Relationship among anogenital distance, adrenal gland volume, and penile length and width at 22-36 weeks of pregnancy.

Objectives: The subject of current work was to determine the relationship of fetal ultrasonographic biomarkers, including anogenital distance (AGD), adrenal gland volume, and penile length and width in mothers with male fetuses at 22-36 weeks of gestation for the assessment of the effect of fetal adrenal gland producing androgens on the male anogenital structures that are exposed to androgen effects as anogenital region and penis.

Methods: This study is a prospective cross-sectional study conducted in our hospital's outpatient perinatal care unit. One hundred and seventy pregnant women with a male fetus aged 22-36 weeks of gestation were included in the study.

[NA Rare Bacterial Pathogen in a Patient with Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Erwinia persicina; First Case From Turkey].

Members of the Erwiniaceae family, which can be found saprophytic in humans, have been identified several times as an infectious agent after their first identification in 1920. Erwinia persicina was first identified as a plant pathogen by being isolated from cucumber, tomato and banana in 1990, and it was shown to cause disease in many plant species in the following years. E.

Prognostic significance of serum galectin-3 in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Background: There are no major tools that could predict disease severity in COVID-19. The aim of this study is to evaluate if serum galectin-3 levels can identify disease progression in COVID-19.

Methods: Patients that were hospitalized due to COVID-19 between March and June 2020 were included in this cross-sectional prospective study.

Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most-cited articles on the treatment of osteoporosis.

Purpose: To perform a bibliometric analysis of the top 100 (T100) most-cited articles on the treatment of osteoporosis published between 1980 and 2021 to reveal major developments and trends in the field and to contribute to the methodologies and hypotheses of future studies.

Methods: On 15.12.

Usefulness of the systemic immune-inflammation index in predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence after direct current cardioversion.

We aimed to determine whether there is a relationship between the systemic immune-inflammation (SII) index and the recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after successful direct current cardioversion (DCCV). The study included 99 patients with persistent AF who underwent successful cardioversion between 2015 and 2020. In multiple regression analyses, the SII index was found to be a better independent predictor of AF recurrence after successful DCCV (p < 0.

Biomechanical comparison of four different fixation methods in the management of Pauwels type III femoral neck fractures: Is there a clear winner?

Background: Cannulated screws augmented with the medial buttress plate could confer greater biomechanical stability and higher union rates than the screw fixation alone for treating young patients with Pauwels type III femoral neck fractures (FNFs). No study has evaluated the effects of distal bicortical screw fixation and biomechanical properties of buttress plate augmentation under simultaneous vertical and rotational forces, physiologically acting on the hip joint. This study aimed to compare the biomechanical properties of four methods of three cannulated screw fixation under the combined axial and torsional loading in a synthetic femur model of type III FNF.

Importance of HALP Score in Breast Cancer and its Diagnostic Value in Predicting Axillary Lymph Node Status.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of the haemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP) score in predicting axillary lymph node (ALN) involvement.

Study Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of General Surgery, Balıkesir University and Mersin City Hospital, Turkey from January 2016-December 2021.

Short- and long-term oral steroid therapy in patients with asthma exacerbation.

Steroids are frequently used for symptom control in cases of asthma exacerbation. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of short-term and long-term oral steroid therapy on symptom control in patients with asthma exacerbation. Patients that received short-term (<10 d) and long-term (≥10 d) oral steroid therapy during asthma exacerbation were compared retrospectively.

An alternative solution of donor site venous problems in free flap reconstruction of skin defects in the volar region of the finger: Transposition of dorsal skin veins.

Objecitive: The volar surface of the fingers has unique functional and cosmetic properties. When conventional methods are insufficient to reconstruct the volar defects of fingers, the only effective method is free flaps. Fingers have proper arteries, but veins are the most problematic for free flap surgery.

The role of penile elastography in the evaluation of erectile dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to measure the change in penile stiffness by evaluating corpus cavernosum (CC) with shear wave elastography (SWE) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Material And Methods: Seventy outpatient patients aged 50-80 years who were diagnosed with COPD were evaluated using SWE. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to the International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5) questionnaire (IIEF-5 >17: Group A, IIEF-5 <17: Group B).

The association of timothy grass allergy and cat ownership on cat sensitization.

Pollen hypersensitivity might be a determining factor for other nonseasonal allergens because it may indicate deviation of the immune system toward T-helper type 2 activity and immunoglobulin E sensitivity. To investigate whether timothy grass pollen allergy may be a predictive factor for cat sensitization and whether there is an association between sensitivity to both allergens. A retrospective review was made of patients with symptoms of rhinitis.

The Efficiency of Fractional Anisotropy, Apparent Diffusion Coefficient, and Contrast Enhancement Index in Liver Fibrosis Staging.

Objectives: Even though magnetic resonance imaging has been described as the most effective imaging method for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis, an accepted magnetic resonance ımaging (MRI) technique is yet to be defined. The aim of this study is to determine the efficiency of MRI in the staging of liver fibrosis.

Methods: Patients with chronic hepatitis B infection and had upper abdominal MRI with hepatocyte specific contrast agent were evaluated.

Relationship Between Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Level and Aggressive Pathological Features of Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

Objectives: Thyroid-stimulating hormones (TSHs) are associated with the risk of differentiated thyroid cancer. The relationship between pre-operative TSH levels and aggressive features is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between pathological features of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and high TSH levels.

Low Vitamin D Status is Not Associated with the Aggressive Pathological Features of Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

Objectives: In the present study, we investigated the effects of Vitamin D (vit D) deficiency on aggressiveness of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).

Methods: Patients with PTC confirmed with pathological examination, whom were operated by a single surgeon between 2012 and 2017, were included in the study. The data of the patients were analyzed retrospectively.

Intralesional Avirulent Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Injection as a Promising Method for the Treatment of Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis.

Cutaneous involvement is a relatively uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis (TB), particularly outside the endemic regions. Cutaneous TB manifests itself in various clinical forms, depending on the host's immune status and mode of transmission. Nonetheless, the same treatment regimen is recommended for every subtype.

Acromion-axillary nerve distance and its relation to the arm length in the prediction of the axillary nerve position: a clinical study.

Background: Because of the broad anatomic variation in the course of the axillary nerve, several cadaveric studies have investigated the acromion-axillary nerve distance and its association with the humeral length to predict the axillary nerve location. This study aimed to analyze the acromion-axillary nerve distance (AAND) and its relation to the arm length (AL) in patients who underwent internal plate fixation for proximal humerus fractures.

Methods: The present prospective study involved 37 patients (15 female, 22 male; the mean age = 51 years, age range 19-76) with displaced proximal humerus fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation.

Serum kisspeptin, to discriminate between ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and first trimester pregnancy.

The present study aimed to determine serum kisspeptin levels which is an emergent marker regarding trophoblastic invasion, in patients with different types of early pregnancy. We also aimed to investigate whether kisspeptin can be used for differential diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage from early pregnancy. This was a prospective case-control study that was conducted at a tertiary centre of obstetrics and gynaecology.

The effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors on survival parameters in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A retrospective study.

Objective: There is a paucity of data concerning the use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSFs) in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of G-CSF use on relapse-free and overall survival in 358 consecutive, newly diagnosed pediatric ALL patients uniformly treated at the same institution between April 2012 and April 2020.

Materials And Methods: Patients were evaluated in two separate periods, based on the G-CSF treatment approach.

Brown Syndrome: Features and Long-term Results of Management.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate surgical techniques and outcomes in patients with Brown's syndrome.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of patients who underwent surgery of the superior oblique (SO) muscle between 2003 and 2011 at a referral center.

Results: In all, 190 patients (111 female and 79 male) with an age range of 4-50 years were included in the study.

Association between anticholinergic drug burden with sarcopenia, anthropometric measurements, and comprehensive geriatric assessment parameters in older adults.

Background: Older patients use multiple drugs due to their comorbidities and most of these drugs have anticholinergic drug burden (ADB). We aimed to investigate the association between ADB and sarcopenia, anthropometric measurements, and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) parameters in older adults.

Methods: Patients ≥65 years who applied to geriatrics outpatient clinic between January 2019-March 2020 were included.

The collaborative outcomes study on health and functioning during infection times in adults (COH-FIT-Adults): Design and methods of an international online survey targeting physical and mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: . High-quality comprehensive data on short-/long-term physical/mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are needed.

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Antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccines in older adults.

Because of the senescence of the immune system, antibody response to the COVID-19 vaccines may differ from older to younger adults. The study aim compares the titers of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody of patients ≥60 years who received three doses of CoronaVac vaccine and those who received two doses of CoronaVac+1 dose of Pfizer-BioNTech after 1 month of the last vaccination. Patients ≥60 years who received the CoronaVac vaccine between March 1, 2021, and April 30, 2021, who did not have COVID-19 disease before the first dose of vaccination and were negative for COVID-19 antibodies, whose antibodies were tested before the third dose of vaccination, and who did not have any COVID-19 disease during the follow-up were included.

Assessment of peripapillary choroidal thicknesses and optic disc diameters in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Objective: To evaluate the peripapillary choroidal thickness and optic disc diameter changes in the eyes of patients who had idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) when they had swollen discs and after resolution of the papilledema.

Design: This is an observational, cross-sectional study. Optical coherence tomography was performed on both eyes of patients with IIH, who had been divided into 2 groups: 18 patients with acute papilledema and 25 patients with resolved papilledema.