Reliability of RUST and modified RUST scores for evaluation of union in pediatric and adult femoral shaft fractures.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the reliability levels of the radiographic union scale for tibial fractures (RUST) and the modified version of the system, mRUST, for femoral shaft fractures in pediatric and adult patients and to evaluate the value of the scores for total and each cortex in the decision making on fracture union.

Methods: A total of 15 orthopedic surgeons scored the radiographs of 24 pediatric and 24 adult patients with femoral shaft fractures that were obtained at 0, 4, 8, 12, and 16 postoperative weeks treated with elastic stable intramedullary nail in pediatric patients and locked intramedullary nail in adult patients using the RUST and mRUST scores. Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was used in the evaluation of reliability of the RUST and mRUST scores.

Phase I study on the safety and preliminary efficacy of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Background: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the adult as well as in the neonate, with limited options for treatment and significant dysfunctionality.

Aim: To investigate the safety and preliminary efficacy of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in HIE patients.

Methods: Patients who had HIE for at least 6 mo along with significant dysfunction and disability were included.

Evaluation of the relationship between the level of addiction and exhaled carbon monoxide levels with QT dispersion in smokers.

Introduction: Smoking increases the risk of arrhythmia. QT dispersion (QTd) is an important indicator for the determination of ventricular arrhythmia. In this study, we aimed to determine the arrhythmia risk by evaluating QTd in smokers and to assess the relationship between the level of nicotine addiction and carbon monoxide (CO) level in the expiratory air.

Splinting vs temporary external fixation in the initial treatment of ankle fracture-dislocations.

Background: To compare the efficacy, functional outcome, and complication frequency of splinting and external fixation in the initial treatment of ankle fracture-dislocations.

Method: Ankles with poor soft tissue conditions who underwent temporary stabilization due to using a splint or external fixator due to an ankle fracture-dislocation between 2012 and 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Ankles were divided into two groups as the splint (n=69) and external fixator (n=48).

Second Look Ultrasonography-Guided Breast Biopsy with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Confirmation by Intralesional Contrast Injection.

Objective: This study aimed to introduce an alternative pre-biopsy confirmation technique that combines sonography-guided intra-lesional contrast injections and single non-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulse sequence in order to identify sonographic correlates of incidentally detected breast MRI lesions which were occult on primary ultrasonography (USG) and mammography examination.

Materials And Methods: From May 2014 through May 2015, a total of 37 incidental breast lesions of 37 patients, which were detected by breast MRI, were evaluated with targeted second look ultrasound (SLUS). The suspected lesion on USG was marked with a gadolinium-based contrast agent under USG guidance.

Small Size Autograft versus Large Size Allograft in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Background: A small autograft diameter negatively affects functional outcomes, knee stability, and the risk of rerupture after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, whereas the strength of allograft decreases over time. Therefore, it is not clear whether the use of smaller autografts or the use of larger allografts in ACL yields better results. The aim of this study was to compare the outcome of smaller autografts and larger allografts for ACL reconstruction.

Clinical Importance of Main Portal Vein and Right Portal Vein Variations: A Prevalence Study With 128-Slice Multidetector Computed Tomography.

Objectives: The portal vein variation type significantly affects the outcome of transplant surgery, hepatectomies, and interventional radiological procedures. To reveal variation types, especially rare types, we used high-technology multidetector computed tomography.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated multiphase abdominal multidetector computed tomography scans of 278 consecutive patients.

Do fibromyalgia patients feel older than they really are? An observational study.

Objectives: This study aimed to test the hypothesis that fibromyalgia patients feel older than their actual age and to investigate the associations between their subjective age and clinical parameters such as cognition, depression, anxiety, widespread pain, sleep, and fatigue.

Methods: This observational cross-sectional study enrolled 176 patients with newly diagnosed fibromyalgia and 89 controls. Subjective age was determined by asking the question "how old do you feel?", and the difference between the physiological and subjective ages was calculated.

Switch to aflibercept in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: 30-month results.

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate visual function and changes in the central macular thickness of patients with unresponsive neovascular age-related macular degeneration who were switched from ranibizumab (Lucentis®) to aflibercept (Eylea®) treatment at 30 months.

Methods: This retrospective study examined patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration who were switched to aflibercept after ≥6 previous intravitreal ranibizumab injections at 4- to 8-week intervals. All patients were switched to intravitreal aflibercept (2.

The comparison of the histopathological results of the thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsies in the 795 patients with thyroidectomy.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) by the postthyroidectomy pathology results.

Method: Seven hundred and ninety-five patients with FNAB and following thyroid operations which have been performed between April 2008 and December 2019 were included in this study. By comparing the results of the FNAB and final pathologies, the specificity, sensitivity, FNR, false positivity ratio (FPR), accuracy and also the effect of nodule diameter on these have been evaluated.

Laryngoscopic Examination During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Turkish Voice Speech and Swallowing Disorders Society and Turkish Professional Voice Society Recommendations.

COVID-19 is highly transmissible and spreads rapidly in the population. This increases the occupational risk for health care workers. In otolaryngology clinic practice, patients with upper respiratory tract infection symptoms are common.

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy may predict 30-day mortality in patients with COVID-19.

Purpose: There is scarce data on the impact of the presence of mediastinal lymphadenopathy on the prognosis of coronavirus-disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to investigate whether its presence is associated with increased risk for 30-day mortality in a large group of patients with COVID-19.

Method: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, 650 adult laboratory-confirmed hospitalized COVID-19 patients were included.

Leaving the stable ramp lesion unrepaired does not negatively affect clinical and functional outcomes as well as return to sports rates after ACL reconstruction.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of untreated stable ramp lesions on clinical and functional outcomes, return to sports rates, and complications of patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Methods: A total of 879 patients with anterior cruciate ligament rupture were evaluated. Of these, 66 patients [33 patients with anterior cruciate ligament rupture and stable medial meniscal ramp lesion (ramp + group) and 33 patients with isolated anterior cruciate ligament rupture (ramp - group)] with a minimum 3-year of follow-up were included.

Neonatal pneumothorax from the perspective of a pediatric surgeon: classification and management protocol: a preliminary algorithm.

Background/aim: Current neonatal pneumothorax classifications based on air volume escaping in pleural space have no contribution on the treatment. Therefore, our aim was to classify neonatal pneumothorax to guide treatment management based on our experiences.

Material And Methods: The records of all neonates admitted to our clinics from March 2017 to August 2020 were reviewed.

Utility of logistic clinical SYNTAX score in prediction of in-hospital mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Aim: The logistic clinical SYNTAX score (log CSS) is a combined risk scoring system including clinical and anatomic parameters; it has been found to be effective for the prediction of mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in the primary treatment of acute myocardial infarction is still debated. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the utility of log CSS to stratify the risk of in-hospital mortality in acute STEMI patients undergoing emergent CABG for primary revascularization.

Serum pepsinogen levels and OLGA/OLGIM staging in the assessment of atrophic gastritis types.

Background: We assessed the validity of using serum pepsinogen tests (sPGTs) to differentiate autoimmune atrophic gastritis (AAG) from environmental atrophic gastritis (EAG). We also investigated the correlation and prognostic value between disease stage, according to Operative Link for Gastritis Assessment (OLGA)/Operative Link on Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Assessment (OLGIM), and sPGT results in patients with gastric atrophy.

Methods: We enroled 115 patients in this prospective study: 95 with atrophic gastritis (16 with AAG and 79 with EAG) and 20 non-atrophic gastritis.

YouTube as a source of information on fibromyalgia.

Aim: The internet has gained popularity as a health information source for patients. YouTube is one of the biggest platforms used worldwide. Several studies showed that quality of the information on YouTube videos for patient information is poor.

Solitary Vulvar Involvement of Ovarian Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Mimicking Bartholin's Abscess on 18F-FDG PET/CT.

A 49-year-old woman was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the left ovary. Two months after the hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy operation, the patient was referred to 18F-FDG PET/CT for staging. A mass lesion measuring 2.

Consensus recommendations for botulinum toxin injections in the spasticity management of children with cerebral palsy during COVID-19 outbreak.

Spasticity is the most common motor disturbance in cerebral palsy (CP). Lockdown in the COVID-19 outbreak has profoundly changed daily routines, and similarly caused the suspension of spasticity treatment plans. Besides, the delay in botulinum toxin (BoNT) injection, which is important in the management of focal spasticity, led to some problems in children.

Endometrial polyps: Is the prediction of spontaneous regression possible?

Objective: Endometrial polyps have been considered as a hyperplastic growth of endometrial stromal and glandular tissues. Even asymptomatic polyps in premenopausal women are usually removed as soon as they are diagnosed, although it is still unknown how often endometrial polyps disappear spontaneously. The aim of this study was to investigate the regression rate of endometrial polyps and the possible factors related to their spontaneous regression.

Celiac disease and COVID-19 pandemic: should we worry?

Background And Study Aims: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic especially worries people with chronic diseases the entire world. In this study, the frequency, and clinical course of COVID-19 infection in patients with Celiac disease (CD) were investigated. CD patients' adherence to purchasing gluten free products (GFPs), the strict diet, and how patients' anxiety affects CD symptoms during the COVID-19 outbreak were also examined.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the neurogenic bladder symptom score.

Purpose: The neurogenic bladder symptom score (NBSS) represents the effect of disease-specific symptoms on the quality of life in patients with neurogenic bladder (NB). The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the NBSS in spinal cord injury (SCI) and multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

Methods: The cross cultural adaptation was achieved through forward and back translation of the items of the original version by an expert committee.