Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical profile of pediatric trauma patients admitted to a tertiary intensive care unit (ICU) and to determine the prognostic factors. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 223 patients under 18 years of age who were admitted to…
Post-traumatic neuropathic pain due to peripheral nerve injury can be challenging to manage, especially when standard therapies fail. A 35-year-old man had a six-year history of right sural nerve neuropathic pain (Numeric Rating Scale, NRS 9) following a shrapnel injury to the distal leg. Surgical…
Objective: Early prediction of severe hemodynamic instability following the Fontan procedure is clinically important. This study aimed to investigate the association between early postoperative systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), hemoglobin–albumin–lymphocyte–platelet (HALP) score, and MELD-XI values and the requirement for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in pediatric Fontan…
Aim: To evaluate the outcomes of conservative and surgical treatment approaches in pediatric acute appendicitis within a multidisciplinary management framework, and to investigate factors associated with treatment selection and disease severity. Methods: This retrospective, single-center study included 312 pediatric patients (0–18 years) diagnosed with acute…
Objective: The first step in intervening in elder abuse, which is destructive both individually and socially, is to determine the presence of abuse. The existence of an easy and short screening tool for elderly abuse in primary health care services is important for developing health…
Aim: Hepatic cavernous hemangioma (HCH) is the most common benign liver tumor, but the management of small lesions remains controversial. This prospective study evaluated the efficacy, safety, and short- and long-term clinical outcomes of ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous microwave (MW) ablation in patients with HCH under…
Objective: The aim of this study was to present the clinical, radiological, and surgical features of a rare giant frontal aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) with orbital, sinonasal, and anterior cranial fossa extension in an adolescent patient. Methods: This study was designed as a single-patient case…
Aim: Obesity is associated with structural and functional cardiac abnormalities, including left ventricular hypertrophy, diastolic dysfunction, and subclinical myocardial impairment. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) is a sensitive marker for detecting early myocardial impairment before changes in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) occur. This study aimed…
Background: Acute appendicitis remains a common surgical emergency, and diagnostic uncertainty persists despite the use of clinical scores and imaging. We examined whether an interpretable decision tree could support classification of appendicitis using routinely available clinical, laboratory, and imaging variables. Methods: This retrospective single-center study…
Introduction: Surgical stress and inadequate analgesia may increase perioperative inflammatory response. This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the effect of brachial plexus blocks used for postoperative analgesia in upper extremity surgery on hematological inflammatory biomarkers. Materials and Methods: After ethics committee approval, 67 adult patients…