Evaluation of the early cervical structural change in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthropathy.

In this double-blind, controlled, cross-sectional study, we compared structural changes in the cervical vertebrae of patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthropathy (nr-axSpA), patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and a control group. We used the modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (mSASSS) to determine whether the involvement of the cervical spine occurs earlier and is more severe than that of the lumbar spine in axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA). A statistically significant difference was found in the total mSASSS between the AS and nr-axSpA groups (p = 0.

Clinical risk factors, phenomenology and the impact of clozapine induced obsessive compulsive symptoms.

The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical risk factors, phenomenology and the impact of clozapine induced obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in patients with schizophrenia. One hundred twenty-two patients receiving clozapine treatment for at least 6 weeks were assessed with Structured Clinical Interview for Axis-I Disorders for DSM-IV, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and Checklist, Calgary Depression Scale, Clinical Global Impression Scale and WHO-Disability Assessment Schedule-II. Information about past and current clinical status were gathered through clinical interviews and medical records.

Relationship between erythrocyte sedimentation rate and choroidal and retinal thickness in Behçet's disease.

Purpose: To compare retinal and choroidal thickness in patients with Behçet's disease with and without ocular involvement as well as to evaluate the correlation between erythrocyte sedimentation rate and choroidal thickness among patients with Behçet's disease.

Methods: This was a prospective interventional study investigating erythrocyte sedimentation as well as choroidal and retinal thickness among patients with Behçet's disease. Patients who were diagnosed based on The International Criteria for Behçet's Disease with (Group A) or without (Group B) ocular involvement and a matched control group (Group C) participated in the study.

Premedication Methods in Nasal Endoscopy: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study.

Objectives: To identify the optimal pharmacological method of preparing patients for nasal endoscopy.

Methods: Twenty healthy volunteers were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, double-blind study. Four types of medications were applied in their nostrils with binary combinations of spray bottles on four different days in a random order: placebo (normal saline [NS]+NS), decongestant (NS+oxymetazoline), anesthetic (NS+lidocaine), and decongestant plus anesthetic (oxymetazoline+lidocaine).

Intraocular pressure measurement over soft contact lens by rebound tonometer: a comparative study.

Aim: To evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements by Icare rebound tonometer over a contact lens in comparison with Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT).

Methods: Fifty patients using contact lens were included in this study. One of the eyes of the patients was selected randomly and their IOP were measured by rebound tonometer with and without contact lens (RTCL, RT respectively) and by GAT, as well as their central corneal thickness (CCT) by optical pachymeter.

Rare cause of oesophagus perforation.

Introduction: Oesophagus perforations, which are generally caused by iatrogenic injuries, are a serious clinical event. There are still high rates of mortality and morbidity and there is no gold standard of surgical treatment.

Presentation Of Case: The case is here presented of a 54-year old female with complaints of dysphagia after having swallowed a bone in food, who was determined with oesophagus perforation on CT examination.

Triple, double- and single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective study.

Purpose: Advances in laparoscopic techniques have enabled complicated intra-abdominal surgical procedures to be made with less trauma and a better cosmetic appearance. The techniques have been developed by decreasing the number of incisions in conventional laparoscopic procedures in order to increase patient satisfaction. The aim of this study was to compare the results of cholecystectomies made with 3, 2 or a single incision.