Background: The use of social media has been drastic in the field of neurosurgery over the last two decades. Almost 70 % of neurosurgeons use social media platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, and Instagram for purposes of professional growth. This literature review aims to quantify the use of social media in the field of neurosurgery, its benefits, and implications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The usage of Chatbots as a kind of Artificial Intelligence in medicine is getting to increase in recent years. UpToDate® is another well-known search tool established on evidence-based knowledge and is used daily by doctors worldwide. In this study, we aimed to investigate the usefulness and reliability of ChatGPT compared to UpToDate in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (ORL-HNS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransoral endoscopic thyroidectomy with vestibular approach (TOETVA) is a scarless thyroid surgery used as an alternative to open conventional surgery. Our aim was to investigate possible risk factors for complications and conversion during TOETVA. The study was conducted internationally by centres from Turkiye, the Republic of Korea, Italy, and Peru.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlioblastoma is the most common malignant primary central nervous system tumor and one of the most debilitating cancers. The prognosis of patients with glioblastoma remains poor, and the management of this tumor, both in its primary and recurrent forms, remains suboptimal. Despite the tremendous efforts that are being put forward by the research community to discover novel efficacious therapeutic agents and modalities, no major paradigm shifts have been established in the field in the last decade.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The optimal anticoagulant treatment regimen in hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is uncertain. This study aimed to compare the rates of disease progression and mortality in patients treated with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) according to baseline d-dimer levels and in those who received a fixed-dose regimen irrespective of the d-dimer level.
Material And Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of all patients admitted to a university hospital for COVID-19 pneumonia during a 1-year period.