Enhancing patient information texts in orthopaedics: How OpenAI's 'ChatGPT' can help.

Purpose: The internet has become a primary source for patients seeking healthcare information, but the quality of online information, particularly in orthopaedics, often falls short. Orthopaedic surgeons now have the added responsibility of evaluating and guiding patients to credible online resources. This study aimed to assess ChatGPT's ability to identify deficiencies in patient information texts related to total hip arthroplasty websites and to evaluate its potential for enhancing the quality of these texts.

Serum apelin-13 levels and total oxidant/antioxidant status of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate apelin-13 levels, total oxidant/antioxidant status in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to investigate the relationship between these parameters.

Methods: Patients newly diagnosed with AD were enrolled in the study. The control group consisted of age- and gender-matched healthy individuals.

COVID-19 infection in patients with acute leukemia; Istanbul experience.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to a global pandemic that has also challenged the management of various other life-threatening conditions, such as malignant disorders. In this study, we present the clinical features and treatment outcomes of twenty-seven COVID-19 positive patients with leukemia across seven different centers in Istanbul. From March 1st to December 31st 2020, 116 patients were diagnosed with acute leukemia.

Conchal compression: is it a new syndrome?

Objectives/hypothesis: To describe the diagnostic criteria and treatments of concha compression syndrome (CCS).

Patients And Methods: Patients who reported at least 3 times rhinosinusitis attacks per year were considered in this study. All patients met the diagnosis criteria of rhinosinusitis based on clinical history, showed a nasal septal spur compressing concha on their endoscopic examination and had no findings of rhinosinusitis on their paranasal sinus CT scans but showed concha ondularis.

Predictive and prognostic values of BubR1 and synuclein-gamma expression in breast cancer.

The aim of this study is to determine the expression level of spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) proteins-BubR1 and synuclein-gamma (SNCG) in human breast cancer tissues and to test whether there is a relationship between their expression levels and clinicopathologic parameters including respons to taxanes, tumor grade, estrogen receptor (ER) pozitivity, HER2 status, and overall survival (OS). We analyzed retrospectively paraffin-embedded tissue sections from 55 breast cancer patients whose clinical outcomes had been tracked after taxane treatment in neoadjuvan and metastatic setting. The expression status of BubR1 and SNCG was defined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using the anti-BubR1 and anti-SNCG antibody.

Mastoid antral ventilation tube; new treatment modality for reccurent otitis media with effusion and its long term results.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficiency of mastoid antral ventilation tube (MAVT) treatment in recurrent/chronic otitis media with effusion (OME).

Methods: 20 OME patients who were unsuccessfully treated with ventilation tube (VT) at least twice, who consented to MAVT and who were followed up at least three years were included in the study group. Control group comprised 10 patients who had the same characteristics and refused to undergo MAVT and underwent VT placement again.

Coagulation parameters in inflammatory bowel disease.

Thromboembolic events represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and they may occur both at the gastrointestinal tract and at extraintestinal sites. This study aimed to examine the alterations in coagulation parameters involved at different steps of hemostasis in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, in comparison with healthy individuals. Fifty-one patients with inflammatory bowel disease and 26 healthy controls were included in this study.

Painful Ophthalmoplegia Following Dental Procedure.

This case report is about a 26-year-old patient complaining of painful diplopia shortly after a dental procedure. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a mass lesion in the cavernous sinus that responded well to oral corticosteroids. The possible side effect of the intraoral local anaesthetic injection used during the dental procedure was questioned.