Does unilateral lobectomy suffice to manage unilateral nontoxic goiter?Gurkan Yetkin
Second Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Endocr Pract 16:36-41. 2010
..To evaluate the effectiveness of ipsilateral lobectomy to treat unilateral, nontoxic, benign nodular goiter and to define predictive factors for recurrence...
Predictive factors for conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with acute cholecystitisGurkan Yetkin
Department of Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Bratisl Lek Listy 110:688-91. 2009
..The aim of this study was to evaluate preoperative factors associated with conversion in acute cholecystitis...
- Prevention of peritoneal adhesions by intraperitoneal administration of vitamin E and human amniotic membrane
Gurkan Yetkin
Sisli Etfal Research and Training Hospital, 2nd Department of General Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
Int J Surg 7:561-5. 2009
..Our objective was to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of intraperitoneally administered vitamin E and human amniotic membrane in preventing postoperative intraperitoneal adhesion formation...
- Late results of a simple closure technique and Helicobacter pylori eradication in duodenal ulcer perforation
G Yetkin
Department of Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Acta Chir Belg 110:537-42. 2010
..pylori) in patients operated on for duodenal ulcer perforation and to evaluate the late results of a simple closure technique in patients positive and negative for H. pylori...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly patientsGurkan Yetkin
Second Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
JSLS 13:587-91. 2009
..In this study, we investigated whether laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive procedure, is advantageous in elderly patients...
- Solitary colonic metastasis of renal cell carcinoma
G Yetkin
Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Acta Chir Belg 108:264-5. 2008
..Postoperative histological examination revealed that the tumour was a metastatic renal cell carcinoma of the clear cell type...
- Effects of sedation during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy on endocrine response and cardiorespiratory function
G Yetkin
Department of Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy Unit, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital
Braz J Med Biol Res 40:1647-52. 2007
..Sedation with midazolam did not reduce the endocrine response and the tachycardia developing during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, but increased the reduction in SpO2...
- Effects of amniotic membrane on the healing of primary colonic anastomoses in the cecal ligation and puncture model of secondary peritonitis in rats
Mehmet Uludag
Second Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
Int J Colorectal Dis 24:559-67. 2009
..We aimed to investigate the effects of amniotic membrane on primary colonic anastomoses in a rat peritonitis model...
- Covering the colon anastomoses with amniotic membrane prevents the negative effects of early intraperitoneal 5-FU administration on anastomotic healing
Mehmet Uludag
Second Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
Int J Colorectal Dis 25:223-32. 2010
..This study investigated whether covering the colonic anastomoses with amniotic membrane (AM) protects the anastomotic healing from the adverse effects of immediate 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) administration...
- Effects of the amniotic membrane on healing of colonic anastomoses in experimental left-sided colonic obstruction
Mehmet Uludag
Second Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
Langenbecks Arch Surg 395:535-43. 2010
..We investigated the effects of the amniotic membrane on experimental primary colonic anastomoses of colonic obstruction in rats...
- Contribution of gamma probe-guided surgery to lateral approach completion thyroidectomy
Mehmet Uludag
Department of Second General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
Endocr Pract 15:213-9. 2009
..To evaluate the effectiveness of gamma probe performed with technetium Tc 99m-labeled pertechnetate in patients who underwent completion thyroidectomy after pathologic detection of incidental thyroid cancer following subtotal thyroidectomy...
- A rare combination of intestinal invagination and Meckel's diverticulum in an adult: a case report
Bulent Citgez
Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
Turk J Gastroenterol 23:63-5. 2012
..In conclusion, with this case, we aimed to present the role of Meckel's diverticulum as an initiating factor of ileoileal invagination, with inversion into the ileum...
- Changes in the choice of thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease
Bulent Citgez
Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Surg Today 43:625-31. 2013
..The aim of this study was to examine the effect of this change in practice on the surgical treatment of bilateral thyroid diseases in this unit...
- Effects of chitosan on healing and strength of colonic anastomosis in rats
Bulent Citgez
Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Department, Istanbul, Turkey
Acta Cir Bras 27:707-12. 2012
..To investigate whether chitosan application over colonic anastomosis line, provide reinforcement, and subsequently improve anastomotic healing...
- The role of prophylactic antibiotics in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Mehmet Uludag
Second Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
JSLS 13:337-41. 2009
..The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the necessity and test the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics on postoperative infection complications in low-risk patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy...
- Supernumerary ectopic parathyroid glands. Persistent hyperparathyroidism due to mediastinal parathyroid adenoma localized by preoperative single photon emission computed tomography and intraoperative gamma probe application
Mehmet Uludag
2nd Department of General Surgery, Sisli, Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Halic University Health Science Institute, Sisli, Turkey
Hormones (Athens) 8:144-9. 2009
..Such localization shortens the duration of the operation and reduces the possibility of complications...
- Effects of amniotic membrane on the healing of normal and high-risk colonic anastomoses in rats
Mehmet Uludag
Second Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
Int J Colorectal Dis 24:809-17. 2009
..This study was aimed at examining whether or not the addition of amniotic membrane to a sutured colonic anastomosis improves its healing...
- Effects of additional intra-abdominal organ injuries in patients with penetrating small bowel trauma on morbidity and mortality
Mehmet Uludag
2nd Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 15:45-51. 2009
..We aimed to evaluate the effects on morbidity and mortality of additional organ injuries obtained concurrently with penetrating small bowel injuries...
- Littre's hernia, an incarcerated ventral incisional hernia containing a strangulated meckel diverticulum: report of a case
Bulent Citgez
Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Surg Today 41:576-8. 2011
..This case appears to be the second reported of an incarcerated incisional hernia due to Littre's hernia...
- Autonomously functioning thyroid nodule treated with radioactive iodine and later diagnosed as papillary thyroid cancer
Mehmet Uludag
Department of 2nd General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
Hormones (Athens) 7:175-9. 2008
..Fine needle aspiration biopsy should be performed in all hot thyroid nodules that increase in size after radioactive iodine treatment...
- A rare complication of aortobifemoral bypass operation: internal herniation
Bulent Citgez
Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 19:164-6. 2013
..In this case report, we publish a patient with ileus due to a greft which has been used in a previous abdominal surgery for abdominal aort aneurysm...
- Wound complications and clinical results of electrocautery versus a scalpel to create a cutaneous flap in thyroidectomy: a prospective randomized trial
Mehmet Uludag
Second Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Surg Today 41:1041-8. 2011
..We conducted this study to compare the wound complications and early and late clinical results resulting from electrocautery versus the scalpel to create a cutaneous flap during thyroidectomy...
- [Factors affecting morbidity and mortality in mechanical intestinal obstruction]
Mehmet Uludag
Department of General Surgery 2nd, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 10:177-84. 2004
..We evaluated the effects of factors related to both the patient and the treatment on morbidity and mortality of patients with mechanical intestinal obstruction...
- [Penetrating cardiac injuries]
Mehmet Uludag
Department of 2nd General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 13:199-204. 2007
..The aim of this study was to evaluate our clinical findings and results of cardiac injuries...
- Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy in situs inversus totalis
Mehmet Uludag
Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital 2nd General Surgery, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey Atakent Mah Manolya cikmazi No 2E, d 1, Kucukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey 34303
JSLS 15:239-43. 2011
..We report the first case of successful SILS cholecystectomy in a patient with SIT and discuss technical aspects of the operation related to the handedness of the surgeon...
- The safety and accuracy of sentinel-node biopsy in early-stage invasive breast cancer--Turkish experience
Abut Kebudi
General Surgery Department, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Invest Surg 18:129-34. 2005
..We believe this will reduce morbidity from breast cancer surgeries...
- Role of preoperative color doppler ultrasound scan in the evaluation of the risk of injury of major branches of the middle hepatic vein during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Abut Kebudi
Department of General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Int Surg 87:236-9. 2002
..4 +/- 6.2 mm and 17.7 mm, respectively (range, 6-29.1 mm). In conclusion, the distance of the closest branch of the MHV to the gallbladder bed in our patient population seems to allow for a safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy...
- A rare cause of intestinal obstruction: incarcerated femoral hernia, strangulated obturator hernia
M Uludag
Department of 2nd General Surgery, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, 34360, Istanbul, Turkey
Hernia 10:288-91. 2006
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