Maintaining Physical Health in Individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Through Telerehabilitation.

Aims: To investigate the effects of a telerehabilitation program on walking performance, lower and upper extremity function, fall frequency, respiratory function, and satisfaction in individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Methods: Thirty children (mean age 8.8 ± 4.

Incidence and Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients: A Retrospective Study.

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) significantly contributes to the mortality and morbidity rates among pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients.

Objective: Our study aimed to assess the potential factors contributing to AKI in pediatric LT patients and to analyze the impact of AKI on postoperative mortality and hospitalization duration.

Materials And Methods: About 235 pediatric LT patients under the age of 18 between the years 2015 and 2021 were evaluated retrospectively.

Real-life outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in kidney transplant patients: a single-center experience.

Introduction: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the clinical (real-life) impact of the vaccination protocol on patients undergoing kidney transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methodology: A total of 260 patients who underwent kidney transplantation between June 2012 and May 2022 were retrospectively evaluated. Patients chose vaccination Sinovac-CoronaVac (CoronaVac) and/or BNT162b2 (Biontech), the first vaccine available in the country) in line with the regulations and recommendations of the Ministry of Health.

Cytomorphological Effects of Lightweight and Heavyweight Polypropylene Mesh on the Ilioinguinal Nerve: An Experimental Study.

Objective This study aimed to investigate the cytomorphological effects of heavyweight and lightweight mesh on the ilioinguinal nerve in an experimental animal model. Methods Sixteen New Zealand male rabbits were included in the study. The left inguinal regions of the first six animals were assigned as controls and the right inguinal regions were assigned as the sham group.

Ocular surface changes in patients treated with oral antidiabetic drugs or insulin.

Purpose: To describe and compare ocular surface changes in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with either oral antidiabetic drugs (OAD) or insulin.

Methods: Forty eyes of 20 patients treated with OAD, 40 eyes of 20 patients treated with insulin, and 10 nondiabetic controls seen at Ministry of Health Ankara Educational and Research Hospital, 1st Eye Clinic, were studied. All subjects underwent routine ophthalmic examinations, Schirmer test, tear film break-up time analysis, and conjunctival impression cytologic analysis.

Serum resistin and insulin-like growth factor-1 levels in patients with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.

Introduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of resistin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and and also the potential relationship between thyroid function and levels of resistin and IGF-1 in hypothyroid and hyperthyroid patients. Methods.

Serum Lipid, Lipoprotein and Oxidatively Modified Low Density Lipoprotein Levels in Active or Inactive Patients with Behçet's Disease.

Aim: To determine serum lipid, lipoproteins and oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL) levels in Behçet's disease (BD) and to evaluate the relationship of these parameters with the clinical activity of the disease.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-two patients (25 active, 37 inactive) and -26 healthy controls were included in the study. We measured serum oxLDL levels using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method, and serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels by spectrophotometric method.

Sonographic findings in a case of polyneuropathy associated with POEMS syndrome.

Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare multi-system disease. We describe the ultrasonography (US) and color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) findings of peripheral neuropathy in a patient with POEMS syndrome. In US examination, peripheral nerves were found to be diffusely thickned in both upper limbs.

Fetal allogeneic umbilical cord cell transplantation improves motor function in spinal cord-injured rats.

Aim: The objective of this study was to investigate whether the transplantation of fetal umbilical cord tissue cells as a source of stem cells into the acutely injured spinal cord would produce some regenerations and/or functional recovery in a rat model of spinal cord injury.

Material And Methods: Five pregnant albino Wistar rats of 12 days gestation were used for obtaining an umbilical cord cell graft. At the second stage of the experiment only Th8-Th9 laminectomy was performed in Group A animals while Group B animals underwent spinal cord hemitransection.

Freehand C1 lateral mass screw fixation technique: our experience.

Background: Although C1 lateral mass fixation technique is frequently performed in upper cervical instabilities, it requires the guidance of fluoroscopic imaging. The fluoroscopy guidance is time-consuming and has the risks of accumulative radiation. Biplane fluoroscopy is also difficult in upper cervical pathologic conditions because of the use of cranial fixations.

The value of calcaneal bone mass measurement using a dual X-ray laser Calscan device in risk screening for osteoporosis.

Objective: To evaluate how bone mineral density in the calcaneus measured by a dual energy X-ray laser (DXL) correlates with bone mineral density in the spine and hip in Turkish women over 40 years of age and to determine whether calcaneal dual energy X-ray laser variables are associated with clinical risk factors to the same extent as axial bone mineral density measurements obtained using dual energy x-ray absorbtiometry (DXA).

Materials And Methods: A total of 2,884 Turkish women, aged 40-90 years, living in Ankara were randomly selected. Calcaneal bone mineral density was evaluated using a dual energy X-ray laser Calscan device.

Topiramate attenuates hippocampal injury after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of topiramate (TPM) to prevent neural injury in a rabbit model of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The effect of TPM on cerebral vasospasm was also evaluated.

Methods: Fifty-three New Zealand white rabbits were allocated into three groups randomly.

Sex-specific hormone receptors in urothelial carcinomas of the human urinary bladder: a comparative analysis of clinicopathological features and survival outcomes according to receptor expression.

Objectives: To investigate the expression of sex-specific hormone receptors in normal bladder urothelium and urothelial carcinomas (UCs) of the bladder, and to analyze clinicopathological features and survival outcomes according to receptor expression.

Methods: We evaluated the clinical data and tumor specimens of 139 patients with bladder cancer (BC). In addition, 72 samples of normal urothelium were included.

Averroës in The school of Athens: a Renaissance man and his contribution to Western thought and neuroscience.

The European Renaissance was a revolutionary movement in human history. In this era of the rebirth of humanity, a great number of valuable artworks were created. One of these masterpieces is the magnificent wall painting The School of Athens, by Raphael, which is also known as a "visualization of knowledge.

Contemporary anticholinesterase pharmaceuticals of natural origin and their synthetic analogues for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is a degenerative and progressive neurological disorder characterized by deficit in the cholinergic transmission and formation of senile plaques containing beta-amyloid protein in the brain. Although complete pathology of the disease has not been fully elucidated yet, there are several treatment strategies for AD treatment. The complexity of AD is also due to involvement of several enzymes through its progression.

Effects of raloxifene on cerebral vasospasm after experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in rabbits.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of a SERM, RLX, to prevent vasospasm in a rabbit model of SAH.

Methods: Thirty-four New Zealand white rabbits were allocated into 3 groups randomly. Subarachnoid hemorrhage was induced by injecting autologous blood into the cisterna magna.

Spontaneous remission of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with mediastinal mass.

Spontaneous remission/regression of cancer is defined as partial or complete disappearance of malignant disease temporarily or permanently in the absence of medical treatment. This event is named as spontaneous regression for solid tumors and spontaneous remission for leukemia. The authors report the case of a girl aged 4 years and 3 months, who presented with mediastinal mass and leukemic findings in the bone marrow both of which reappeared after spontaneous regression and remission, respectively.

Delayed pseudomyelomeningocele: a rare complication after foramen magnum decompression for Chiari malformation.

Background: A variety of complications after FMD with or without duraplasty for Chiari malformation have been described. Although cerebellar ptosis through the dural opening and pseudomeningocele are well-known rare complications of this procedure, spinal cord herniation manifesting as pseudomyelomeningocele formation has not previously been cited in the literature. In this report, we present a case of delayed pseudomyleomeningocele after FMD.

Leflunomide prevents vasospasm secondary to subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Background: Though cerebral vasospasm is one of the most serious complications of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), its complex pathogenesis is poorly understood and available clinical treatment options are unsatisfactory. This study was designed to examine the efficacy of leflunomide, an immunomodulatory agent with inhibitory properties, on vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and inflammation in a rabbit cerebral vasospasm model.

Methods: Twenty-two adult New-Zealand rabbits were assigned to 4 groups: control, SAH, SAH plus vehicle, SAH plus leflunomide.

Transvaginal sonography in the diagnosis of adenomyosis: which findings are most accurate?

Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy of various transvaginal sonographic findings in adenomyosis by comparing them with histopathological results and to determine the most valuable sonographic feature in the diagnosis of adenomyosis.

Methods: In this prospective study, 70 consecutive patients scheduled for hysterectomy underwent preoperative transvaginal sonography. If at least one of the following sonographic features was present, a diagnosis of adenomyosis was made: heterogeneous myometrial echotexture, globular-appearing uterus, asymmetrical thickness of the anteroposterior wall of the myometrium, subendometrial myometrial cysts, subendometrial echogenic linear striations or poor definition of the endometrial-myometrial junction.