Introduction: In this study, we aimed to compare the surgical outcomes between elderly and young patients undergoing surgery for gallstone disease and determine variations in patient characteristics, if any. Materials ...

Background : We sought to use computed tomography (CT) data to support the correct differential diagnosis of patients with spontaneous intramural hematomas of the gastrointestinal tract, to aid in the clinical management ...

Background Previous studies have shown that pelvimetry can be valuable in predicting surgical difficulties in rectal cancer operations. However, its usability in predicting circumferential resection margin (CRM) involvement ...

OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to evaluate the relationship between the tumor-capsule contact length, defined as tumor contact length (TCL), and extraprostatic extension (EPE) using the MRI-based TCL measurements ...

Background: Neuraxial anesthesia is a commonly used technique for cesarean section (C/S) because of its simplicity, rapid onset of action, and the requirement of lower doses of anesthetic agents with the lack of uteroplacental ...

Abdominal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is known to cause both structural and functional damage to sciatic nerve which is related to the oxidative stress. We investigated the protective effects of mitochondria-targeted ...

Aim: Frozen shoulder is an important health problem that causes significant socio-economic losses as it affects daily life. Its etiopathogenesis has not been fully elucidated. A long recovery period leads to new searches ...

Objective: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) may serve as a reasonably-good indicator for coronary heart disease as usually ESR is elevated in these patients. The measurement of ESR is a very simple and cheap laboratory ...