Comparison of lovastatin and hyaluronic acid/carboxymethyl cellulose on experimental created peritoneal adhesion model in rats.

Objectives: The aim of this experimental study was to compare the effectiveness and reliability of lovastatin and hyaluronic acid + carboxymethyl cellulose (Seprafilm).

Materials And Methods: Thirty two female Wistar-Albino rats weighing between 250 and 300 g were used in the study. The rats were divided into four groups as sham, control, lovastatin and Seprafilm each of which contained 8 rats.

Effectivity of intraoperative adjustable suture technique in horizontal strabismus.

Aim: To compare the long-term effectivity of intraoperative adjustable suture technique with traditional non-adjustable strabismus surgery.

Methods: Two hundred and thirty-three patients, who underwent strabismus surgery either with traditional procedures or one-stage intraoperative adjustable suture technique, were included in our long-term follow-up study. One hundred and eighteen patients were evaluated in traditional surgery group (TSG) and 115 who underwent adjustable suture were in the one-stage intraoperative adjustable surgery group (ASG).

C-reactive protein levels are raised in stable Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients independent of smoking behavior and biomass exposure.

Background: The aim of this case control study is to assess the relationship between serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and well-known clinical parameters in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) considering the impact of smoking behavior, biomass exposure and accompanying clinical entities, namely pulmonary hypertension, systemic hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

Methods: Spirometry, echocardiography, arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) measurements, BODE scores and serum CRP levels were investigated in stable COPD patients. Associations between CRP levels and clinical parameters were evaluated.

Umbilical artery serum chitotriosidase concentration in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and relationship between chitotriosidase levels and fetal blood flow velocity.

Objective: To evaluate the significance of umbilical cord chitotriosidase concentrations in pregnancies with mild preeclampsia and explore the relationship between fetal chitotriosidase levels and fetal blood flow velocity.

Method: The study population included control group (n=40) and study group with mild preeclampsia (n=40). Umbilical cord blood samples were collected immediately after delivery.

The effect of plasmakinetic cautery on wound healing and complications in mastectomy.

Purpose: Surgical equipment used in breast cancer surgery that affects wound healing and minimizes complications seems to be a popular investigation topic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of plasmakinetic cautery on wound healing in patients receiving mastectomy.

Methods: Forty-six consecutive breast cancer patients receiving modified radical mastectomy were evaluated prospectively.

Comparison of outcomes of standard and oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine and to compare the oncological outcomes of bilateral reduction mammoplasty to standard breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer.

Methods: One hundred sixty-two patients who received a quadrantectomy because of breast cancer (group 1) and 106 breast cancer patients with macromastia who underwent breast-conserving surgery via bilateral reduction mammoplasty (group 2) between 2003 and 2010 were enrolled in this study.

Results: The mean follow-up time was 37 months for group 1 and 33 months for group 2.

Wire-guided localization biopsy to determine surgical margin status in patients with non-palpable suspicious breast lesions.

Purpose: Guide-wire localization (GWL) has been a standard technique for many years. Excision of non- palpable malignant breast lesions with clear surgical margins reduces the risk of undergoing re-excision. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of GWL biopsy for assessing surgical margins.

Oncoplastic surgery in surgical treatment of breast cancer: is the timing of adjuvant treatment affected?

Introduction: With the results of studies on the timing of adjuvant treatment, it currently appears that adjuvant treatment should be initiated as soon as possible. Breast conserving surgery and oncoplastic surgery is being used with increasing frequency. Therefore, studies about whether or not these applications delay the adjuvant treatment are needed.

Successful kidney transplantation from a cadaveric donor unsuitable for other centers due to acute renal failure: a case report.

The demand for kidney transplantation due to improved recipient outcomes has stimulated surgeons to expand the criteria for usable donors, but still the use of organs from deceased donors with terminal acute renal failure is uncommon. We report 2 kidney transplant recipients from a cadaveric donor who was not accepted by other centers because of acute renal failure. The donor, a 24-year-old man with an intracerebral hemorrhage, displayed a serum creatinine (SCr) value of 0.

Abnormal sexual behavior during sleep in temporal lobe epilepsy: a case report.

Herein, we describe a case who presented with abnormal sexual behaviour during sleep. Video-electroencephalography monitoring during sleep revealed an abnormality suggesting an epileptic basis. The patient was successfully treated with carbamazepin.

Perfusion practices and education of perfusionists for open heart surgery in Turkey--current practices and future suggestions.

Our objective is to compare our current findings with the findings of our former study in 2004 and to make new suggestions for the development of cardiovascular perfusion in Turkey according to the results of the survey in 2011.

Penetrating keratoplasty in congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy.

Purpose: To compare the results of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in a series of congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED) patients operated at amblyogenic years and at later ages.

Methods: Records of 65 eyes of 35 CHED patients who underwent PK were reviewed retrospectively. Visual results and graft clarity rates were compared between patients operated after (group 1) and before (group 2) 12 years of age.

Comparison of saline infusion sonohysterography and hysteroscopy in diagnosis of premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic effectiveness of transvaginal sonography (TVS), saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS), and diagnostic hysteroscopy (HS), with the pathologic specimen as a gold standard diagnostic method, in detecting endometrial pathology in premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding.

Study Design: This prospective cohort study was conducted at Zeynep Kamil Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, and included 89 premenopausal women. All participants were examined first by TVS, further investigated with SIS and HS, and finally dilatation and curettage was performed when needed.

Is chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting lower in smokers?

Aim: Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is not understood completely. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of smoking on CINV.

Methods: 121 consecutive patients who received cisplatin (≥ 50 mg/m²) based chemotherapy were included in the study.

Does the open rhinoplasty incision decrease nasal projection?

To evaluate the effects of open rhinoplasty incisions on tip projection using digitized photographs. Thirty-one patients, who underwent open technique rhinoplasty were prospectively included in the study. The lateral aspect photographs were taken before the operations.

Bilateral renal choriocarcinoma in a postmenopausal woman.

Choriocarcinoma is the most malignant tumor of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. It grows rapidly and metastasizes to the lung, liver, and less frequently, the brain. Metastases to the kidney are rare in the literature, and bilateral involvement is even more scarce.

Immediate postplacental insertion of an intrauterine contraceptive device during cesarean section.

Background: An intrauterine device (IUD) is an effective reversible form of contraception. We determined the efficacy and safety of immediate postplacental IUD insertion during cesarean section.

Study Design: Two hundred forty-five women with term pregnancies delivering by cesarean section between September 2006 and December 2007 were included in the study.

The Turkish Hereditary Angioedema Pilot Study (TURHAPS): the first Turkish series of hereditary angioedema.

Background: No published data presently exist concerning hereditary angioedema (HAE) in Turkey. The aim of the study was to initiate a preliminary multicentric evaluation about HAE and to determine the genetic properties of Turkish patients.

Methods: Based on records drawn from four medical centers we identified a total of 70 subjects, belonging to 60 unrelated families, fulfilling clinical and laboratory criteria for diagnosis of HAE with C1 inhibitor deficiency.

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 decreased after chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Aims And Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the alteration in serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) levels after chemotherapy and the association between the changes in serum levels of MMP-9 and response to chemotherapy in patients with advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Methods And Study Design: Twenty-eight consecutive patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and 24 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. The patients were treated with cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy.

Nutritional support in patients with gastrointestinal fistula.

Gastrointestinal fistulas (GIFs) arise as a complication of the surgical treatment of a number of malignant and non-malignant diseases. Fluid loss and electrolyte and nutritional imbalance are related to increased morbidity and mortality in these patients. A multidisciplinary approach under the leadership of the surgeon is essential for successful therapy.

Comparison of ovulation induction and pregnacy outcomes in IVF patients with normal ovarian reserve who underwent long protocol with recombinant-FSH and highly purified-hMG.

Objective: Gonadotropins used in controlled ovarian stimulation have been increasing in number. Beside the recombinant preparations such as rec-FSH, rec-LH and h-hMG human-derived preparations have entered the market. We decided to compare the effects of rec-FSH and HP-hMG with GnRHa on embryo quality and pregnancy outcome in women undergoing an IVF cycle.

Relationships between epidemiological features and tumor characteristics of breast cancer.

Objectives: Breast cancer is a histological, morphological and molecular heterogenous disease. Like clinical outcomes and prognoses of different subtypes, etiologies might also be different. Therefore, epidemiologic risk factors like sociologic, demographic, antropometric, reproductive, and menstrual factors can be considered as an entity reflected in tumor features.