Comparison of endovenous laser ablation and cyanoacrylate embolization in the non-invasive treatment of superficial venous insufficiency in terms of patient satisfaction.

Objective: Ablation with n-butyl cyanoacrylate is a clinically newer technique than endovenous laser ablation and other interventional techniques in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). The aim of this study was to compare the endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) and n-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) interventional techniques in terms of benefit, effectiveness, and patient satisfaction.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted at Yozgat City Hospital and Bozok University Research Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery clinics between November 2016 and February 2021.

Comparison of Bretschneider HTK and Blood Cardioplegia (4:1): A Prospective Randomized Study.

Background: We compared the effect of intermittent blood and histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution of Bretschneider on myocardial histopathology and perioperative outcome.

Methods: Forty adult cardiac surgery patients were grouped into two ( = 20 for each): (1) Intermittent blood cardioplegia (IBC): had repeated cold 4:1 blood cardioplegia and (2) HTK: had a single dose of cold HTK for cardioprotection. Creatine kinase (CK)-MB, Troponin-I (cTn-I), pH, and lactate were studied in coronary sinus blood before and after aortic cross-clamping (AXC) and systemic blood at postoperative 6, 24, and 48 hours.

Atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon angioplasty for below knee lesions in diabetic patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the long-term outcomes of below the knee revascularization with percutaneous atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon and revascularization with drug-coated balloon alone for symptomatic diabetic patients with peripheral arterial disease.

Patients And Methods: Between April 2015 and January 2020, total of 128 patients and 228 below the knee procedures were enrolled into this retrospective study. Sixty-five patients were treated with atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon and 63 patients were treated solely with drug-coated balloon.

Evaluation of Neurocognitive Abilities in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy Surgery.

Objective: To evaluate the differences in neurocognitive abilities between the preoperative and postoperative periods following carotid endarterectomy (CEA), due to carotid artery stenosis, and to evaluate the effectiveness of CEA on neurocognitive abilities in the future.

Material And Methods: Thirty-eight cases of CEA surgery at Bozok University Faculty of Medicine Research Hospital between January 2015 and June 2020 were examined. Neurocognitive tests were performed on carotid endarterectomy patients one day before the operation and on the 2nd, 4th, and 30th postoperative days.

Treatment of Chylothorax with Pleurodesis (A Lesser Known Complication of Behçet's Disease): A Case Report.

Behçet's Disease (BD) is a multisystemic vasculitis which usually affects optical, genital, and oral mucosae and often reoccurs intermittently. Chylothorax is a very rare complication of BD which usually causes thrombosis in the major venous system. A 27-year-old man with a 10-year history of BD referred to our cardiovascular surgery department with symptoms of serious aches in the left arm, edema, and apparent veins on the left anterior chest wall.

A simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting on beating heart and right upper lobectomy in a patient with a lung adenocarcinoma.

A coexisting coronary heart disease may increase the operative mortality and morbidity rates of lung resection. A simultaneous or a two-stage procedure using myocardial revascularization prior to the pulmonary resection may reduce the postoperative morbidity and mortality. Herein, we present a 65-year-old male case of a lung adenocarcinoma in whom a simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting on a beating heart and right upper lobectomy was performed.