[Chronic dislocations of the shoulder].

Diagnosis and management of chronic dislocations of the glenohumeral joint remain challenging. These dislocations usually occur in debilitated patients with a poor bone quality and they often have a decreased rehabilitation potential. Treatment can only be successful with early recognition of the condition, careful patient selection, and implementation of appropriate surgical techniques.

[Isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve paralysis: a report of two cases].

Two cases of unilateral isolated hypoglossal nerve paralysis are presented. One patient (aged 56 years, male) had a history of intubation during open cardiac surgery. Spontaneous clinical improvement was observed about 3.

[The epidemiology of nasopharyngeal colonisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with respiratory tract infection].

Nasopharyngeal swab specimens from 324 children with respiratory tract infections were evaluated to detect the rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation. S. pneumoniae was detected in 92 (28%) of the subjects.

[Comparison of sonographically guided vacuum-assisted and automated core-needle breast biopsy methods].

Purpose: To compare the diagnostic accuracy and complication rates of sonographically guided vacuum-assisted and automated core-needle breast biopsy methods.

Materials And Methods: Sonographically guided biopsy was performed in 125 solid breast lesions found at mammography and observed at ultrasonography. Vacuum-assisted biopsy was performed in 61 lesions, while automated core-needle biopsy was performed in 64 lesions.

[Endovascular treatment of renal artery stenosis: Technical and clinical results].

Purpose: To determine the primary success rate and follow-up results of renal artery stenting in controlling renovascular hypertension and renal failure in patients with renal artery stenosis.

Materials And Methods: Balloon expandable stents were placed in 40 renal arteries of 35 patients (16 men, 19 women; mean age 60, 1). Indications for treatment were hypertension alone in 11 patients, disturbed renal functions alone in 12 patients and hypertension associated with renal failure in eight patients.

[Intraarterial thrombolysis in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke: Technical and clinical results].

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and recanalization efficacy of local IA rt-PA delivery in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen patients with acute ischemic stroke were treated; of these, 10 were carotid artery stroke, 5 were vertebrobasilar territory stroke cases. The neurological status of the patients were graded according to the Glascow Coma Scale and National Institutes of Heart Stroke Scale.

[Medical importance of yeast killer toxin].

Yeast killer toxins (YKT) are exotoxins produced by several yeasts including certain Candida species. They can kill fungi, bacteria and even protozoa by binding to the specific receptors on their cell surfaces. On the basis of their killer effect, studies have been carried out on the differentiation of fungi and some bacteria by using YKT as epidemiological tools.

[The injection of acrylic bone cement prevents bone collapse in the intercalar bones lacking bony support: an experimental sheep semilunar bone model].

Objectives: In a sheep semilunar bone model, we investigated whether collapse in the intercalar bones lacking bony support could be prevented by the injection of acrylic bone cement.

Methods: The study included 16 limbs of eight sheep. Preoperatively, anteroposterior and lateral views of the carpal joints in the fore limbs were obtained.

Clinical importance of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (PER-1-type)-producing Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.

Recently, an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (PER-1) was found to be disseminated among Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonasaeruginosa isolates in Turkey. A population-based cohort study was conducted to elucidate predictive mortality factors in patients with nosocomial infections caused by Acinetobacter spp.