Surgical management of Stapfer Type 2 ERCP perforations.

Background: While numerous studies have proposed algorithms for the management of Stapfer Type 2 ERCP perforations, there is limited research on surgical treatment options specifically for this patient group. Our aim is not to propose a new algorithm for these patients but to describe our surgical approach and contribute to the literature with our surgical procedure applied in Stapfer Type 2 ERCP perforation cases.

Methods: Between 2016 and 2023, a total of 12 patients with Stapfer Type 2 ERCP perforations underwent surgery at our hospital.

Towards a standardized program of transitional care for adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis for Turkey: a national survey study.

Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a prevalent childhood chronic arthritis, often persisting into adulthood. Effective transitional care becomes crucial as these patients transition from pediatric to adult healthcare systems. Despite the concept of transitional care being recognized, its real-world implementation remains inadequately explored.

Exenatide promotes regeneration of injured rat sciatic nerve.

Damage to peripheral nerves results in partial or complete dysfunction. After peripheral nerve injuries, a full functional recovery usually cannot be achieved despite the standard surgical repairs. Neurotrophic factors and growth factors stimulate axonal growth and support the viability of nerve cells.

The Knowledge Level and Opinions of Physicians about the Medical and Legal Procedures Related to Physical Child Abuse.

Background: In order to diagnose child abuse, physicians need to consider the possibility of abuse in every child they encounter, have sufficient information about the topic and manage the cases according to current law.

Aims: To determine the knowledge level of physicians on child abuse and to learn their opinions about the procedures when they suspect child abuse.

Study Design: A questionnaire (cross-sectional) study.

Efficacy of silodosin in the treatment of distal ureteral stones 4 to 10 mm in diameter.

Purpose: Few studies have investigated the efficacy of silodosin, a recently introduced selective alpha 1-A adrenoceptor antagonist, in medical expulsive therapy (MET) for ureteral calculi. The results of these studies, which all evaluated the efficacy of 8 mg/day, indicate that silodosin is a potential treatment for ureteral calculi. This study investigated the efficacy of 4 mg/day of silodosin for MET of distal ureteral stones 4 to 10 mm in diameter.

Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis with TNF inhibitors does not have adverse effect on results of liver function tests: a longitudinal study.

Aim: To retrospectively investigate and compare the effects of tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (TNFi) on hepatic enzymes in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of the records of 94 AS (66 male, 28 female) patients using TNFi was performed. Patients' clinical data, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity (BASDAI) scores, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were all examined.

The effect of duodenogastric reflux on Helicobacter pylori presence and gastric histopathologic changes.

Background/aims: In this study, we investigated the presence of Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric histological changes in unoperated patients with and without duodenogastric reflux.

Methods: Twenty-two women and 15 men, mean age of 51.17 years, who had duodenogastric reflux during endoscopy were included.

[The correlation between computed tomography findings of the paranasal sinuses and the symptoms of acute sinusitis].

Objectives: We investigated the relationship between symptoms, coronal paranasal computed tomography (CT) findings and anatomic variations in patients with acute sinusitis.

Patients And Methods: The study included 44 patients (23 females, 21 males; mean age 35 years; range 21 to 74 years) whose diagnosis was acute sinusitis by history and physical examination. A comprehensive inquiry into the symptoms was made and coronal paranasal CT scans were obtained in all the patients.

The significance of corpus anterior wall ulcers on morbidity and mortality of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Background/aims: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common and potentially life-threatening medical emergency. Various factors modulating morbidity and mortality on upper gastrointestinal bleeding have been reported. However, there are no reports on the prognosis of bleeding ulcers on the anterior wall of corpus (on fundus-corpus junction, 10-15 mm from the lesser curvature) bleeding ulcers on the anterior wall of the corpus.

Psychosocial burden of beta-thalassaemia major in Antalya, south Turkey.

beta-thalassaemia is a recessively inherited blood disorder characterised by chronic anaemia. It requires monthly blood transfusions and regular iron chelation. Thousands of affected children are born annually and the magnitude of the problem is most severe in developing countries.

Tenascin expression in normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic endometrium.

Tenascin (TN) is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein (ECM) that participates in embryogenesis and carcinogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate immunohistochemically the expression of TN in the normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic endometrium (endometrial adenocarcinoma). In the adenocarcinomas, the results were correlated with patient age, menopausal status, stage, grade, myometrial invasion, and vascular invasion.