Ischemia-Modified Albumin (IMA) levels in ectopic pregnancy and early pregnancy loss.

Background: IMA is a novel marker to consider in ischemic conditions. The initial stages of pregnancy represent a physiological ischemic status. IMA levels may be changed when there is suspicion of early pregnancy complications because of increased oxidative stress.

Taste and Smell Impairment in SARS-CoV-2 Recovers Early and Spontaneously: Experimental Data Strongly Linked to Clinical Data.

A growing body of literature indicates that smell and taste impairment has frequently occurred during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-like Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak. Experimental studies have mostly found that non-neural-type cells are responsible for SARS-CoV-2-related taste and smell impairment. If this is the case, smell/taste impairment needs to recover early.

Taste and Smell Impairment in COVID-19: An AAO-HNS Anosmia Reporting Tool-Based Comparative Study.

Objective: To identify the taste and smell impairment in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-positive subjects and compare the findings with COVID-19-negative subjects using the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Anosmia Reporting Tool.

Setting: Tertiary referral center/COVID-19 pandemic hospital.

Study Design: Comparative study.

Comparison of body mass index and metabolic parameters with serum vaspin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

This study showed that there is a positive correlation between serum Visceral Adipose tissue derived Serine Protease Inhibitor (VASPIN) level and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). In previous studies, this relation was attributed to the generalization of higher amount of adipose tissue in patients with PCOS. However, we detected that VASPIN is significantly high in patients with PCOS regardless of BMI.

Comparisons of heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) levels in off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

Introduction: Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is a novel indicator of myocardial damage. The aim of the study was to compare the levels of H-FABP in off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Material And Methods: Thirty non-randomised 30 patients who underwent CABG between January 2009 and January 2010 were enrolled in the study.

The relationship between menopausal symptoms and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women.

The most common symptoms during menopausal transition and menopause are vasomotor symptoms. We aimed to investigate the relationship between menopausal symptoms and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in postmenopausal women. Two hundred and fifty-four and 317 postmenopausal women were in the MetS and non-MetS groups, respectively.

Does the 'equal management of equal risks' model cause overtreatment in patients with positive cervical cytology results for ASCUS/non-HPV16/18 oncogenic types?

Objectives: According to the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), cervical cytology patients who test positive for atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and the human papilloma virus (HPV) positive are recommended to undergo colposcopies. This study compared the colposcopic biopsy evaluation results of patients with positive cervical cytology results for ASCUS and HPV with regards to their HPV genotypes.

Methods: This study included 179 patients who underwent cervical cancer screening tests between June 2015 and June 2017 and whose results displayed positive cervical cervical cytology results for ASCUS and HPV.

Robot-assisted kidney transplantation: comparison of the first 40 cases of open vs robot-assisted transplantations by a single surgeon.

Objective: To compare the outcomes of the first 40 patients to undergo robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) with those of the first 40 patients who underwent open KT (OKT) by a single surgeon at the Dr Sadi Konuk Training Hospital.

Patients And Methods: We prospectively collected the data of the first 40 patients to undergo RAKT between January 2016 and February 2017 (RAKT group), and compared them with the first 40 patients to undergo OKT between November 2010 and April 2015 (OKT group). Comparisons were made using one-way analysis of variance or the Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables, and the chi-squared or Fisher's exact test for categorical variables.

Can serum vaspin levels predict clomiphene resistance in infertile women with PCOS?

Objective: To determine whether serum vaspin levels can predict the success of ovulation induction and clomiphene resistance in anovulatory women with PCOS.

Study Design: We designed a prospective case control study. The study population (n=49) was composed of infertile women with PCOS who underwent ovulation induction with clomiphene citrate.

Association between Metabolic Syndrome and Serum Nerve Growth Factor Levels in Women with Overactive Bladder.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between overactive bladder (OAB), metabolic syndrome (MetS) and serum nerve growth factors (NGF).

Study Design: Serum samples from a group of 90 women that included patients with OAB (group 1), patients with both OAB and MetS (group 2) and healthy women without OAB and MetS (group 3). Each group included 30 patients.

Immediate Continence Rates in RALRP: A Comparison of Three Techniques.

Background And Objectives: Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is said to provide excellent long-term continence. In this study, we compared the early incontinence outcomes of our patients, who had undergone no reconstruction, posterior reconstruction only, or total anatomic restoration and posterior reconstruction.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the patients who underwent RALRP for localized prostate cancer by a single surgeon in our clinic from January 1, 2009-February 1, 2016.

Management of unilocular or multilocular cysts more than 5 centimeters in postmenopausal women.

Objective: To evaluate the malignancy potential of large unilocular and multilocular ovarian cysts in postmenopausal women and to discuss their appropriate management.

Study Design: This retrospective study included 204 postmenopausal patients who underwent surgery for simple adnexal cysts or cysts with isolated septal structures at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital. Data obtained from patient and computer records included patient age, follow-up period, ultrasonography reports, surgery information, histopathological evaluation results, and cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels at diagnosis and during follow-up.

Human Placental Histopathology in Preterm Stillbirth: One Center's Experience.

Our aim is to identify maternal risk factors and to determine placental histopathologies in preterm stillbirths. We designed a prospective study involving a patient population (n = 136) composed of singleton stillbirth (n = 40) and singleton live-born neonates (n = 96) between 23 0/7 and 36 6/7 weeks of gestation. We divided the stillbirths into groups of early (n = 21) and late (n = 19) stillbirths.

Differentiated therapy in pre- and postmenopausal adnexal torsion based on malignancy rates: A retrospective multicentre study over five years.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical presentation, intra and postoperative outcomes in pre and postmenopausal women who underwent operations for adnexal torsion, and to define our experience diagnosing and managing postmenopausal women with adnexal torsion.

Methods: One hundred and fifty-seven patients who underwent operation with a diagnosis of adnexal torsion were analyzed according to demographic characteristics, menopausal status, preoperative signs and symptoms, surgical findings and applied surgical procedures, and pathological results in four tertiary centers.

Results: The main indication for surgery for the postmenopausal women was pelvic mass (58% vs.

Intramuscular versus intravenous prophylactic oxytocin for postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal delivery: a randomized controlled study.

Purpose: Prevention of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is essential in the pursuit of improved health care for women. Oxytocin, the most commonly used uterotonic agent to prevent PPH, has no established the route of administration. In this study we aimed to compare whether the mode of oxytocin administration, i.

Could body mass index be an indicator for endometrial biopsy in premenopausal women with heavy menstrual bleeding?

Purpose: To evaluate the role of body mass index (BMI) in women with premenopausal heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) to identify patients who should undergo endometrial biopsy.

Methods: This prospective cohort study included 1120 premenopausal women who presented to the Gynecology Clinic, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, due to HMB and who underwent endometrial sampling.

Ischemia-Modified Albumin (IMA): A Novel Marker for Preeclampsia Independent of Uterine Artery Notching Identified by Doppler Ultrasound.

Objective: To determine the predictive value of second trimester serum ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels for preeclampsia (PE), small for gestational age (SGA) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Methods: The study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital between May and August 2014. Healthy pregnant women (n = 88) who were screened for fetal anomalies with ultrasound at 20-24 weeks of gestation were included in the study.

Do Placental Histopathologic Characteristics Differ with Gestational Ages in Preterm and Term Deliveries?

The study aim is to evaluate the placental histopathological characteristics and maternal risk factors in preterm and term births according to their weeks of gestation. We designed a prospective study involving a patient population (n = 355) composed of pregnant women who delivered preterm (n = 216) and term neonates (n = 139). The preterm births were divided into three groups as extremely (n = 22), moderate (n = 96) and late preterm (n = 98) births.

Can Platelet Count and Platelet Indices Predict the Risk and the Prognosis of Preeclampsia?

Objective: To compare the hematocrit, platelet count (PC), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), PC to MPV ratio in the mild preeclamptic (mPE), severe preeclamptic (sPE) and healthy normotensive pregnant women to evaluate whether these parameters have a predictive and prognostic significance in determining the risk and the severity of preeclampsia (PE).

Methods: A retrospective case-control study was designed including the patient population (N = 284) composed of 49 mPE, 70 sPE, 165 healthy normotensive pregnant women for controls. Preceding medical histories of all the cases were insignificant.

Factors associated with successful vaginal birth after cesarean section and outcomes in rural area of Anatolia.

Successful vaginal birth after cesarean section is more comfortable than repeat emergency or elective cesarean section. Antenatal examinations are important in selection for trial of labor, while birth management can be difficult when the patients present at emergency condition. But there is an increased chance of vaginal birth with advanced cervical dilation.

Ischemia-modified albumin as an oxidative stress biomarker in early pregnancy loss.

Background/aims: This study aimed to determine the association between early pregnancy loss and serum ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) concentrations.

Methods: Serum samples of 180 women that included healthy pregnant women, women admitted for termination of pregnancy due to the absence of fetal cardiac activity or absence of fetal pole on ultrasonographic examination, and healthy non-pregnant women attending for gynecological examination. Each group included 60 patients.

Comparison of Preemptive Kidney Transplantation With Nonpreemptive Kidney Transplantation in a Single Center: A Follow-up Study.

Background And Aim: The effect of preemptive transplantation of kidneys from living donors on patient and allograft survival is controversial. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether preemptive kidney transplantation performed without the development of patient dialysis-related complications has a favorable effect on patient and graft survival.

Patients And Method: The study included 334 adult renal transplant recipients.

Is a High Body Mass Index Still a Risk Factor for Complications of Donor Nephrectomy?

Background And Aim: The incidence of obesity is increasing all around the world and Turkey is no exception. In Turkey, 80.1% of all kidney transplants performed in 2013 were living donor kidney transplants.