Adjustable gastric banding in a multicenter study in Turkey

Background: Adjustable gastric banding (AGB) is a minimally-invasive approach which allows adjustment of gastric restriction

Surgical treatment of granuloma inguinale

Granuloma inguinale is an indolent, progressive, ulcerative and granulomatous skin disease caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatosis. It is generally treated with antibiotics. However, long-standing and complicated disease requires surgical treatment. Two patients with extensive and multiple perianal fistulas and abscesses unresponsive to medical treatment were managed with radical surgical resection, The first patient healed by primary intention, but a diverting colostomy was made for the second patient and the tissue defect was closed with a rotation flap, Follow-up at 4 years revealed the disappearance of the symptoms and the absence of recurrence in both patients

Is laparoscopic enucleation the gold standard in selected cases with insulinoma?

We present the case of a 49-year-old male with the diagnosis of pancreatic insulinoma who underwent laparoscopic enucleation. The surgical procedure was completed successfully. The patient suffered from postoperative low-volume pancreatic fistula, which was self-limited. This was the first laparoscopic enucleation of an insulinoma in Turkey. The laparoscopic enucleation procedure is an appropriate method for superficially located pancreatic corpus and tail insulinomas

Surgical management of substernal goiters: Clinical experience of 170 cases

Purpose. To discuss the presentation, diagnosis, treatment, histopathological findings, and complications of patients who underwent thyroidectomy for substernal goiter in our surgical clinic

The effects of gastric bands of different synthetic materials on the gastric and esophageal mucosa: an experimental study

Background: Gastric and mucosal changes were studied when different synthetic materials were used for gastric banding

A case of chordoma in association with rectal carcinoma

A 74-year-old male patient presented with anal and sacral pain 18 months after abdomino-perineal resection for rectal cancer. Computerized tomography (CT) of the pelvis demonstrated a well defined mass anterior to the lower sacrum, posteriorly infiltrating and destroying the fourth and fifth sacral nerves and invading the right gluteal fossa. A 7.5 X 15 X 2 cm encapsulated mass was demonstrated during the operation using a posterior approach and the lower sacral segments together with the tumour were removed by amputation at S3 level. Histopathology revealed chordoma. This case is unique because of the rarity of chordoma in association with rectal tumour at the sacrococcygeal region

A rare complication of adjustable gastric banding: Wernicke's encephalopathy

Background: Wernicke's encephalopathy is an uncommon complication seen after morbid obesity surgery. Neurological and cardiac symptoms can occur. Early and adequate replacement of thiamin is crucial