NEW MEMBERS OF DECAPOD FAUNA IN FINIKE BAY, TURKEY

Shrimp fishing is done by trawling in the deep waters of Antalya and Finike Gulfs. The shrimp species generally caught during this fishing are Aristaeomorpha foliacea, Aristeus antannatus, Plesionika edwardsii, P. martia.  Besides these species, Pasiphea multidentata and P. sivado, which have no economic value, are rarely caught. Two different shrimp species were caught during trawling in the 400-500 m deep waters of Finike Bay on February 7, 2022. Since the fishermen did not know the shrimp species they caught, they wanted the species to be identified. It has been determined that these shrimp species caught in the deep waters of Finike Bay are Oplophoroidae family members i.e. Acanthepyra eximia and A. pelagica. These caught shrimps are pelagic species. With the discovery of these species in the Finike Bay, two more species were added to the Decapod fauna of the Finike Bay

Association between phantom limb complex and the level of amputation in lower limb amputee

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the natural course of phantom limb complex withoutany treatment after lower limb amputation.Methods: The study design was consisted of a combination of retrospective review and cross-sectionalinterview. 101 patients with lower limb amputation were included into the study. Patients weredivided into three groups according to the amputation level: i) from hip disarticulation to knee disarticulation (including knee disarticulation) (25 patients, mean age: 55.9, 19 males, 6 females) ii) transtibialamputation (below knee to ankle including ankle disarticulation) (41 patients, mean age: 58.6, 33 males,8 females) iii) below ankle to toe amputation (35 patients, mean age: 58.7, 26 males, 9 females). Thepatients were evaluated on both early postoperative period (EPP) and sixth months after the surgery(ASM). The data related amputation including amputation date, level, cause, stump pain (SP), phantomlimb pain (PLP), components of PLP, phantom sensation (PS) were recorded based on the informationobtained from patients' and hospitalŞles.Results: Statistically signiŞcant differences were found for pain intensity (VAS) between groups for SPand PLP at EPP (<0.001, p &frac14; 0.036; respectively). The mean VAS score in Group I for SP and PLP washigher than other groups. This differences for SP and PLP did not continue at ASM assessment (p&frac14; 0.242,p&frac14; 0.580; respectively).Conclusion: VAS scores for SP in above knee amputations and VAS scores for PLP in above knee amputations and below ankle amputations were higher at EPP. But these high scores had disappeared overtime. Management strategies have to be considered particularly in the early postoperative period inpatients who had undergone above knee amputation.Level of Evidence: Level III Prognostic study.&copy; 2017 Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. This isan open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the natural course of phantom limb complex withoutany treatment after lower limb amputation.Methods: The study design was consisted of a combination of retrospective review and cross-sectionalinterview. 101 patients with lower limb amputation were included into the study. Patients weredivided into three groups according to the amputation level: i) from hip disarticulation to knee disarticulation (including knee disarticulation) (25 patients, mean age: 55.9, 19 males, 6 females) ii) transtibialamputation (below knee to ankle including ankle disarticulation) (41 patients, mean age: 58.6, 33 males,8 females) iii) below ankle to toe amputation (35 patients, mean age: 58.7, 26 males, 9 females). Thepatients were evaluated on both early postoperative period (EPP) and sixth months after the surgery(ASM). The data related amputation including amputation date, level, cause, stump pain (SP), phantomlimb pain (PLP), components of PLP, phantom sensation (PS) were recorded based on the informationobtained from patients' and hospitalŞles.Results: Statistically signiŞcant differences were found for pain intensity (VAS) between groups for SPand PLP at EPP (<0.001, p &frac14; 0.036; respectively). The mean VAS score in Group I for SP and PLP washigher than other groups. This differences for SP and PLP did not continue at ASM assessment (p&frac14; 0.242,p&frac14; 0.580; respectively).Conclusion: VAS scores for SP in above knee amputations and VAS scores for PLP in above knee amputations and below ankle amputations were higher at EPP. But these high scores had disappeared overtime. Management strategies have to be considered particularly in the early postoperative period inpatients who had undergone above knee amputation.Level of Evidence: Level III Prognostic study.&copy; 2017 Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. This isan open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Effect of Pregnancy on Vocal Cord Histology: An Animal Experiment

Background: Voice may be affected during the period of pregnancy, especially in the third trimester. However, the exact mechanisms leading to the phonatory changes have not yet uncovered. Study Design: Animal experiment. Methods: Twenty-five Wistar-Albino female rats were divided into four groups: control group, pregnancy day 7 (Group 1), pregnancy day 14 (Group 2) and pregnancy day 20 (Group 3). The laryngeal specimens were obtained under general anesthesia. Histological assessment was performed using Hematoxylin-eosin and toluidine blue. A stereological analysis of vocal cord tissue was performed using a NISElements D32 Imaging Software. Results: Lamina propria was observed to be edematous, and the lamina propria area was thickened starting from the second trimester. Glycosaminoglycans were observed to increase in the second trimester. Although none was encountered in the control, mast cells were observed in the lamina propria layer of the vocal cord starting in the muscular layer in the first trimester proceed to the subepithelial region as degranulated just before term. The covering epithelium remained unchanged throughout pregnancy. Conclusion: Lamina propria thickening may be attributed to both edema and increased glycosaminoglycans. The presence of mast cells in the cordal tissue may induce edema during pregnancy in rats

1550-8307/© 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.The effect of playing music and mother’s voice to children on sedation level and requirement during pediatric magnetic resonance imaging

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging examinations frequently cause anxiety and fear in children. Theobjective of this study was to investigate the effects of listening to music sound, the mother’s voice, and soundisolation on the depth of sedation and need for sedatives in pediatric patients who would undergo MRI.Methods: Ninety pediatric patients aged 3 to 12 years who were planned for imaging in the MRI unit wererandomly assigned to isolation group (Group I), musical sound group (Group II), and mother’s voice group(Group III). We evaluated patients’ anxiety and sedation levels via the Observer’s Assessment of Alertness/Sedation (OAA/S)Results: Heart rate, oxygen saturation, OAA/S, and Ramsey scores during the procedure were not significantlydifferent among the groups (p&gt;0.05). The mean amount of propofol and total propofol consumption was sta-tistically lower in the mother’s voice group than in the isolation and music sound groups (p&lt;0.001). Meanpropofol amount and total propofol consumption were not significantly different in isolation and music soundgroups (p&gt;0.05). No difference was found between the groups regarding the time it took for the patients’Modified Aldrete score to reach 9 (p&gt;0.05).Conclusions: In pediatric patients, listening to the mother’s voice during MRI decreased the total sedativerequirement consumed without increasing the depth of sedation</p

The effect of playing music and mother's voice to children on sedation level and requirement during pediatric magnetic resonance imaging: Mother's voice to listen in procedures

© 2023 Elsevier Inc.Background: Magnetic resonance imaging examinations frequently cause anxiety and fear in children. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of listening to music sound, the mother's voice, and sound isolation on the depth of sedation and need for sedatives in pediatric patients who would undergo MRI. Methods: Ninety pediatric patients aged 3 to 12 years who were planned for imaging in the MRI unit were randomly assigned to isolation group (Group I), musical sound group (Group II), and mother's voice group (Group III). We evaluated patients' anxiety and sedation levels via the Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation (OAA/S) Results: Heart rate, oxygen saturation, OAA/S, and Ramsey scores during the procedure were not significantly different among the groups (p>0.05). The mean amount of propofol and total propofol consumption was statistically lower in the mother's voice group than in the isolation and music sound groups (p0.05). No difference was found between the groups regarding the time it took for the patients' Modified Aldrete score to reach 9 (p>0.05). Conclusions: In pediatric patients, listening to the mother's voice during MRI decreased the total sedative requirement consumed without increasing the depth of sedation

Association between phantom limb complex and the level of amputation in lower limb amputee

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the natural course of phantom limb complex without any treatment after lower limb amputation. Methods: The study design was consisted of a combination of retrospective review and cross-sectional interview. 101 patients with lower limb amputation were included into the study. Patients were divided into three groups according to the amputation level: i) from hip disarticulation to knee disarticulation (including knee disarticulation) (25 patients, mean age: 55.9, 19 males, 6 females) ii) transtibial amputation (below knee to ankle including ankle disarticulation) (41 patients, mean age: 58.6, 33 males, 8 females) iii) below ankle to toe amputation (35 patients, mean age: 58.7, 26 males, 9 females). The patients were evaluated on both early postoperative period (EPP) and sixth months after the surgery (ASM). The data related amputation including amputation date, level, cause, stump pain (SP), phantom limb pain (PLP), components of PLP, phantom sensation (PS) were recorded based on the information obtained from patients' and hospital files. Results: Statistically significant differences were found for pain intensity (VAS) between groups for SP and PLP at EPP (p < 0.001, p = 0.036; respectively). The mean VAS score in Group I for SP and PLP was higher than other groups. This differences for SP and PLP did not continue at ASM assessment (p = 0.242, p = 0.580; respectively). Conclusion: VAS scores for SP in above knee amputations and VAS scores for PLP in above knee amputations and below ankle amputations were higher at EPP. But these high scores had disappeared over time. Management strategies have to be considered particularly in the early postoperative period in patients who had undergone above knee amputation. Level of Evidence: Level III Prognostic study. Keywords: Level of amputation, Lower limb amputation, Phantom limb pain, Phantom sensation, Stump pai