Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Everting Sutures with a Lateral Tarsal Strip for Involutional Lower Eyelid Entropion.

Introduction: To compare the anatomical and functional outcome and changes in the quality of life (QoL) over time of the lateral tarsal strip (LTS) versus the Quickert everting sutures (ES) for the repair of primary involutional lower eyelid entropion.

Methods: Forty-five patients (54 eyes) with primary involutional lower eyelid entropion were recruited in a prospective randomized clinical trial over 3-year period. Twenty-six eyes were randomized to the LTS technique and 28 to the ES procedure.

Impact of metabolic syndrome on pre- and postoperative parameters in patients undergoing a HoLEP surgery.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the safety and success of the holmium laser enucleation of prostate (HoLEP) surgery in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS) versus those without MS who have similar prostate sizes.

Material And Methods: Data from 120 patients who underwent HoLEP by a single surgeon between November 2015 and January 2018 were prospectively analyzed. Group 1 (n=40) and Group 2 (n=80) consisted of patients with and without MS, respectively.

Validation of the endoscopic stone treatment step 1 (EST-s1): a novel EAU training and assessment tool for basic endoscopic stone treatment skills-a collaborative work by ESU, ESUT and EULIS.

Introduction: The endoscopic stone treatment step 1 (EST s1) protocol has been developed after 2 years of collaborative work between different European Association of Urology (EAU) sections.

Objectives: In this study, we added construct validity evidence to the EST s1 curriculum.

Materials And Methods: The EST-s1 curriculum includes four standardized tasks: flexible cystoscopy, rigid cystoscopy, semi-rigid URS and flexible URS.

Conservative/surgical treatment predictors of maternal hydronephrosis: results of a single-center retrospective non-randomized non-controlled observational study.

Purpose: To determine the parameters that may help the clinicians decide the best suitable treatment method for the pregnant women with symptomatic hydronephrosis which will be based on the easily accessible laboratory tests, monitoring methods and clinical symptoms.

Methods: Digital data and documents of 246 pregnant women with symptomatic hydronephrosis who were hospitalized in our clinic between the dates of January 2011 and January 2016 were retrospectively evaluated. All patients were statistically evaluated in terms of age, symptomatic maximal anterior-posterior diameter of the renal pelvis (MADP), parity, C-reactive protein (CRP) level, white blood cell count (WBC), presence of pyuria, growth of urine culture, fever, serum urine and creatinine levels, visual analog scale (VAS) score of pre- and post-therapy and threatened preterm labor.

The relationship of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio with clinical outcome and final infarct core in acute ischemic stroke patients who have undergone endovascular therapy.

Objectives: Of all strokes, 85% are ischemic and intracranial artery occlusion accounts for 80% of these ischemic strokes. Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke was a new modality aiming at resolution of clots in occluded cerebral arteries. The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) was introduced as a potential marker to determine increased inflammation, which is a result of releasing many mediators from the platelets.

Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy Improves Olfaction and Taste Sensitivity in Primary Hypothyroid Patients: A Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial.

Smell and taste are known to be influenced by thyroid function changes. However, many hypothyroid patients and physicians are unaware of their dysosmia and dysgeusia. The present study was performed to shed more light on the relation between hypothyroidism and olfactory loss.

A prospective comparison of a new cyanoacrylate glue and laser ablation for the treatment of venous insufficiency.

Introduction: Cyanoacrylate ablation is the newest nonthermal vein ablation technique. The one-year results of a prospective comparative study of a new cyanoacrylate glue versus endovenous laser ablation for the treatment of venous insufficiency is presented.

Material And Methods: A total of 310 adult subjects were treated with cyanoacrylate ablation or endovenous laser ablation.

The effect of systemic corticosteroids on the innate and adaptive immune system in children with steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome.

Unlabelled: The severity and duration of immunosuppression caused by corticosteroids (CSs) usage have not been extensively studied. We aimed to investigate the effects of CSs on the various compartments of immune system in relation to timing of initiation and persistence of therapy. Pediatric patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) treated with 2 mg/kg/day prednisolone and healthy control (HC) were enrolled.

Super-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SMP): a new concept in technique and instrumentation.

Objective: To present a novel miniature endoscopic system designed to improve the safety and efficacy of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, named the 'super-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy' (SMP).

Patients And Methods: The endoscopic system consists of a 7-F nephroscope with enhanced irrigation and a modified 10-14 F access sheath with a suction-evacuation function. This system was tested in patients with renal stones of <2.

Successful Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage of Multiple Splenic Abscesses in a Kidney Transplant Patient With Encapsulated Sclerosing Peritonitis: A Case Report.

Differential diagnosis of post-transplant infections should include rare/uncommon foci and pathogens. We present a rare case of life-threatening infection, a splenic abscess in a 53-year-old woman who was transplanted with a cadaveric kidney 5 months previously. The patient was admitted to our clinic with chills, shivering, and fever.

Is It Possible to Increase Flap Viability by Hydrostatic Dilation?: An Experimental Study in the Rat Abdominal Fasciocutaneous Flap Model.

Introduction: Ergun et al previously demonstrated the efficacy of hydrostatic dilation in a TRAM flap model in an experimental study. We investigated the effect of hydrostatic dilation on a fasciocutaneous flap model.

Methods: Eighteen female Wistar rats were equally divided into 3 groups, of which 1 served as a control.

Postoperative changes in olfactory function after transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy.

Purpose: Transcanalicular diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy (TCL-DCR) is used much in recent years for the surgery of nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO). Although TCL-DCR is accepted to be minimally invasive, safe, and effective, there is no report focusing on postoperative changes in olfactory function after this procedure. Hence, the aim of this current study was to investigate the changes in olfactory function after TCL-DCR procedure.

Clinical assessment of olfactory functions in children who underwent adenotonsillectomy during pre- and post-operative period.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of both ortho- and retronasal olfactory function in children who underwent adenotonsillectomy (AT) operation due to infectious and/or obstructive adenotonsillar disease.

Material And Methods: A total of 25 children with adenotonsillar disease are included in the study; the children were followed for 6 months in the conducted clinics and underwent AT operation. An age- and sex-matched control group was constituted with 25 healthy children free of adenotonsillar disease.

The importance of echocardiography in transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Valvular heart diseases cause serious health problems in Turkey as well as in Western countries. According to a study conducted in Turkey, aortic stenosis (AS) is second after mitral valve disease among all valvular heart diseases. AS is frequently observed in elderly patients who have several cardiovascular risk factors and comorbidities.

Evaluation of necessity for mechanical bowel preparation before Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy: a randomized prospective clinical study.

Aim: In this randomized prospective clinical study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) before Milligan-Morgan hemorrhoidectomy on intraoperative procedures and postoperative complication rates to determine whether MBP is adventageous or not before elective anorectal surgeries.

Methods: Forty patients who had internal grade III or IV hemorrhoidal disease and who would underwent open hemorrhoidectomy were randomized into two groups: non-MBP group (female:male, 11:9; mean age, 33.8±9.

Transoral surgery for an infant thyroglossal duct cyst.

A 2-month-old female infant with respiratory distress, cyanosis and swallowing difficulties following birth was referred to our hospital by the pediatric clinic. Flexible fiber optic laryngoscopic examination of the patient revealed a red-purple smooth-surfaced mass inside the tongue base and vallecula. No additional features were identified by otorhinolaryngological examination.

The effect of microneedling with a roller device on the viability of random skin flaps in rats.

Background: In a random pattern skin flap, distal flap necrosis occurs as a result of inadequate blood flow. Microneedling with a handheld roller device is a new treatment modality, especially for facial rejuvenation. In this study, the authors used microneedling to increase flap viability.

Scintigraphic evaluation of osteoblastic activity in extraction sockets treated with platelet-rich fibrin.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) on the early bone healing process with bone scintigraphy based on technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate uptake in third molar extraction sockets.

Patients And Methods: Fourteen patients with bilaterally soft tissue impacted third mandibular molars were included in the study. The right and left impacted third molars were surgically extracted in the same session.

Predictive value of urinary interleukin-8 cutoff point for recurrences after transurethral resection plus induction bacillus Calmette-Guérin treatment in non-muscle-invasive bladder tumors.

Background: This study was designed to investigate whether there is a correlation between interleukin (IL)-8 secretion rate and recurrences in induction bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy following transurethral resection (TUR) in cases of primary non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

Patients And Methods: A total of 41 patients with NMIBC were randomized to receive a 6-week course with a standard dose of 81 mg intravesical BCG. Voided urine samples were collected immediately before and after (at 2 and 4 hours) BCG instillation.

Delayed intraventricular tension pneumocephalus due to scalp-ventricle fistula: a very rare complication of shunt surgery.

Background: Although pneumocephalus and pneumoventricle are well known entities in neurosurgery practice, delayed intraventricular tension pneumocephalus following shunt surgery is extremely rare.

Case Description: A 60-year-old man presented with vomiting, drowsiness, walking difficulty, urinary incontinence and headache one month after shunt placement for communicant hydrocephalus developing secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Skull X- Rays and Computed Tomography (CT) revealed marked air in both lateral ventricles.

Prospective comparison of two suturing techniques of amniotic membrane transplantation for symptomatic bullous keratopathy.

Purpose: To determine the outcomes of a modified amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) suturing technique for pain and discomfort relief in patients with symptomatic bullous keratopathy (BK).

Design: Randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial.

Methods: setting: Ankara Research and Training Hospital 1st and 2nd Eye Clinics, Ankara, Turkey.

Case report: a novel and easy technique to remove stitched urethral foley catheter after radical retropubic prostatectomy.

The inability to remove a urethral catheter because of inadvertent stitching or entrapped sutures after radical retropubic prostatectomy is rarely reported in the literature. Various methods are recommended to solve this problem. Here, we discuss a method developed by using a pediatric optical urethrotome to remove endoscopically a Foley urethral catheter that was encircled by a vesicouretheral anastomotic suture.

Ta T1 low and intermediate transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: recurrence rates and the timing of check cystoscopies within the first year.

Introduction: The intensity of cystoscopic follow-up in the first year for patients with superficial bladder cancer has not been clearly defined. The cystoscopic follow-up of superficial bladder cancer accounts for a considerable workload for the urologist and is also an invasive procedure with high costs. We retrospectively reviewed our experience to determine any possible criteria which can lead to reduce the frequency of check cystoscopy.

Craniocervical junction arachnoid cyst causing hydrocephalus: case report and review of the literature.

Objective: Arachnoid cysts (ACs) of the craniocervical junction are extremely rare entities. This report describes a craniocervical junction AC with unusual clinical course at an unusual anatomical location.

Methods: A 21-year-old man was admitted to our clinic after a craniospinal trauma.

Palliative surgery for advanced stage (stage IV) gastric adenocarcinoma.

Background/aims: The factors that effect resectability, major morbidity, early mortality, and survival in advanced stage gastric adenocarcinoma patients are evaluated.

Methodology: Records of 74 patients that underwent surgery for stage IV gastric adenocarcinoma in the Third Surgical Clinic of Izmir Atatürk Training Hospital between January 1997 and January 2004 were reviewed retrospectively. Two groups (the patients with resectable disease and those with unresectable disease) were compared with regard to age, gender, primary complaint, symptoms, site of the tumor, involvement of adjacent organs, lymph node involvement, distant metastases, differentiation of tumor, surgical procedure, perioperative blood transfusions, and postoperative hospital stay.