Anthropometric measurements may be informative for nursing home-acquired pneumonia.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between anthropometric measurements and Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP) risk.

Methods: Consecutive patients of 65 years or elderly who were living in the Balikli Rum Hospital Nursing Homes were included in this prospective study. At the beginning of this study, the patients' anthropometrics values were measured.

A Rare Presentation of Autonomously Functioning Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Malignancy in Marine-Lenhart Syndrome Nodule.

Objective. Marine-Lenhart Syndrome (MLS) is defined as concomitant occurrence of autonomously functioning thyroid nodule (AFTN) with Graves' disease (GD). Malignancy in a functional nodule is rare.

A life-threatening brainstem compression by cerebral Echinococcus granulosus.

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. It is of worldwide importance, and is widespread in the Mediterranean region and Middle East. This tapeworm shows great intraspecific variation in relation to host specificity, epidemiology and morphology.

Innervation of the human cricopharyngeal muscle by the recurrent laryngeal nerve and external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve.

Purpose: The major component of the upper esophageal sphincter is the cricopharyngeal muscle (CPM). We assessed the contribution of the laryngeal nerves to motor innervation of the CPM.

Methods: We performed an intraoperative electromyographic study of 27 patients.

Clinical features and patency rates of Remedy biodegradable peripheral stents.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the midterm results of Remedy biodegradable stents, which have recently come into use for lower-extremity arterial occlusive disease.

Methods: Sixty-five patients, who underwent surgical intervention in various cardiovascular surgery clinics throughout Turkey, were included in the study. The total number of stents used was 92.

Cerebral venous thrombosis following spinal surgery in a patient with Factor V Leiden mutation.

Cerebral venous thrombosis is a devastating event leading to high mortality and morbidity rates. We present a case of cerebral venous thrombosis that occurred following spinal surgery in a patient with Factor V Leiden mutation and G1691A heterozygosity. Possible prevention and treatment strategies have been discussed.

Association of collagen I, IX and vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with radiological severity of intervertebral disc degeneration in Southern European Ancestor.

Purpose: Several genomic loci have been previously found to be associated with intervertebral disc degeneration, so far. Data are mostly derived from northern European countries whereas data derived from Southern European Ancestor are limited. This study aimed to evaluate the association between radiological disease severity of lumbar disc degeneration and certain genetic loci in a sample of participants from Southern Europe.

The effect of anatomical factors on mortality rates after endovascular aneurysm repair.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of anatomical characteristics on mortality rates after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

Methods: We investigated 56 EVAR procedures for infrarenal aortic aneurysms performed between January 2010 and December 2013, and the data were supplemented with a prospective review. The patients were divided into two groups according to the diameter of the aneurysm.

The effect of iloprost and N-acetylcysteine on skeletal muscle injury in an acute aortic ischemia-reperfusion model: an experimental study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the effects of iloprost and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injuries to the gastrocnemius muscle, following the occlusion-reperfusion period in the abdominal aorta of rats.

Materials And Methods: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four equal groups. Group 1: control group.

A palsied recurrent laryngeal nerve should be explored and evaluated by intraoperative neuromonitoring during secondary thyroidectomy: report of two cases.

Introduction: Our aim was to evaluate the findings of intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) in two cases with preoperative vocal cord palsy. Case 1: a 61-year-old female with recurrent goiter underwent secondary thyroidectomy. The preoperative evaluation of the vocal cords revealed right vocal cord paralyses without atrophy.