Evaluation of placenta and fetal lung using shear wave elastography in gestational diabetes mellitus: An innovative approach.

Purpose: This study aims to investigate placental and fetal lung stiffness in pregnant women with and without gestational diabetes, considering the well-established delay in fetal lung maturation associated with gestational diabetes.

Materials And Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary center and included pregnant women who underwent a 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test between 24-28 weeks of gestation. Elastography measurements were performed using point shear wave elastography (pSWE).

Analysis of Hysterectomy Trends in the Last 5 Years at a Tertiary Center.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess trends by evaluating the types and complications of hysterectomies performed for benign gynecological reasons at our clinic, which is one of the largest hospitals in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Hysterectomies performed for benign reasons at our gynecology and obstetrics clinic between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2020 were retrospectively reviewed and included in the analysis. Of the 4288 patients who had undergone hysterectomy, 888 patients were excluded some reasons.

Early predictors of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen treatment failure in patients with respiratory distress admitted to the pediatric emergency department.

Background: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is a relatively new method used in patients with respiratory distress. The aim of the study was to evaluate the outcomes and to determine the baseline predictors of HFNC treatment failure in children with acute respiratory distress/failure in the pediatric emergency department.

Methods: Children with respiratory distress/failure aged 1 month to 18 years who underwent HFNC therapy with the pre-established protocol were retrospectively analyzed.

GnRH agonist administration as luteal support on the transfer day of single blastocyst in dual-triggered cycles.

Objectives: Luteal phase support with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) has been considered in terms of its potential beneficial effects on in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles. In our study, we assessed the effectiveness of single-dose GnRH-a administration in dual-triggered cycles on pregnancy outcomes.

Material And Methods: Eighty women who underwent intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycle and had fresh blastocyst transfer were divided into two groups in terms of luteal phase support.

Predictors of febrile urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the predictability of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria (PB) with inflammation markers and hemogram parameters as neutrophil-lymphocyte-ratio (NLR), platelets-lymphocyte-ratio (PLR) and mean-platelet-volume (MPV) in infants with febrile urinary tract infection until the urine cultures are resulted.

Methods: Infants between 2-24 months hospitalized for the first febrile urinary tract infections were grouped as those infected with ESBL-PB and non-ESBL-PB. The demographic and laboratory data (inflammation markers and hemogram parameters) and the ultrasonographical findings were compared between the two groups.

Does Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Polymorphism Status Affect Fertilization-Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Results and Live Birth Rate? A Retrospective Study.

Background: Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) plays a key role in fertility and shows its effect through the FSH receptor (FSHR), which is localized in cells.

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine pregnancy outcomes and responses to controlled ovarian stimulation according to FSHR polymorphism types.

Study Setting And Design: The study was retrospective, and included patients who applied to the University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital fertilization (IVF) Unit during 2018 and 2019.

The effect of experience on the outcomes of total laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery: 1295 cases.

Objectives: To reveal the effect of surgeon's experience on the outcomes of the total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) surgery.

Material And Methods: Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: A tertiary care university hospital.

Comparison of direct and video laryngoscope endotracheal intubations by pediatric residents: A study of a child model with normal airway.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of direct and videolaryngoscopy procedures performed by pediatric residents who had limited experience of direct endotracheal intubation and had not previously used video laryngoscopes in a normal airway child manikin.

Material And Methods: The endotracheal intubations performed by pediatric residents with a direct laryngoscope and Storz C-MAC videolaryngoscope on a pediatric manikin with a normal airway were compared. Theoretical and practical training was given before the study.

Surgical management and clinical follow-up of post-coital severe vulvar hematoma in a 14-year-old adolescent girl: A case presentation.

Background: Vulvar hematoma is often puerperal. A case of non-puerperal vulvovaginal hematoma is rare in the literature. There is no consensus on the management of vulvovaginal hematoma.

Direct Radiography Following Fracture Reduction Improves the Reliability of Pauwels Classification.

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Pauwels classification system is widely used to classify the femoral neck fractures. Even its widely usage there are severals debates about its reliability. After the femoral neck fracture occured the lower extremity rotates externally and this external rotation deformity could lead to misevaluation of Pauwels angle at the initial radiographs.

Assessing the role of hip arthrography in the treatment decision making for children with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the role of hip arthrography in the treatment decision making for children with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD).

Methods: A total of 47 consecutive children with LCPD (42 boys, 5 girls; mean age=7.5 years; range=6-10 years) who underwent operative treatment were included in the study.

Pregnancy outcomes of women with hypoglycemia in the oral glucose tolerance test.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of hypoglycemia measured using 2-h 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) on neonatal biometrics (birth weight, head circumference and body length of newborns) and perinatal outcomes.

Materials And Methods: According to the definition of hypoglycemia by the American Diabetes Association, women with blood glucose levels of ≤70 mg/dL after fasting or at 1 or 2 h after eating measured using on 2-h 75-g OGTT were grouped into a hypoglycemia group. In accordance with the criteria of World Health Organization and the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups, as per the 2-h 75-g OGTT performed in the second trimester, women with gestational diabetes and were excluded from the study.

Obstetric Outcomes of Syrian Refugees and Turkish Citizens.

Background: To present the differences in prenatal, labor and neonatal outcomes for Syrian refugees and Turkish citizens.

Methods: Between January 2013 and December 2016, all patients in our hospital were screened retrospectively. Totally, 17000 pregnant women included in the study were divided into three groups: group 1: 4802 pregnant in Syrian refugees group; group 2: 6752 pregnant in the low-income Turkish citizens (LI groups); and group 3: 5446 women in high-income Turkish citizens (HI groups).

Role of endometrial sampling in cases with asymptomatic cervical polyps.

Cervical polyps are benign neoplasms of the cervix and frequently asymptomatic; however, they may cause intermenstrual, postcoital, and postmenopausal bleeding. The excision of cervical polyps and necessity of endometrial sampling is remain controversial. The objective of our study was to determine the association between cervical polyps and smear and endometrial pathologies.

Modified posterior intravaginal slingplasty: does the additional bilateral tape attachment to the sacrospinous ligament improve the results?

Introduction: High failure and recurrent prolapse remains an important issue for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery. The posterior intravaginal slingplasty (PIVS) is a minimally invasive, transperineal technique providing level I support, by creating neo-sacrouterine ligaments using a mesh. In order to reduce the POP recurrence rate, achieve a safer apical support and thereby better functional outcomes, we attached PIVS tape to the sacrospinous ligament bilaterally and compared the anatomical and functional outcomes for our modified technique versus the original PIVS.

Importance of transvaginal ultrasonography before endometrial sampling in asymptomatic postmenopausal patients.

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer. Transvaginal ultrasonography (TV USG) is considered to be the first-line diagnostic method for the evaluation of endometrial cancer. 213 asymptomatic postmenopausal patients (192 benign, 21 patients malignant endometrial findings after endometrial sampling) who underwent evaluation with gray-scale TV USG at maximum 48h before endometrial sampling were included.

The incidence, causes, and management of lower urinary tract injury during total laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Objectives: Determining the incidence and causes of lower urinary tract injury in patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy and examining the procedures applied for management.

Methods: Patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy in a large referral center between 1 January 2015 and 31 October 2017 for benign gynecological reasons were included in the study. Patients who underwent laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy and robot-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy were not included in this study.

Synchronous penoscrotal implantation of penile prosthesis and artificial urinary sphincter after radical prostatectomy.

Objectives: To evaluate the results of synchronous dual implantation of penile (PP) and artificial urinary sphincter prosthesis (AUSP) in patients with severe erectile dysfunction (ED) and urinary incontinence (UI) after radical prostatectomy (RP).

Methods: Between January 2006 and March 2015, patients who underwent synchronous dual implantation of PP for severe post-RP ED and AUSP for moderate to severe post-RP UI in our clinic were screened retrospectively. The erectile function and the continence status were evaluated by the questionnaires of IIEF-5 and ICIQ-SF.

Can red cell distribution width be a marker of disease activity in ulcerative colitis?

Aim: The current study aimed to investigate the association between disease activity and red cell distribution width (RDW) levels in ulcerative colitis and to determine whether RDW can be used as a marker of disease activity in non-anemic ulcerative colitis.

Methods: The RDW levels of 310 ulcerative colitis patients who underwent colonoscopy were analyzed retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups (active disease and remission) according to the endoscopic activity index.