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Measles is a highly contagious viral infection potentially with serious complications and the principal method of protection from the disease is vaccination. Measles vaccination resulted in a 79% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015 worldwide. There has long been a debate about the necessity and benefit-loss ratio of routine MMR vaccination due to possible AE of MMR vaccine.

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  • Limited research has been conducted on the psychosocial aspects of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), revealing varying psychiatric issues across different GERD subgroups.
  • In a study, patients with different types of GERD and healthy controls were assessed for depression and anxiety using various standard psychometric tools.
  • Results indicated that all GERD subgroups experienced higher levels of depression compared to healthy controls, with functional heartburn patients showing the most severe depressive symptoms, highlighting the need for addressing mental health alongside GERD treatment.
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Due to the high kinetic energy, of bullets and explosive gun particles, their paths through the abdomen (permanent cavity effect), and the blast effect (temporary cavity effect), firearm injuries (FAI) can produce damage not only in the organ they enter, but in the surrounding tissues as well. Since they change route after entering the body they may cause organ damage in locations other than those at the path of entry. For example, as a result of the crushing onto bone tissues, bullet particles or broken bone fragments may cause further damage outside of the path of travel, For these reasons it is very difficult to predict the possible complications from the size of the actual injury in patients with penetrating abdominal firearm injuries.

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Aim: Tumor dissemination, lymphnode involvement and surgical resection technique are the most important factors affecting patient prognosis with gastric cancer. Peritoneal dissemination adversely affects the survival rate in patients. Microscopic peritoneal dissemination can be detected with peritoneal lavage cytological examination.

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Aim: The objectives of this prospective study were to compare the advantages of single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SPLC) versus the classical four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy (CLC) and to discuss these advantages in the light of current literature.

Methods: Forty eligible patients were randomized to receive SPLC (Group A, N.=20) and CLC (Group B, N.

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Intestinal pathologies due to ovarian cyst are observed rarely. Although a limited number of cases in neonatal and adolescent periods have been observed, no adult case has been reported in the literature. Two mechanisms are involved in intestinal complications due to ovarian cysts: torsion due to adhesion or compression of giant ovarian mass with a diameter of 9-10 cm.

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Primary abdominal wall actinomycosis.

Hernia

December 2015

Department of Pathology, Izmir Sifa University, Izmir, Turkey.

Purpose: Actinomycosis is a progressive, chronic, granulomatous and suppurative disease caused by different types of actinomyces. Instead of chronic suppurative disease, sinus formation can also be seen. Cervicofascial, abdominal and thoracal involvement can occur.

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Jaundice that develops following laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a troublesome experience for the surgeon which requires invasive management after a challenging diagnosis period. Jaundice is. We aimed to present our experience with a rare complication of jaundice in a patient that occurred due to the compression of an isolated drain without choledoc canal injury.

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