Birth outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy: A Nationwide multicenter study from Türkiye.

Objective: The present study was aimed at investigating the effects of anti-seizure medications (ASMs), patient demographic characteristics, and the seizure type and frequency on the development of congenital malformations (CMs) in the infants of pregnant women with epilepsy (PWWE).

Methods: PWWE followed up at the neurology outpatient clinic of 21 centers between 2014 and 2019 were included in this prospective study. The follow-up of PWWE was conducted using structured, general pregnant follow-up forms prepared by the Pregnancy and Epilepsy Study Committee.

Obesity Associated With Active, but Preserved Joints in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From our National Registry.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of obesity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and associations with disease outcomes.

Patients And Methods: The study population comprised of 1,038 patients with RA (198 males, 840 females; mean age 56.1±12.

The role of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate in the repair of traumatic diaphragmatic injuries.

Diaphragmatic injuries either by blunt or penetrating trauma require prompt surgical intervention and are often exigent to repair. N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (n-butyl-2-CA) is a tissue adhesive which has gained wide application in many areas of surgery including emergency. To repair the extensive injuries of the diaphragm it may be necessary the use of synthetic mesh by fixing it with sutures or staples.

The fate of suboptimal anastomosis after colon resection: An experimental study.

Background: The fate of suboptimal anastomosis is unknown and early detection of anastomotic leakage after colon resection is crucial for the proper management of patients.

Methods: Twenty-six rats were assigned to "Control", "Leakage" and "Suboptimal anastomosis" groups where they underwent either sham laparotomy, cecal ligation, and puncture or anastomosis with four sutures following colon resection, respectively. At the fifth hour and on the third and ninth days; peripheral blood and peritoneal washing samples through relaparotomy were obtained.

"Diagnostic value of MRCP in biliary pancreatitis: result of long-term follow-up".

Aim: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has increasingly been used to evaluate the common bile duct. This study was to determine the role of MRCP instead of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the management of patients with acute biliary pancreatitis.

Methods: A total of 81 patients with mild or moderate biliary pancreatitis who underwent MRCP and were treated in our department with selective ERCP between May 2001 and July 2007 were entered into a prospective database.

Evaluation of inferior turbinate hypertrophy in patients with congenital and traumatic nasal septum deviation.

Objective: To compare mucosal and bony measurements in patients with congenital and traumatic nasal septum deviation and compensatory inferior turbinate hypertrophy.

Methods: The study examined 50 patients with nasal septum deviation (25 congenital and 25 traumatic) and compensatory inferior turbinate hypertrophy in the contralateral nasal cavity, confirmed by computed tomography.

Results: The study compared inferior turbinate measurements on the concave and convex sides of the septum, in the congenital and traumatic groups.

Comparison of clinical outcomes between single- and multiple-perforator-based free thoracodorsal artery perforator flaps: clinical experience in 87 patients.

Background: Although thoracodorsal artery perforator flaps have not gained popularity in the reconstructive era, the results of recent studies regarding the vascularity of thoracodorsal artery perforator flaps are promising. In the present study, the authors aimed to determine the clinical outcomes of free multiple-perforator versus single-perforator thoracodorsal artery perforator flaps.

Methods: Eighty-seven patients with various defects underwent reconstruction with free thoracodorsal artery perforator flaps.

Accuracy of intrasheath injection techniques for de Quervain's disease: a cadaveric study.

The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of injections of dye into the first extensor compartment of the wrist using three different techniques in 150 wrists in 75 fresh cadavers. To compare injections, 50 wrists from 25 cadavers were used for each technique. After the injections, the first extensor compartment was dissected and the dispersion of dye around the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons was investigated.

Splenomegaly in primary antiphospholipid syndrome without accompanying portal hypertension or comorbidity.

Objective: To demonstrate the presence of splenomegaly in primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) patients without accompanying portal hypertension or comorbidity.

Methods: Twelve patients (7 women) aged 23-65 years followed upon the diagnosis of PAPS were enrolled in the study. We documented the identified causes of splenomegaly in patients with PAPS, and searched for the potential causes of splenomegaly in patients with spleen enlargement.

Management of CNV in angioid streaks by intravitreal use of specific anti-VEGF165 Aptamer (pegaptanib sodium): long-term results.

Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness of intravitreal pegaptanib sodium injection in patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to angioid streaks.

Methods: Five eyes of four patients with angioid streaks with CNV underwent uneventful intravitreal injection of pegaptanib sodium (0.3 mg/90 µL).

Cross-education of muscle strength: cross-training effects are not confined to untrained contralateral homologous muscle.

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) on dominant wrist flexors causes an increase in the muscle strength of the contralateral wrist extensors. Twenty-three healthy, young, adult men were included in this prospective, double-blind, controlled study. Participants were randomly allocated to the EMS group or Control group.

Candida glabrata perinephric abscess.

Perinephric abscess is a rare complication of urinary tract infections, and the etiology is usually a gram negative bacillus. We report a case of Candida glabrata perinephric abscess in a patient with diabetes mellitus who had a recent episode of pyelonephritis that was treated with antibiotics. Percutaneous drainage and fluconazole treatment led to resolution of the infection.

The effect of montelukast sodium on serum arginase levels in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis.

Background: Nitric oxide (NO) imbalance appears to be important in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis. NO is synthesized from l-arginine by NO synthase (NOS). Competing with NOS for l-arginine is arginase, which catalyzes the hydrolysis of arginine to urea and ornithine.

Versatility of perforator-based V-Y advancement flaps in reconstruction of complex mid back wounds.

Reconstruction of complex mid back wounds is challenging due to the patient comorbidities and scarcity of reliable regional flap alternatives. Four consecutive cases treated with perforator based V-Y advancement flaps are reported. An effective repair was achieved in all the patients and the mean follow up period was 28 months.

Thermal welding technique versus cold dissection for adult tonsillectomy.

Objectives: To compare the thermal welding technique (TWT) with cold dissection (CD) for adult tonsillectomy.

Methodology: A prospective, double-blind, non-randomised study was planned for 20 adult patients undergoing tonsillectomy; a total of 16 patients were included for evaluation. In all patients, the right tonsil was removed by TWT, the left tonsil by CD.

Idiopathic portal hypertension during a catastrophic attack in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.

A 43-year old male patient with hyponatremic hypertensive syndrome was diagnosed as catastrophic primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS). He subsequently developed hepatosplenomegaly. The patient also carried thrombophilia- and haemochromatosis-associated gene mutations.

Oxidative stress and autonomic nervous system functions in restless legs syndrome.

Background: Oxidative stress has been implicated in over 100 disorders in recent years; however, the situation in restless legs syndrome (RLS) has not been studied yet.

Methods: Fifty patients with RLS not medicated for RLS and 50 sex- and age-matched, healthy controls and controls with no pathology except mild iron deficiency or iron deficiency anaemia were enrolled. Patients with secondary RLS other than iron deficiency were excluded.

Spontaneous biloma managed with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and percutaneous drainage: a case report.

Introduction: Spontaneous biloma formation is a very rare condition, which mandates immediate treatment.

Case Presentation: An 80-year-old Caucasian man was referred to our department with a diagnosis of intra-abdominal collection located in his right upper quadrant. Further radiological examination demonstrated multiple calculi in his gallbladder and common bile duct.

Fournier's gangrene: series of twenty patients.

Background And Purpose: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare, rapidly progressive, fulminant form of necrotizing fasciitis of the genital, perianal and perineal regions. Our aim is to investigate the clinical signs, symptoms and factors which affect the clinical results of patients with FG in our clinic.

Patients And Methods: 20 patients having FG were admitted to our department during the past 6-year period.

Haemostatic effect of Ankaferd Blood Stopper(®) seen during adenoidectomy.

In Turkey, Ankaferd Blood Stopper(®) (ABS) has been approved for the management of external haemorrhages and bleedings occurring during dental surgeries (Goker et al., 2008). Ankaferd comprises a standardized mixture of plants, including Thymus vulgaris, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Vitis vinifera, Alpinia officinarum, and Urtica diodica.

Color Doppler imaging of ocular blood flow after combined photodynamic therapy with intravitreal triamcinolone in age-related macular degeneration.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of combined intravitreal triamcinolone and ocular photodynamic therapy on retinal and choroidal hemodynamics in age-related macular degeneration.

Methods: Intravitreal triamcinolone (4 mg, 0.1 cc) and photodynamic therapy with verteporfin were applied to 48 eyes of 33 subjects (25 male and 8 female; mean age: 68.

Surgical outcomes of primary and revision endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

Objective: In the current study, whereas the results of endoscopic primary and revision endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomies (END-DCR) were evaluated, the success rates in patients who did or did not undergo nasal surgery were also compared.

Methods: A retrospective medical record review of 70 patients (with a total of 72 affected cases) who were admitted to our clinic with a primary complaint of epiphora between January 2002 and July 2009 was performed. Patients who required additional nasal procedures were also included in the analysis.

Locally invasive primary splenic angiosarcoma.

Primary angiosarcoma of the spleen is a very rare vascular neoplasm, but it represents the most common non-hematolymphoid malignant tumor of the spleen. In this report, we present the case of a 48-year-old man with primary splenic angiosarcoma with local invasion to the left diaphragm and the radiological imaging findings for this cancer.

Surgical outcome of coaxial phacoemulsification with torsional ultrasound after a 2.4 mm versus 3.2 mm clear corneal temporal incision.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate and compare outcomes of phacoemulsification surgery with purely torsional ultrasound in coaxial small incision procedures.

Methods: This study was a prospective observational series of 50 eyes of 50 patients with age-related cataracts. There were two groups each with 25 eyes.

Effect of pharyngeal packing during nasal surgery on postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of pharyngeal packing in reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after nasal surgery by taking into consideration the surgery types.

Study Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting: A tertiary referral center.