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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mehmet Sabri Çiftçi, Burak Uçaner, Mehmet Zeki Buldanlı
BACKGROUND: Emergency colorectal resections hold a significant position in general surgical practice, and pathologies of the left colon are relatively common. This study was conducted to assess the outcomes of isolated left colon surgeries with benign etiologies, drawing on clinicopathological and biochemical data. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective review and statistical analysis of demographic, clinical, and laboratory data of patients who underwent left colon surgery at the general surgery clinic of a tertiary care hospital, excluding those with malignancy-related emergencies, from January 2017 to January 2022...
April 2024: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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Avni Uygar Seyhan, Rohat Ak, Faruk Şimşek, Senem Ayvacı, Oğuzhan Açıkgöz
BACKGROUND: Ankle injuries are a common reason for visits to the emergency department (ED). An effective diagnosis and treatment process is crucial for the swift recovery of patients and for alleviating congestion in EDs. This study aims to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of the Ottawa Ankle Rules (OAR) in geriatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). METHODS: Between February 2022 and November 2022, 160 patients aged 65 and older (118 women, 42 men) who presented to the ED with isolated ankle injuries were included in the study...
April 2024: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Guttula Yedukondalu, Susovon Samanta
DC-DC converters generally maintain poor efficiency when operating at light to medium loads. This is primarily due to the fact that switching losses outweigh conduction losses significantly, while core losses remain constant regardless of the load conditions. In the case of the interleaved boost converter (IBC), this efficiency deterioration increases more than the conventional boost converter (CBC), when the number of phases increases. Therefore, an efficiency improvement is necessary for IBC under light load to medium load conditions...
March 28, 2024: ISA Transactions
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Bahadır Karaca, Mehmet Kemal Emem, Burak Çelik, Nurdan Yılmaz Şahin
BACKGROUND: There is a need for studies evaluating prognostic scoring systems in mass trauma patients in conflict regions to predict patient prognosis for emergency surgical prioritization. In this study, we aimed to evaluate scoring systems such as the Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) in trauma patients admitted due to mass trauma in Northern Syria. METHODS: This study was a retrospective evaluation of patients admitted due to mass trauma to the emergency departments of hospitals in Northern Syria...
March 2024: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Enes Sahin, Kazım Şahin, Haşim Köken, Sertaç Ata Güler, Turgay Şimşek, Nihat Zafer Utkan, Mustafa Şahin
BACKGROUND: This study presents the diagnosis and treatment of rare small bowel tumors through clinical cases. METHODS: Patients treated between 2000 and 2023 were included in the study. The clinical records of the patients were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: A total of 34 patients were included in the study. Of these patients, 26 (75.5%) were male and eight (23.5%) were female. The mean age of the patients was 62.1 years. The most common symptoms and signs were abdominal pain (76...
March 2024: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Andrew M Boyce, Hengming Li, Nathaniel C Wilson, Deniz Acil, Amirhassan Shams-Ansari, Srivatsa Chakravarthi, Christian Pederson, Qixin Shen, Nicholas Yama, Kai-Mei C Fu, Marko Loncar, Maiken H Mikkelsen
Silicon vacancy centers (SiVs) in diamond have emerged as a promising platform for quantum sciences due to their excellent photostability, minimal spectral diffusion, and substantial zero-phonon line emission. However, enhancing their slow nanosecond excited-state lifetime by coupling to optical cavities remains an outstanding challenge, as current demonstrations are limited to ∼10-fold. Here, we couple negatively charged SiVs to sub-diffraction-limited plasmonic cavities and achieve an instrument-limited ≤8 ps lifetime, corresponding to a 135-fold spontaneous emission rate enhancement and a 19-fold photoluminescence enhancement...
March 13, 2024: Nano Letters
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Seval Cambaz Ulaş, Dilay Açıl, Damla Şahin Büyük, Seçil Köken Durgun, Fatma Uyar Açışlı
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the risk perceptions of midwifery and nursing senior students regarding COVID-19 and compliance with vaccination and protective measures. METHOD: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two academic years on senior midwifery and nursing students (n = 358). In the present study, the descriptive characteristics of the students and the COVID-19 risk perception scale were used. RESULTS: The students' COVID-19 Risk Perception Scale scores were at a moderate level and a similar level in both years of this study...
2024: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nurullah Ishak Işık, Gulhan Kurtoglu Celık, Bahattin Işık
BACKGROUND: Pneumomediastinum signifies the accumulation of air within the mediastinum. This condition can develop sponta-neously or as a secondary condition due to trauma or iatrogenic causes. Although rare, it is part of a wide differential diagnosis scale due to its most common presenting symptoms: chest pain and shortness of breath. METHODS: Our study is a retrospective, observational, and cohort investigation. It included patients who presented to the emer-gency department and were diagnosed with pneumomediastinum through computed tomography...
February 2024: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Levent Eminoğlu
BACKGROUND: Incarcerated inguinal hernia requires emergency intervention.The incarcerated segment should be thoroughly inspected in order to evaluate the degree of ischemia and decide whether resection is required.The aim of this study is to evaluate the applicability of TAPP for patients seen in the emergency department for incarcerated inguinal hernias. METHODS: The study was done retrospectively.Patients who presented to the emergency department and were operated with the TAPP technique were included...
February 2024: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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Jan-Tobias Weitkamp, Soumaya El Hajjami, Yahya Acil, Johannes Spille, Selin Sayin, Emine Sükran Okudan, Eyüp Ilker Saygili, Salih Veziroglu, Christian Flörke, Peter Behrendt, Jörg Wiltfang, Oral Cenk Aktas, Aydin Gülses
The reconstruction of bony defects in the alveolar crest poses challenges in dental practice. Guided tissue regeneration (GTR) and guided bone regeneration (GBR) procedures utilize barriers to promote bone regeneration and prevent epithelial growth. This study focuses on evaluating the antibacterial properties of marine algae-polylactic acid (PLA) composite membranes compared to commercially available collagen membranes. Marine algae (Corallina elongata, Galaxaura oblongata, Cystoseira compressa, Saragassum vulgare, and Stypopodium schimperi) were processed into powders and blended with PLA to fabricate composite membranes...
January 29, 2024: Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Medicine
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Ortaç Güran, İhsan Ozdamar, Ebubekir Bektas, Salih Ender İbaç, Oğuzhan Gök
BACKGROUND: The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of curfews imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits, orthopedic trauma frequencies, and types of trauma. METHODS: In this single-center, retrospective cohort study, a total of 16,242 patients, including 3,020 trauma patients, were admitted to level 1 trauma center emergency department between April-June 2020 and 2021 (curfew group) and between April-June 2018 and 2019 (control group)...
January 2024: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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Gökhan Demirci, Hakan Hasdemir, Anıl Şahin, Ali Rıza Demir, Ömer Çelik, Fatih Uzun, Mustafa Yildiz
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition and the prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) are shown to be correlated. The significance of nutritional status has been evaluated in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), stable CAD, and elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. However, the prognostic impact of poor nutritional status on STEMI patients who underwent emergent CABG is not known. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between nutritional status assessed by the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and long-term mortality in STEMI patients who underwent emergent CABG...
January 2024: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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Juliane Wagner, Sascha Luck, Klaas Loger, Yahya Açil, Johannes H Spille, Sascha Kurz, Matthias Ahlhelm, Eric Schwarzer-Fischer, Lena-Christin Ingwersen, Anika Jonitz-Heincke, Sam Sedaghat, Jörg Wiltfang, Hendrik Naujokat
The study aimed to analyze bone regeneration in critical-size defects using hybrid scaffolds biomechanically adapted to the specific defect and adding the growth factor rhBMP-2. For this animal study, ten minipigs underwent bilateral defects in the corpus mandibulae and were subsequently treated with novel cylindrical hybrid scaffolds. These scaffolds were designed digitally to suit the biomechanical requirements of the mandibular defect, utilizing finite element analysis. The scaffolds comprised zirconium dioxide-tricalcium phosphate (ZrO2 -TCP) support struts and TCP foam ceramics...
November 29, 2023: Journal of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
G Gencay Üstün, M Furkan Açil, Gökhan Sert, F Damla Menkü Özdemir, Hakan Uzun
Level III-case-control study.
November 20, 2023: Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hilal Ersan Yaman, Seher Basaran-Acil, Sergul Duygulu
AIM: To explore the way the nursing profession was portrayed in online news coverage before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. BACKGROUND: The power of the media can be used as a tool to introduce nursing services to society, make nursing visible, and influence the public perception of nursing. INTRODUCTION: Analyzing the image of nursing as portrayed in the news can be a guide for more effective management of the media as a tool for positioning nursing in the future and presenting the right message...
November 14, 2023: International Nursing Review
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Mehmet Kubat, Serkan Şengül, Serdar Şahin
BACKGROUND: Although early cholecystectomy is recommended for patients with acute cholecystitis, conservative treatment followed by delayed cholecystectomy (DC) is a highly preferred modality, especially in older adult patients. However, some severe cases require overdue urgent cholecystectomy (OC). This study aimed to evaluate the ability of laboratory findings and Tokyo severity classification (TokyoSC) to differentiate those with the need for OC among elderly patients. METHODS: Laboratory/radiological/clinical findings of geriatric patients with acute cholecystitis on admission and TokyoSC were retrospectively analyzed...
November 2023: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fethi Gül, Umut Sabri Kasapoğlu, Mehmet Süleyman Sabaz, Pınar Ay, Burçin Doruk Oktay, Gülbahar Çalışkan, Nalan Demir, İsmet Sayan, Feyyaz Kabadayı, Gülsüm Altuntaş, Ayça Gümüş, Hülya Kırca, Deniz Şanlı, Fatma Acil, Andaç Dedeoğlu, Sedef Gülçin Ural, İrem Akın Şen, Eda Macit Aydın, Hakan Dayanır, Birgül Yelken, İlkay Ceylan, Osman Özcan Aydın, Güneş Eskidemir, Ahmet Aytekin, Melike Cengiz, Ülkü Arslan, Devrim Akdağ, Gülçin Hilal Alay, Esra Tekin, Volkan Yarar, Kemal Tolga Saracoğlu, Funda Gök, Volkan Alparslan, Verda Tuna, Murside Yıldız, Nimet Şenoğlu, Cenk Kıraklı, Süleyman Yıldırım, Kübra Saçar Kübüç, Ayşen Erer, Hamza Gültekin, Kezban Özmen Süner, Özge Kuzgun, Çağatay Erman Öztürk, Aydın Karahan, Okan Deveci, Mustafa Ay, Dilara Tüfek Öztan, Seda Banu Akıncı, Melahat Yalçın Solak, Süha Bozbay, Serhat Özçiftçi, Kamil Gönderen, Ahmet Oğuzhan Küçük, Berna Uyan, Gülseren Elay, Nazlıhan Boyacı, Mustafa Timurkaan, Ebru Karakoç, Lerzan Doğan, Erdem Yalçınkaya, Leyla Kazancıoğlu, Gül Erdal Dönmez, Barış Yılmaz, Dursun Fırat Ergül, Maruf Boran, Hüseyin Özkarakaş, Buğra Karakaş, Perihan Ergin Özcan, İlkay Anaklı, Mustafa Kemal Bayar, Didem Yüksel Yüksel, Şükriye Akdağ, Özcan Pişkin, Sibel Temur, Selin Eyüpoğlu, Elvan Tekir Yılmaz, Gizem Zaim Avcı, Raziye Turan, Fatma Alkan Bayburt, Helin Şahintürk, Bülent Güçyetmez, Mustafa Muhlis Alparslan, Metin Yarıcı, Fatma Yıldırım, Abdulkadir Yektaş, Güçlü Yaman, Oktay Demirkıran, İsmail Cinel
BACKGROUND: Vaccines against coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) have been effective in preventing symptomatic diseases, hospitalizations, and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. However, data regarding the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in reducing mortality among critically ill patients with COVID-19 remains unclear. AIMS: To determine the vaccination status and investigate the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine on the 28-day mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19...
October 20, 2023: Balkan Medical Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Henning Wieker, Cedric Hinrichs, Merle Retzlaff, Johannes Heinrich Spille, Martin Laudien, Yahya Acil, Jörg Wiltfang, Aydin Gülses
The aim of the current study was to test the technical and clinical feasibility of a robotic system and investigate its potential in the surgical repair of perforated Schneiderian membranes using an ex-vivo porcine model. Eight pig heads were operated conventionally via a surgical loop and eight pig heads with the surgical robot "Symani® Surgical System" (Medical Microinstruments, Inc., Pisa, Italy). On each specimen, the Schneiderian membrane was incised over a length of 0.7 mm resembling a perforation...
October 6, 2023: Journal of Robotic Surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Julie Zettl, Acil Jaafar, Jason Shourick, Ivan Tack, Marion Vallet
PURPOSE: The kidney's capability to concentrate and dilute urine is crucial to maintaining body fluid compartments and plasma osmolality. Advanced age and chronic kidney disease (CKD) result in decreased maximal urine concentration. Less is known regarding urine dilution ability. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between maximal renal water excretion and renal function, age, and gender in humans. METHODS: This monocentric retrospective study includes patients referred to the Department of Clinical Physiology in Toulouse University Hospital to measure the glomerular filtration rate (mGFR) between April 2013 and February 2018...
October 4, 2023: International Urology and Nephrology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Serap Ulusoy, Mustafa Oruc
BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot attack (DFA) is considered one of the worst manifestations of diabetic foot. It is necessary to act quickly to prevent amputation and save the patient's life. The aim of this study is to reveal the characteristic features of DFAs and be a guide to healthcare professionals to manage and refer these patients. METHODS: Sixty-five patients with DFAs were analyzed retrospectively. Demographics were collected. All patients' ınfectious dis-eases Society of America/International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IDSA/IWDGF) stages, site ıschemia neuropathy, bacterial ınfection and depth (SINBAD) and laboratory risk ındicator for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) scores were calculated...
October 2023: Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery: TJTES
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