Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES

BackgroundThis multicenter retrospective cohort study aimed to develop a novel five-parameter scoring model to predict incidental appendiceal neoplasia in patients aged ≥40 years diagnosed with acute appendicitis. Previous literature has re…

BACKGROUND: With the growing interest in the non-operative management of acute appendicitis (AA), accurate diagnosis has become increasingly important. This study aimed to evaluate the computed tomography appendicitis score (CTAS), complete…

BACKGROUND: Intestinal endometriosis is a rare condition that can cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, constipation, and diarrhea. It occurs in approximately 5%-15% of women with endometriosis. Although it rarely leads to…

BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the use of metformin or pioglitazone in preventing or reducing the development of post-operative intra-abdominal adhesion (PIAA) by employing histopathological, immunohistochemical, and biochemical analyses …

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to create an algorithm using the decision tree method to classify patients with suspected acute cholecystitis into those who may improve with medical treatment, those who should undergo surgery for acute cholecy…

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to examine the effect of systemic immunoinflammatory index (SII), calculated on presentation to the emergency department (ED), on the prediction of clinical outcomes of patients who were diagnosed with ac…

BACKGROUND: Congenital and traumatic diaphragmatic hernias (DH) can lead to respiratory and gastrointestinal complications that can be the cause of serious morbidity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to share our experience with the su…

BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis is the leading emergency condition among surgical abdominal diseases. The treatment of choice for appendicitis is open or laparoscopic appendectomy. There are different methods for appendiceal stump closure. L…

Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic granulomatous disease that is challenging to diagnose because the clinical symptoms and signs are nonspecific. Usage of intrauterine device (IUD) or being immunocompromised is facilitating factors. Clinical …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to examine the cases underwent appendectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic and to discuss the pathology reports of patients. METHODS: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the pathological reports of the appendec…

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a disease related to significant morbidity and even mortality. Various factors are involved in the etiology, especially gallstones and excessive alcohol consumption. Although, the course of the disease…

BACKGROUND: Traumatic rectal injuries are uncommon and can originate due to various causes. Rectal injuries have a high mor-bidity, regardless of cause, and detection at the time of occurrence is important to prevent fistula formation and/o…

BACKGROUND: This study aims to determine the uncommon causes of acute appendicitis in analyzed post appendectomy specimens. METHODS: Histopathology reports of 6785 removed appendices were analyzed retrospectively in order to confirm the un…

Endometriosis is a disease seen in women at reproductive age, characterized by extrauterine localization of endometrial tissue. Colonic endometriosis rarely causes acute mechanical intestinal obstruction (AMIO). It may also be presented wit…

BACKGROUND: A rare cause of acute abdomen or intestinal obstruction, the abdominal cocoon syndrome is also described in the literature as sclerosing peritonitis or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis. Abdominal cocoon is characterized by t…

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of ectopic functional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. The most common locations are within the pelvis. Unusual sites ofendometriosis outside the pelvis have been reported, including th…

Since the electrosurgical instruments are commonly used in a wide variety of surgical specialties, understanding of the properties of these instruments is very important to prevent the potential complications. We report the case of a patien…