The protective effects of red ginseng and amifostine against renal damage caused by ionizing radiation.

This study aimed to elucidate the effects of amifostine (ethyol) (AM), a synthetic radioprotector, and red ginseng (RG), a natural radioprotective agent, against the toxic effect of ionizing radiation (IR) on kidney tissues through changes in biochemical and histopathological parameters in addition to contributions to the use of amifostine and RG in clinical studies Five groups were established: Group I (control, receiving only saline by gavage), Group II (IR only), and Group III (IR+AM, 200 mg/kg intraperitoneally (i.p.).

Retinal and choroidal microvasculature is altered after strabismus surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the retinal and choroidal microvasculature after strabismus surgery using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Methods: Thirty-three eyes of 33 patients who underwent horizontal rectus surgery for strabismus were included in this retrospective study. The unoperated fellow eyes were used as the control group.

Effect of perioperative pelvic floor muscle training program on incontinence and quality of life after radical prostatectomy: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a perioperative pelvic floor muscle training program on urinary incontinence symptoms and the quality of life of patients after radical prostatectomy.

Methods: This single-center, parallel-group, randomized, controlled study was conducted with a total of 60 patients undergoing open radical prostatectomy in a training and research hospital in Turkey. Patients were randomly assigned to the pelvic floor muscle training group ( = 30) and the control group ( = 30).

The Role of Oxidative Status in the Pathogenesis of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, Pseudoexfolyation Syndrome and Glaucoma.

Purpose: To investigate the role of oxidative stress and antioxidant system in the etiopathogenesis of pseudoexfoliation and progression of pseudoexfoliation syndrome to glaucoma.

Material And Method: A total of 20 patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome, 20 with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, 20 with primary open-angle glaucoma, and 20 without pseudoexfoliation and glaucoma as a control group, who underwent cataract or glaucoma surgery between December 2020 and March 2021 in the Health Sciences University Beyoğlu Eye Training and Research Hospital, 80 patients were included in the study. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure with applanation tonometry, detailed anterior and posterior segment examinations with biomicroscopy were performed in all patients included in the study.

Inflammatory mediators of cytokines and chemokines in sepsis: From bench to bedside.

: Sepsis is a serious clinical condition characterized by damage to the immune system as a result of an uncontrolled response to infection. Septic patients show complications such as fever, cardiovascular shock, and/or systemic organ failure. Acute organ failure formed in sepsis mostly affects the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.

Elevated serum fibrinogen/albumin ratios in patients with acute central serous chorioretinopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate the serum fibrinogen/albumin ratios in patients with acute and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy, and healthy control samples.

Methods: Serum fibrinogen/albumin ratios were assessed in patients with acute (Group-1, 30 eyes) and chronic (Group-2, 30 eyes) central serous chorioretinopathy, and compared with healthy control (Group-3, 30 eyes) samples.

Results: Fibrinogen/albumin ratios were significantly higher in Group-1 (104.

Steatohepatitis due to FOLFIRINOX regimen in adjuvant pancreas cancer treatment mimicking liver metastasis.

Introduction: The combination of fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX) is more toxic than gemcitabine, but it is a safe regimen with manageable toxicities.

Case Report: We report a case with steatohepatitis mimicking liver metastasis as toxicity that was not seen in study patient population. In the adjuvant statement with FOLFIRINOX due to biopsy, we give the same regimen by excluding metastasis.