature Review.

is an aquatic and soil organism that does not notoriously cause invasive infections in humans. Infections in the literature are limited only in case reports. We present a very rare case of cholecystitis.

A rare cause of acute abdomen in a young patient: Cecal volvulus.

Cecal volvulus is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction and acute abdomen. Previous laparotomy and pregnancy may increase the predisposition to cecal volvulus. Delays in diagnosis cause serious outcomes.

Gastric adenocarcinoma and GIST (collision tumors) of the stomach presenting with perforation; first report.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are very rare tumors of stomach. To our knowledge there are a few reported cases of synchronous occurrence of epithelial and gastrointestinal stromal tumors of stomach. Also, tumor perforation is very rare.

Castleman's disease of the duodenum.

Castleman's disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of uncertain origin. Just two cases of Castleman's disease of the gastrointestinal tract have been reported. These were found in the stomach.

Does low molecular weight heparin impair anastomotic wound healing?

Background: Enoxaparin is an important molecule which had been using in prophylaxis and treatment of deep venous thrombosis. Also, it is showed that it prevents postsurgical peritoneal adhesions in rats. It is aimed to evaluate its effects on gastrointestinal wound healing.

Family history of acute appendicitis.

Objectives: To evaluate the association of acute appendicitis with age, sex, Alvarado score (AS) and family history.

Methods: Medical records of 2670 patients, who were admitted to our hospital's emergency department between January 2005 and June 2007, were reviewed. These patients were referred as acute abdominal pain by general practitioners.