Digital block with and without epinephrine during chemical matricectomy with phenolH Cevdet Altinyazar
Department of Dermatology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Dermatol Surg 36:1568-71. 2010
..Digital block with epinephrine is safe in selected patients. Chemical matricectomy with phenol is a successful, cheap, and easy method for the treatment of ingrown nails...
Epinephrine in digital block: color Doppler flow imagingH Cevdet Altinyazar
Department of Dermatology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, 67600 Zonguldak, Turkey
Dermatol Surg 30:508-11. 2004
..Epinephrine is currently added to local anesthetics for its advantageous vasoconstrictive effects. Traditionally, however, its use is not advised for digital block anesthesia due to the risk of digital gangrene...
- Guttate psoriasis-like lesions following BCG vaccination
Rafet Koca
University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Zonguldak, Turkey
J Trop Pediatr 50:178-9. 2004
..We proposed that patients who have psoriasis or predisposition to psoriasis must be carefully followed after BCG vaccination...
- A case with widespread cutaneous metastases of unknown primary origin: grave prognostic finding in cancer
Rafet Koca
Department of Dermatology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, School of Medicine, Turkey
Dermatol Online J 11:16. 2005
..An algorithm in cancer patients with CMs seems to be needed to manipulate such cases. We believe that more reports related with this issue must be published to form an algorithm in such cases...
- A training model for cutaneous surgery
H Cevdet Altinyazar
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67600 Zonguldak, Turkey
Dermatol Surg 29:1122-4. 2003
..Training models are necessary for development of many skills in medical education...
- Adapalene vs. metronidazole gel for the treatment of rosacea
H Cevdet Altinyazar
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Int J Dermatol 44:252-5. 2005
..Rosacea is a common, chronic dermatosis that requires long-term therapy. Oral isotretinoin and topical and/or oral antibiotics are effective, but their usage may be limited due to side-effects...
- Sleep disturbance in patients with lichen simplex chronicus and its relationship to nocturnal scratching: A case control study
Rafet Koca
Department of Dermatology, Pulmonology, and Psychiatry, Zonguldak Karaelmas University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
South Med J 99:482-5. 2006
..Nighttime pruritus is a common feature in LSC and may disrupt the sleep pattern. The aim of this study is to determine whether there are sleep abnormalities in patients with LSC...
Benign cephalic histiocytosis: a case reportRafet Koca
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Ann Dermatol 23:508-11. 2011
..In this study, we report on a 7-month-old boy who contained small yellow-red papules on his face that spread to his upper trunk. The clinical and histologic features in this patient were consistent with BCH...
