Comparison of limberg flap and oval flap techniques in sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease surgery.

Objective: Although many surgical techniques have been described for treatment of pilonidal sinus disease (PSD), the ideal treatment method remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare Limberg flap and oval flap techniques in patients with PSD.

Material And Methods: Patients diagnosed with PSD who underwent surgery using either the Limberg flap or oval flap technique between January 2012 and January 2016 at the general surgery outpatient clinic were retrospectively reviewed from the database of our hospital; 142 patients (124 males and 18 females) were invited for examination.

Fragmented QRS may predict increased arterial stiffness in asymptomatic hypertensive patients.

Objective: Detection of increased arterial stiffness could prevent patients from being mistakenly classified as being at a low or a moderate risk, when they actually are at a high risk. The main aim of present study was to investigate the relation between fragmented QRS (fQRS) on ECG and the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), which is a novel parameter of arterial stiffness in asymptomatic hypertensive patients.

Methods And Results: Seventy-five asymptomatic hypertensive patients with fQRS and 75 age-matched and sex-matched control individuals without fQRS were enrolled.

Predictive value of echocardiography-derived arterial compliance for increased arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients.

Objective: Increased arterial stiffness is a predictor of cardiovascular events. The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) is a measure of arterial stiffness. The stroke volume (SV) to pulse pressure (PP) ratio is an estimate of arterial compliance (AC).

Relation of epicardial adipose tissue with arterial compliance and stiffness in patients with hypertension.

The main aim of the present study was to investigate the association between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and arterial function in patients with asymptomatic hypertension. Patients with hypertension (n = 155) were enrolled consecutively. Patients with decreased arterial compliance (AC) and increased cardioankle vascular index (CAVI) had higher EAT values compared with those with normal AC and CAVI (6.

Validation of three breast cancer nomograms and a new formula for predicting non-sentinel lymph node status.

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the available breast nomograms (MSKCC, Stanford, Tenon) to predict non-sentinel lymph node metastasis (NSLNM) and to determine variables for NSLNM in SLN positive breast cancer patients in our population.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 170 patients who underwent completion axillary lymph node dissection between Jul 2008 and Aug 2010 in our hospital. We validated three nomograms (MSKCC, Stanford, Tenon).

Effects of intra-abdominal pressure increase on intestinal ischemia and bacterial translocation in experimental sepsis model.

Objective: To investigate the safety of laparoscopic intervention for diagnosis and treatment at 8 mm Hg pressure in one-hour period on acute peritonitis related intra-abdominal sepsis model.

Methods: In this study, we included 32 female Wistar-Albino rats, weighing 250 +/- 20 g, and divided them into 4 groups. This study was conducted in Istanbul University Experimental Medical Research Institution (DETAE) laboratory from April to May 2009.