The effect of patient transfer type to the operating room on surgical site infection: Concerns versus evidence.

Background: Concerns about surgical site infection (SSI) give rise to practices and procedures not evidence-based.

Objectives: This study investigates whether the type of patient transfer to operating rooms plays a role in developing surgical site infection.

Methods: Three thousand four hundred and seventy-one patients were divided into two groups: transfer group with stretcher (ST) (n = 1699) and patient bed transfer group (PBT) (n = 1772).

Gastric fundic gland metastasis of renal cell carcinoma 14 years after the primary diagnosis.

Gastric metastasis from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare and associated with poor outcomes. In this case, we report gastric fundic gland metastasis presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient who had a history of nephrectomy due to RCC 14 years ago. Metastasis of any cancer to the stomach is relatively uncommon.

Surgeons, Hernia Surgery and Informed Consent in the Seventeenth Century Ottoman Istanbul.

Background: In the seventeenth century Ottoman Istanbul, especially Greek surgeons specialized in hernia surgery. Both Muslim and non-Muslim patients had signed contracts with surgeons in sharia courts before undergoing a surgery. In this study, we analyze these documents, which serve as informed consent in the Ottoman period, in detail.