Makale Arama

In this article, 191 cases were presented who operated in The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Sur-gery Clinic, University of Selcuk between 1987 and 1994. 52.87% of them were male and 47.12% of were female. Most of the patients were 11-20 years of age. 99 of cystes (51.83%) were in right lung, 84 (43.97%) were in left lung and 8(04.17%) of them were in both lungs. Median sternotomy was per-formed in 5 cases, segmentectomy in 6 cases, wedge resection in 7 cases, lohectomy in 9 cases, cystotomy and capitonage in 159 cases, decortication in 10 cases and cystectomy in 4 cases. 13 liver cystes and one spleen cyste were excised via trans-diaphragmatic approach. Empyerna was seen in 4 cases and succesfully treated. Only one case died on respiratory failure. Relapse was not seen in any case.

To evaluate the hysterectomies carried out in our clinic for a period of two years. The study retrospectively evaluates the clinical and demographic characteristics of the 853 patients that had abdominal hysterectomy and vaginal hysterectomy procedures with various indications for the two years from January 2008 to December 2009 in Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics Department. In our clinic, the most common indication for hysterectomy was myoma uteri and the procedure was performed on 358 (41.9%) patients between the years 2008 and 2009. The second most common indication was gynecological malignancies and hysterectomy was performed on 161 (18.8%) patients. The ratio of abdominal hysterectomy (total and subtotal) was determined to be 93.6%, whereas the ratio of vaginal hysterectomy was 6.4%. As well as hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo ooforectomia (BSO) was also performed in 453 (53.1%) cases. We have seen 0.5% bladder injury, 0.37% ureter injury and 0.37% bowl injury in the abdominal hysterectomy group. In vaginal hysterectomy group, there was 1 case (1.85%) with bladder injury. With various indications such as myoma uteri, gynecological malignancy, uterovajinal prolapse, endometriosis and peripartum hemorrhage, hysterectomy is the most commonly performed operation by gynecologists. Although, the relative advantages and disadvantages of the abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic hysterectomy types are known, abdominal hysterectomy is still the most common procedure in our clinic.

Aim: In this retrospective study, our patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) were evaluated according to age, sex, etiology, response to steroid, prognosis, and compared with national data and the literature. Material and method: 141 children with nephrotic syndrome (NS) who admitted to the Department of Pediatric Nephrology of Selcuk University between January 2000 and December 2006 were assessed. Patients were classified into two groups according to etiology as primary and secondary NS. Results: 59% of the patients were male and 41% of them were female. Male/female ratio was 1.44, and median age was 9 (0.3-18.5) years. It is observed that 81.5% of the cases had primary and 18.5% had secondary NS. 67 of the patients with primary NS were male and 48 of them were female. Median age was 8 (0.3-18) years. 16 of the patients with secondary NS were male and 10 of them were female. Median age was 14 (7.5-18.5) years. Of patients with primary NS, 76.5% had steroid-responsive, and 22.6% steroide resistant. %64.8 of the patients with steroid responsive NS developed one and more relapses. Percentage of rare and frequent relapses were 3.4% and 61.3%, respectively. Our results showed that mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (MesPGN) was the most common histopathologic diagnosis, 15 (45%) of the 31 biopsied patients with primary NS were found to have MesPGN. Henoch Schonlein purpura nephritis was diagnosed in 14 (53.8%) patients and it was the most common cause of secondary NS. As a result, NS frequency and response to rate of steroid therapy are similar to present literature finding. However, frequent relaps ratio was lower than the others studies. Conclusion: We think that further research including more patients population and multiple center and control studies to investigate NS events to reveal causes of concerning with regional, national or race differences at the childhood period is warranted.

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an infectious disease with a possible fulminant course that it is characterized by necrosis of the skin, soft tissues, fascia or muscle. Treatment involves extensive debridement and antibiotherapy. Although, debridement may not always be possible due to limitations in the administration of general and/or block anesthesia in some patients based on such reasons as overall health, bleeding diathesis or medications being used by the patient. There is limited information or studies exploring possible options in such patients, although those that are available support the lifesaving advantages of early fasciotomies performed under local anesthesia. A 76-year-old male patient was admitted with generalized edema to the right forearm and arm, erythema, and a lesion with a bulla and purulent discharge. An NF diagnosis was confirmed with a positive finger test and emergency surgery was planned; however, general anesthesia could not be administered due to the impaired overall health status of the patient, who was using aspirin, preventing blockage. Accordingly, the abscess was drained through arm and forearm fasciotomies that were performed under local anesthesia, and samples were obtained for culture.In conclusion, NF can be fatal when left untreated, while successful results can be achieved with early diagnosis, sufficient debridement and treatment with appropriate antibiotics. That said, drainage of the abscess through multiple fasciotomies can improve the laboratory findings and support treatment in NF patients who cannot undergo rapid debridement or can not tolerate general anesthesia. A fasciotomy may be performed as a supportive treatment prior to debridement in such patients.

Endometriosis is a common pathology in fertile women. Perianal involvement is rare and painful swelling is seen on episiotomy incision scars. Uncommon involvement of perianal region by endometriosis should be kept in mind in recurrent anal abscess. In this case report, we aimed to present a 35 year old woman with endometriosis mimicking recurrent anal abscess.

Tension free transvajinal tape operation has become popular in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence because of its short hospitalisation time and ease of application. Although tension free transvajinal tape is a successful and safe procedure in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, several intraoperative and postoperative complications might be seen. In our study, we described a case of bladder stone that developed secondary to mesh erosion after tension free transvajinal tape operation for stress incontinence and reconstructive surgery (anterior colporrhaphy) for pelvic organ prolapse performed 7 years previously and who was successfully treated.

The effects of zinc addition to the fluconazole therapy which is a systemic anticandidial agent vvidely used in vul­ vovaginal candidiasis were investigated. Sixty-eight non-pregnant vvomen having sımptoms of vulvovaginal can­ didiasis were evaluated and compared in randomly selected two groups. One of the groups was treated with flu­ conazole (n=33) while the other was treated vvith fluconazole + zinc (n=35). KOH preparation and culture results and relapse ratios vvere compared betvveen two groups. Relaps ratio was found significantly lovver in fluconasole + zinc treated group.

Pilonidal sinus is a chronic inflammatory disease which is seen in interglutal area and frequently affects young population. Studies done in relation to the frequency of the disease are not capable of representing the whole community and they are based on military personnel or hospital data. Therefore, it was aimed to do this epidemiologic screening study in order to determine the actual frequency of the disease and its distribution according to age. After taking the permit and legal consent of ethic committee, With population weighted systematic clump sampling which will represent Konya’s provincial population, 49 locations were selected from Konya city centre, districts and villages. It was intended to have 100 person as the clump volume in each location in the screening. In the locations determined, written consents of 18 year-old and older and those accepting the screening were taken. Giving the results in general and in percentage in accordance with age distribution was planned. The ongoing screening was performed in 20 regions and 2000 people were evaluated. Age average of people involved in the screening is 45(18-94) 936 of who (46,8%) are male and 1064 of who were (53,2%) were female. Among 2000 people evaluated, total 39 (1.95%) cases were determined 22 of which were operated, 16 of which were primary cases and 1 of which was relapse pilonidal sinus. The age range in which it is most frequently seen is 4,1% and between 18-30. Pilonidal disease was determined in only two women and man/woman ratio was 19/1 in the screening. In this communitybased study, pilonidal disease prevalence was determined as 1,95%. The disease is seen most frequently in men and at 4,1% rate in 18-30 year-old population. Its general frequency in men is 3,9%.

\r\n Rothia dentocariosa is a gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that is a part of the normal flora in the oral cavity and respiratory tract. Although it is a rare cause of head and neck region infection, it may be observed in immunosuppressed individuals. Here we report the case of an 33-year old man who developed parapharyngeal abscess that was caused by R. dentocariosa after acute tonsillitis. This is the first case report of a parapharyngeal abscess caused by R. dentocariosa in the literature.

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Aim: Kluyvera sp., a Gram-negative bacterium in Enterobacteriaceae family, may give rise to such infections as urinary system infections, enteritis, soft tissue infections and sepsis in children. It is known that Kluyvera species is an opportunistic pathogen detected in immunosuppressed hosts as well as in immunocompetent ones. Considering that it may enlight future studies related to Kluyvera infections, studies in the literature have been scanned. Material and Method: The data about Kluyvera spp. isolates were obtained retrospectively from clinical microbiology records. Result: It was seen that, of the 3 Kluyvera isolates, 1 was a urine specimen, and the other 2 were from umbli cal area. In this study, antimicrobial susceptibility studies of the clinically significant Kluyvera isolates showed susceptibility patterns similar to those reported in the medical literature, namely trends of resistance to ampicillin and first- and second-generation cephalosporins. Moreover none of the clinically significant isolates were resistant to amikacin, ciprofloxacin, gentamycin, and trimethoprim+sulfametoxazole. Conclusion: It was concluded in the light of both the studies in the literatüre and this study that rare and opportunistic organisms, such as Kluyvera may be an infection cause in children.

Aim: To present a squamous cell metaplasia of bladder which is induced by a rarely seen pathology called recurrent eosinophilic cystitis. Case report: Twenty four years old female patient, admitted to our clinic with frequent urination, suprapubic pain and dysuria. Microscopic hematuria was found in urine analysis. We performed cystoscopy under general anestesia and an edematous, ulcerative lesion located at the trigone was found. The lesion was resected transuretrally. Pathology revealed eosinophilic cystisis. The patient began antihystaminics and aniticholinergics. The symptoms of the patient relapsed 2 months after medical treatment. This time the cystoscopy revealed a similiar lesion in a different area than the first one. The lesion was resected transurethrally. The biopsy revealed squamous cell metaplasia of epithelium and eosinophilic cell infiltration. Patient began steroid and antihistaminic combination postoperstively. The patients has been followed up to 6 months without any symptom. Result: Medical treatment is effective in the control of reccurencies of eosinophilic cystitits. Recurrent eosinophilic cystitis might cause squamous cell metaplasia in the bladder mucosa.

Croup syndrome is a term that defines barking cough , hoarseness, inspiratory stridor, and presenting with changeable severity of respiratory distress according to the l (severity) of obstruction, Foreign body aspirations, retropharyngeal abscess, bacterial tracheits and epiglottitis are also reasons for croup like acute airway obstructions. We a 4 years old child with biphasic stridorwho admitted to the Pediatric Emergencydepartment In consequence of unresponsive medical treatment pati endoscophic examination has performed and a Szygium aromaticum at the level of vocal cordswas found The foreign body had removed with general anesthesia by endoscophy.

Introduction and Objective

Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection seen as an endemic in Turkey and is a public health problem at the same time. The objective of this study was to evaluate demographic/epidemiologic, clinic, laboratory features, complications and treatments in brucellosis patients followed-up in our clinic.

Material & Methods

In this study, features of patients followed-up between 01/01/2010 and 31/12/2018 in our clinic were retrospectively evaluated. Descriptive data were expressed as number and percentage. Categorical variables were analyzed with Chi-square test and numerical variables with Student’s t test.

Results

Of the total of 365 brucellosis patients, 159 (43.56%) were female and 206 (56.44%) were male. The mean age of the patients was 45.9±14.51 (18-82) years. The most common time of presentation was summer season with 137 (37.5%) patients. The most common transmission route of the disease was a history of animal husbandry with 252 (69%) patients. Of all cases 168 (46%) were acute, 96 (26.3%) were subacute, and 101 (27.7%) were chronic brucellosis. The most common complaint of the patients was fatigue in 302 (82.7%) patients with being higher in acute brucellosis (p=0.0015). Anemia was found in 53 (33.3%) male and 114 (55.3%) female patients with being significantly higher in female patients (p=0.0283). Leukopenia was found in 7.9%, leukocytosis in 16.2%, thrombocytopenia in 9.6%, neutropenia in 4.1%, neutrophilia in 9% and lymphomonocytosis in 12% of the patients. Wright agglutination test was performed in 26 (7.1%) and brucella immunocapture agglutination test in 361 (98.9%) patients and all results were positive. Of all patients, 172 (47.1%) developed complications with spondylodiscitis being the most commonly found in 58 (15.9%) patients. Sixty-one (31.8%) of patients developed relapse.

Conclusion: Since brucellosis is endemic in our country, it should be considered in presumed diagnosis of patients presenting with complaints such as fatigue, articular pain and fever.

In this study, six patients with acute intestinal obstructions due to phytobezoars is presented, All of patients had previous gastric surgery for ulcer disease and had a history of persimrnon or orange ingestion. Whole patients were treated surgically. Five patients were applied close decompreiion and one patient was applied opera decompretion (enterotomy) A patient was reoperated twice because of relapse and intussusception. Consequently, patients who have undergone gastric surgery for ulcer disease should be warned about not tü eat persimmon or orange with their fibers.

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine whether the timing of surgery in our elderly patients with a
diagnosis of hip fracture changed before and after the pandemic, and whether this situation caused an
increase in mortality .
Patients and Methods: The patients who were operated with the diagnosis of hip fracture between March
2019 and March 2020 in our hospital database were accepted as in the pre-pandemic period, and the
patients who were operated with the diagnosis of hip fracture between April 2020 and April 2021 were
considered as in pandemic period. Both groups were statistically compared in terms of age, gender,
waiting time for surgery , length of hospital stay and one year mortality .
Results: When the factors af fecting mortality were examined, the time elapsed until surgery significantly
increased mortality. While the mean waiting time for surgery was 27.6±19.4 hours in all patients, it was
25.7±19.1 hours in Group 1 and 29.6±19.6 hours in Group 2 and there was a significant difference between
the two groups (p=0.043). The cut-off value of the waiting time for surgery, which caused mortality, was
determined as “23.35” hours. While no significant increase in mortality was found in Group 1 (p=0.340),
the increased delay for surgery in Group 2 affected mortality significantly (p=0.027).
Conclusion: In this study, it was found that the increase in the delay of admission for surgery over 23.35
hours in the elderly population after hip fractures was directly associated with one year of mortality
and also we think that the waiting time for surgery in the pandemic conditions is one of the factors that
negatively af fect mortality in these patients.

Due to the forgotten foreign bodies (plastic, gauze, etc.) in a variety of operations, many cases which caused to clinical symptoms long after the surgical interventions were present in the literature. However, when we examined the literature, we didn’t find any publication related with chronic discharge due to the penrose drain which fled into the abscess pouch after perianal abscess drainage. For this reason, we aimed to present our patient who complained from chronic perianal discharge in the light of current literature. A 46 years old male patients was admitted to our clinic with chronic discharge at the perianal region. He was hospitalized with the diagnosis of perianal fistula. Intraoperatively, a penrose drain which used for drainage the wound area and forgotten at the previous surgical intervention was determined at the abscess pouch and clinical symptoms were related to this forgotten drain. Chronic discharge due to the foreign bodies such as forgotten penrose drains should be kept in mind in patients who were exposed to the previous surgery

Organ tuberculosis is an important problem for the public health in devoloping countries. Tuberculosis can be seen on any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus. Esophageal tuberculosis is very rarely seen with 0.14% prevalance. It usually originates from mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenopathy. We report a 55-year-old woman who admitted to our hospital with complaints of dysphagia, weight loss, audinophagia and epigastric pain. The chest radiography revealed a linear opacity compatible with fibrotic tape was seen on chest x-ray. Thorax CT examination revealed milimetric calcified lymph nodes at subcarinal and the right hilar region, thickening of proximal part of esophageal wall through carinal leveland subsegmenter collapse on left lower lobe. Ulcerative lesion with dimension of 1×1 cm localized in the 19th cm of the esophagus was seen on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, suggesting esophageal carcinoma. Biopsy revealed necrotizing granulomatous ulceration which resembled tuberculosis. After antituberculous chemotherapy, the endoscopy repeated in end of the 2nd month of antituberculous therapy and the recovery of ulcer lesion was seen and the biopsy showed no signs of tuberculosis. Conclusion; esophageal tuberculosis should be kept in mind at differential diagnosis in patients who have complaints of dysphagia and loss weight and radiological signs.

ANTEGRAD URETERAL STENTING; INDICATIONS - METHODS - COMPLICATIONS AND RADIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO  COMPLICATIONS

 

Abstract:

Objectives

The aim of this study is to evaluate the indications, success rate, complications, technical success enhancing method, methods of antegrad ureteral stenting and the radiological management of complications due to retrograde and antegrade ureteral stenting in the treatment of ureteral obstructions and ureteral leaks caused by malignant and benign etiologies.

Materials and Methods

In this retrospective study, fluoroscopy and US-guided antegrade ureteral stenting procedures between January 2016 and December 2018 were examined. The study included 110 antegrade ureteral stenting and percutaneous nephrostomy in a total of 78 patients with 25 female patients (32.05 %), a mean age of 65.87 (20-90) and 53 male patients (67.94%) with a mean age of 68.73 (30-90).  Demographic data, antegrade ureteral stenting indications, procedure results and complications were evaluated for each patient.

Results

Antegrade ureteral stenting is a good alternative for patients with retrograde ureteral stent placement and already with percutaneous nephrostomy catheters. It has a high technical success rate and low complication risk. The use of the equipment used in other radiological procedures in antegrade ureteral stenting increases the technical success. Malposition,  perforation, hemorrhage, urinoma, abscess complications such as retrograde or antegrade ureteral stenting can be managed by radiological methods.

Key Words: Double J Ureteral stent, Ureteral obstruction, Percutaneous, Antegrade, Hydronephrosis,

Spinal epidural abscess is a very rare and dangerous lesion. We present here spondylodiscitis case developed follovving iatrogenic spinal epidural abscess. The patient was operated on by surgical drainage and appropriate antibiotic therapy. Improvement was seen postoperatively. İn this article, the clinical outcome, radiological findings, and management prothocoles of spinal epidural abscess and spondylodiscitis are discussed with revievv of the literatüre.

Herniation of the rectal mucosa, sometimes whole rectal wall, from anus is known as rectal pro-lapse. In this report, we presented 5 and 8 year-old brothers whose father. aunt, and grandfather had rectal prolapse during their childhood. There is no predisposing factor causing prolapse in their family investigation. There is not enough knowledge about inheritance of rectal prolapse in the literature.

A patient diagnosed with bronchiectasis has developed rrulıiple cerebral abscesses has been discussed in this report.

Fine needle aspiration biopsy %vas pet:formed in 6 patients with diagnosed retroperitoneal masses by routine •adiologic investigation in our clinic in the last I year. In 4 patients renal cell carcinoma, in 1 patient hematoma, in .1 patient perirenal abscess was di-agnosed with fine needle aspiration biopsies. Renal cell carcinomas MU corrected with histopathologic examination of nephrectomy specimen. The patient ►•ith hematoma was treated conservatively. We conclude that fine needle aspiration biopsy to be a simple, cheap and relatively noninvasive for preoperative tissue diagnosis.