Sympathetic blocks for the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome: A case series.

Rationale: To present the successful treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type -1 utilizing sympathetic blocks.

Patient Concerns: Severe pain interfering with activities of daily living and temporary disability secondary to complex regional pain syndrome.

Diagnoses: Complex regional pain syndrome type-1 with involvement of lower extremity (2 patients), and upper extremity (1 patient).

Father`s role in infantile anorexia.

Özyurt G, Çağan-Appak Y, Karakoyun M, Eliaçık K, Baran M. Father`s role in infantile anorexia. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 608-611.

THE EFFECT OF EXENATIDE THERAPY IN PREVIOUSLY INSULIN-TREATED TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of multiple daily injection (MDI) treatment replaced by Exenatide BID as compared with continuation of MDI.

Patients And Methods: A total of 140 patients with type 2 diabetes, taking metformin and multiple daily insulin injections, were randomized to exenatide or insulin group that continued their insulin treatment. Patients were followed-up for 16 weeks.

Pretreatment with nebivolol attenuates level and expression of matrix metalloproteinases in a rat model of renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury.

Aim: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are zinc-containing proteinases that are involved in the degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) and a number of cell surface proteins in order to maintain tissue homeostasis. They are involved in pathogenesis of several ischaemic organ injuries. In the present study, we aimed to determine the expression and level of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) model and the potential beneficial effect of nebivolol, a β -adrenergic receptor blocker, on both MMP-2 and -9 level and expression and tubular injury caused by IRI.

What Are the Risk Factors for Lymphocyst Formation Apart From Lymphnode Dissection and Lymphnode Count in Gynecologic Malignancy?

Lymphocyst is one of the most common complications of lymphadenectomy and generally encountered during uro-gynecological oncology surgeries. We aimed to define the risk factors for formation of a lymphocyst in patients with various gynecological cancer types in whom a lymphadenectomy was performed. This retrospective study was performed on 206 patients.

The subclinical effect of celiac disease on the heart and the effect of gluten-free diet on cardiac functions.

This study aimed to investigate the effects of celiac disease (CD) on cardiac function in children by using conventional transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE). Forty-nine patients diagnosed with CD were enrolled into the study. Group 1 consisted of 26 (53%) patients who had recently been diagnosed and had not been on gluten-free diet whereas Group 2 consisted of 23 (47%) patients who had been on regular gluten-free diet for at least 10 months.

Voice Onset Time for Turkish Stop Consonants in Adult Cochlear Implanted Patients.

The voice onset time is a temporal acoustic parameter defined as the time between the release of the oral constriction for plosive production and the onset of vocal fold vibrations. Hearing impairment is one of the factors that can effect the magnitude of voice onset time. Since voice onset time is a useful, noninvasive method for documenting the articulatory-phonatory aspects of vocal training during speech, we investigated voice onset time values for Turkish stop consonants in adult cochlear implanted patients in order to clarify the effect of CI and sequential hearing rehabilitation over voice onset time values.

Significance of TNM staging, Demographic and Histologic Features in Predicting the Prognosis of Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of clinical, demographic and detailed histopathological parameters in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Methods: A total of 102 patients who underwent partial or radical nephrectomy for a renal mass between 2008 and 2013 were evaluated retrospectively. Fuhrman grade, TNM stage, macroscopic satellite tumor nodule formation, histopathological subtype, renal vein invasion (RVI), necrosis, microvessel invasion (MVI), sarcomatoid differentiation and overall survival (OS) were evaluated to determine prognostic factors.

Colon perforation during percutaneous nephrolithotomy and fistula closure with Spongostan following conservative therapy.

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the first-line treatment for kidney stones. Colon perforation is a rare, but dangerous, complication. Colonic perforation might be very serious if it is not found early.

Clinical, demographic and histopathological prognostic factors for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.

Introduction: Our aim is to evaluate the influence of clinical and histopathological parameters, including age, gender, tumor stage, grade, tumor differentiation, necrosis, lymphovascular/perineural invasion (LVI/PNI) and concomitant carcinoma in situ (CIS), on outcomes of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB).

Material And Methods: A total of 84 patients who underwent radical cystectomy (RC) (n = 11) and radical cystoprostatectomy (n = 73) for muscle-invasive bladder cancer at our hospital between 2007-2013, were included in the study.

Results: The mean age of patients at diagnosis was 66.

Renal tubular acidosis in renal transplant patients: the effect of immunosuppressive drugs.

Background: Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a non-anion gap metabolic acidosis and is generally mild and asymptomatic in kidney recipients. Calcineurine inhibitors (CNIs) increase the frequency of RTA but the frequency of RTA development in kidney transplant recipients receiving mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTORi) treatment remains unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of RTA in kidney transplant recipients on mTORi and CNI treatment and to compare both groups.

Effects of dexmedetomidine and propofol on sedation in patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in a fast-track recovery room setting.

Purpose: We aim to compare the effects of propofol and dexmedetomidine infusions on extubation times, hemodynamic and respiratory functions, complication rates and patient satisfaction scores in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery using a fast-track anesthesia regimen for early extubation.

Methods: We enrolled 64 patients who underwent CABG surgery. Dexmedetomidine (min 0.

Long-term outcome of kidney transplantation from elderly living and expanded criteria deceased donors.

The imbalance between organ demand and supply causes the increasing use of suboptimal donors. The aim of this study is to investigate the survival and allograft function of kidney transplantation from standard (SLD) and elderly living (ELD), standard criteria (SCDD) and expanded criteria deceased (ECDD) donors. All patients transplanted from 1997 to 2005 were investigated according to the donor characteristics.

Histopathological and audiological effects of mechanical trauma associated with the placement of an intracochlear electrode, and the benefit of corticosteroid infusion: prospective animal study.

Objective: This study aimed to present the histopathological and audiological effects of mechanical trauma associated with the placement of a model electrode in the scala tympani in rats, and the effects of continuous topical corticosteroid application.

Method: The study comprised three groups of rats. The round window membrane was perforated in all three groups and a model electrode was inserted in the round window.

A case of ulcerative colitis with digital arterial thrombosis.

Thromboembolic events are rare in the course of ulcerative colitis and related with the activity of the disease. These complications are especially seen in young patients and cause high mortality and morbidity. Arterial thrombotic complications are less frequent and are usually seen after a surgical procedure.

Evaluation of aortic elastic properties in patients with exaggerated systolic blood pressure response to exercise testing.

We aimed to evaluate the aortic elastic properties in subjects with hypertensive response to exercise stress test (HRE). Sixty-six patients were divided into two groups (33 patients in HRE group and 33 patients in normotensive group). Baseline demographic characteristics were similar.

The relationship between red-cell distribution width and abnormal left ventricle geometric patterns in patients with untreated essential hypertension.

Abnormal left ventricle (LV) geometric patterns are associated with an increased risk of vascular complications of hypertension (HT). The association between red-cell distribution width (RDW) and HT has been recently investigated; however, the relationship between abnormal LV geometric patterns and RDW has not been studied before. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between RDW and abnormal LV geometric patterns in patients with untreated essential HT.

Impact of obturator nerve block on the short-term recurrence of superficial bladder tumors on the lateral wall.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the recurrence rates of patients with bladder tumors on the lateral wall undergoing transurethral resection of bladder tumor(TUR-BT) with or without obturator nerve block (ONB) and to investigate the impact of ONB on the effective tumor resection on the lateral bladder wall.

Materials And Methods: All patients who underwent TUR-BT under spinal anesthesia within the three-year study period in the study center were reviewed retrospectively. Among these, 68 patients who had been diagnosed with de novo lateral bladder wall tumor and included in low risk group 1n accord with European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) classification, undergone complete resection were enrolled into the study.

Effect of radiotheraphy on impaired aortic elasticity and stiffness in patients with breast cancer.

We evaluated the effect of radiotherapy (RT) on the elastic properties of the aorta using echocardiography in patients with breast cancer (BC). A total of 105 women with left-sided epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (erb-2) BC were divided into 2 groups, group 1 with patients who did not receive RT and group 2 with patients who received RT. In all patients, echocardiographic examination and serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels were determined.

Does androgen receptor have a prognostic role in patients with estrogen/progesterone-negative and c-erbB-2-positive breast cancer?

Recently, it has been shown that androgen and androgen receptor (AR) also have an important role in the pathogenesis and outcome of breast cancer. However, their significance in different subtypes of breast cancer is still under investigation. The aim of this study was to study the effects of AR on clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER/PR)-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer.

Relation between serum estradiol levels and mortality in postmenopausal female hemodialysis patients.

Background: Recently, low serum estradiol levels have been associated with increased cardiovascular risk and mortality in non-uremic patient populations. We investigated the predictive value of serum estradiol levels for mortality in female hemodialysis patients.

Methods: One hundred and forty-seven prevalent female hemodialysis patients were included in March 2005 and followed up for 32 ± 16 months.