Comparison of Radiofrequency Ablation and Cyanoacrylate Closure for Large-Diameter Great Saphenous Vein Insufficiency.

Background: To compare radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and cyanoacrylate closure (CAC) for large-diameter great saphenous vein (GSV) insufficiency between diameters of 12 and 16 mm.

Methods: This study is a single-center retrospective study. Subjects who underwent endovenous treatment with RFA (Group A) or CAC (Group B) for GSV insufficiency between June 2015 and June 2021 who were followed up for at least 2 years were included in the study.

Triglyceride-glucose index for predicting in-stent restenosis in patients with iliac artery stenosis after percutaneous intervention with stents.

Objective: To evaluate the triglyceride-glucose index (TyG index) for predicting in-stent restenosis in patients with iliac artery stenosis after percutaneous intervention with stents.

Patients And Methods: Subjects with iliac artery stenosis, who underwent an iliac stent intervention and were followed up for at least 2 years were included in the study. Subjects were grouped according to TyG index (Group A, TyG index ≤8.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TSH LEVELS, THYROID AUTOANTIBODIES AND ATHEROGENIC INDEX OF PLASMA, AST TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX SCORE, AND FIBROSIS 4 INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM.

Context: Thyroid hormones have metabolic effects such as relationship between hypothyroidism and atherosclerosis.

Objective: Evaluate the effects of hypothyroidism on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and atherosclerosis by using AIP, APRI score, FIB-4 indices.

Material And Methods: 1370 patients with hypothyroidism who applied to the Endocrinology and Metabolism outpatient clinic between 01.

Evaluation of the trauma-specific frailty index in geriatric trauma patients according to the new World Health Organization age classification.

Objective: We compared the 15-variable trauma-specific frailty index and traditional injury scoring systems to determine trauma severity and predict discharge disposition in geriatric trauma patients based on the old and new World Health Organization age classifications.

Methods: This prospective, observational, single-center study included geriatric patients aged ≥65 years with blunt trauma. We categorized patients as elderly based on the old or new World Health Organization age classification into group I (aged 65-79 years) and group II (aged ≥a80 years), respectively.

Nursing care complexity as a predictor of adverse events in patients transferred from ICU to hospital ward after general surgery.

Objectives: Predicting the likelihood of adverse events following discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) can contribute to improving the quality of surgical care. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of nursing care complexity as a predictor of adverse event development in general surgery patients transferred from the ICU to the hospital ward.

Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted with 100 patients in the ICU and general surgical inpatient unit of a training and research hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

Unconventional mobility, conventional trauma: a comparative analysis of e-scooter-related fractures.

Purpose: The present research aimed to compare the different types of fractures to those caused by e-scooter use as well as reveal the severity of e-scooter injuries via an epidemiological analysis of fractures over the course of 6 months.

Methods: This retrospective study assessed medical records of patients with fractures or dislocations admitted to a Turkish level three trauma centre emergency orthopaedic department between June 2021 and January 2022. Using a two-group design, the first group encompassed all fractures and dislocations treated, while the second focused on e-scooter-related cases.

Raccoon Eyes Presentation in a Child Diagnosed With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report.

Raccoon's eyes (periorbital ecchymosis) may present as the first sign in patients with skull base/base/facial fractures and tumors. In childhood, orbital metastases of neuroblastoma should be considered in the absence of trauma history. Herein, we report a 3-year-old girl diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who presented with periorbital ecchymosis.

Evaluation of the macular sensitivity and retinal ganglion cell layer in unilateral amblyopia.

Purpose: To assess macular sensitivity and fixation pattern obtained by microperimetry and ganglion cell complex (GCC) obtained by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in cases with unilateral amblyopia and to compare with control.

Methods: The study was conducted with 30 patients with amblyopia, aged 5-18 years, and 30 control eyes of healthy children in the same age group. Participants underwent full ophthalmological examination.

Investigating the potential clinical impact of periodontitis on the progression of Alzheimer's disease: a prospective cohort study.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of periodontitis and current occlusal relationship on the progression rate of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods: Ninety Alzheimer's patients, who were divided into three groups as Stage I (n=42), Stage II (n=29), and Stage III (n=19), based on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, were included in the study. Cognitive status of the patients was evaluated with Standardized Mini-Mental Test (SMMT) at baseline and repeated 6 months later.

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY EVALUATION OF CHILDREN PREVIOUSLY TREATED WITH ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR MONOTHERAPY FOR RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY.

Purpose: To determine the level of vascularization and peripheral vascular findings by fluorescence angiography in patients with aggressive retinopathy of prematurity or Type 1 retinopathy of prematurity treated with a single dose of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor.

Methods: Data of patients referred to the authors' clinic for fluorescence angiography examination between June 2016 and September 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients who had their first fluorescence angiography examination at the age of 1 year or older were included in the study.

The effect of inspiratory rise time on mechanical power calculations in pressure control ventilation: dynamic approach.

Background: Mechanical power may serve as a valuable parameter for predicting ventilation-induced injury in mechanically ventilated patients. Over time, several equations have been developed to calculate power in both volume control ventilation (VCV) and pressure control ventilation (PCV). Among these equations, the linear model mechanical power equation (MP) closely approximates the reference method when applied in PCV.

Nivolumab treatment in a patient with BRAF mutant advanced melanoma and liver failure with encephalopathy.

Background: We report the case of a patient with melanoma and liver failure with encephalopathy, successfully treated with nivolumab without major side effects and encouraging prolonged disease control.

Case Presentation: In June 2022, metastatic lesions appeared in the liver associated with melanoma progression under treatment. Liver biopsy was non-diagnostic.

Relationship between uric acid albumin ratio and peripheral artery disease complexity.

Objective: Uric acid to albumin ratio (UAR) reflects inflammatory activity and its predictive value has been shown in various diseases. In this study, we sought to evaluate the value of uric acid to albumin ratio in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

Patients And Methods: Two hundred forty-three PAD patients were divided into TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus-II (TASC-II) A-B and TASC-II C-D groups, according to their TASC-II classification.

The Profile of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: A 5-Year Experience.

Introduction: We aimed to evaluate and compare the clinical and electrophysiological features of post-COVID-19 Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and non-COVID-19 GBS patients over the last five years.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients diagnosed with GBS between October 2016 and September 2021. They were divided into five groups according to the flu season and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Repair of diaphragmatic hernias: Retrospective analysis of 70 cases.

Background: Congenital and traumatic diaphragmatic hernias (DH) can lead to respiratory and gastrointestinal complications that can be the cause of serious morbidity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to share our experience with the surgical repair of complicated or non-complicated DH.

Methods: Patients who were operated on under emergency or elective conditions with the diagnosis of DH between 2009 and 2023 were analyzed retrospectively.

Individualised, perioperative open-lung ventilation strategy during one-lung ventilation (iPROVE-OLV): a multicentre, randomised, controlled clinical trial.

Background: It is uncertain whether individualisation of the perioperative open-lung approach (OLA) to ventilation reduces postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing lung resection. We compared a perioperative individualised OLA (iOLA) ventilation strategy with standard lung-protective ventilation in patients undergoing thoracic surgery with one-lung ventilation.

Methods: This multicentre, randomised controlled trial enrolled patients scheduled for open or video-assisted thoracic surgery using one-lung ventilation in 25 participating hospitals in Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and Ecuador.

Assessment of Imaging Findings of Renal Carcinoma Subtypes with 3.0T MRI.

Background: The prevalence of renal masses has escalated as a result of the augmented utilization of cross-sectional imaging techniques. The approach to managing renal masses may exhibit variability contingent upon the subtype of renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Aim: This research aimed to distinguish between clear cell and papillary RCCs, utilizing dynamic contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).

The Efficiency of Gray-Level Ultrasound Histogram Analysis in Patients with Supraspinatus Tendinopathy.

Background: Musculoskeletal ultrasonography is a viable substitute for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that offers advantages in terms of time efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The gray-level histogram is a tool used to depict the distribution of pixel gray levels that provide quantitative data.

Aim: The objective of our research was to establish a threshold value for ultrasonography-measured supraspinatus tendon gray-level values by comparing patients with tendinopathy to those without.

Evaluation of Patients with COVID-19 Followed Up in Intensive Care Units in the Second Year of the Pandemic: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study.

Objective: A 1-day point prevalence study was planned to obtain country data by determining the clinical characteristics, follow-up and treatment methods of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases that required intensive care unit (ICU) treatment in the second year of the pandemic.

Material And Methods: All patients who were hospitalized in the ICUs due to COVID-19 between March 11, 2022, 08.00 am, and March 12, 2022, 08.