THE EFFICIENCY OF SUCTION DRAIN USAGE IN ARTHROSCOPIC KNEE SURGERY

Aim:The study was designed to investigate the efficiency of suction drain after arthroscopic knee surgery. It is hypothesized that suction drain decreases postoperative hemarthrosis after arthroscopic knee surgery. Methods: Patients were randomized into two groups. Suction drain was used in Group I and no drain was used in Group II. The groups were compared in terms of rest and activity pain, range of motion, Lysholm and International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) scores, patellar shock, need for postoperative knee puncture, amount of drainage, time of hospitalization, and loss of labor. Arthroscopic interventions like meniscectomy, synovectomy, meniscus repair and microfracture were also compared for the amount of patellar shock, need for postoperative knee puncture and amount of drainage. Results: The difference for activity pain and range of motion between the two groups was statistically nonsignificant. Rest pain improved faster in control group. Lysholm and IKDC scores were improved in both groups but the amount of increase was statistically nonsignificant. The amount of patellar shock was also statistically nonsignificant between the two groups. The amount of patellar shock, need for postoperative knee puncture and amount of drainage were also statistically nonsignifiant for arthroscopic interventions like meniscectomy and synovectomy. Conclusions: Suction drain application was unnecessary in many situations after arthroscopic knee surgery in this study. Although suction drain usage delayed the recovery from postoperative pain in this study, other parameters of pain were not affected from suction drain usage. Routine usage of a suction drain after arthroscopic knee surgery was not recommended

Salmo munzuricus, a new species of trout from the Euphrates River drainage, Turkey (Teleostei: Salmonidae)

WOS: 000424730000004Salmo munzuricus, new species, is described from Munzur Stream (Euphrates River drainage), which flows through Munzur Valley National Park, in Turkey. It is distinguished from other Anatolian Salmo species by having a large adipose fin in male (almost as large as dorsal or anal fins in older males), with a very narrow white margin, then red submarginal band, then a white stripe or spots, then red again in males. It is also distinguished by having a silvery general body colour in life; numerous ocellated black spots on middle of flank but missing on the back, their number usually increasing with increasing size in both sexes; a few ocellated red spots on body, scattered on median part of the flank

Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages

Kaya, Cuneyt/0000-0002-4531-798XWOS: 000540339400002In the present study, the actual fish fauna of the upper Kura and Aras river drainages in Turkey were re-examined. the distribution and latest taxonomic status of the species were assessed. the study area comprises the upper part of Kura and Aras river drainages, in Turkey. Overall, 32 sampling sites were prospected between 2004-2018 to inventory fish species in the area and a total of 33 species were recognized, five of which are recorded for the first time from the Turkish part of upper Aras river drainage, namely Alburnus hohenackeri, Blicca bjoerkna, Gobio artvinicus, Neogobius fluviatilis and Rhodeus amarus

Lateral Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: A Single Center Experience

Objective: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the gold stan­dard surgical technique for benign adrenal tumors. On the other hand, most surgeons still prefer to perform open surgery for adrenal tumors. This may be related with the surgeons opinions that laparoscopic adrenalectomy is an advanced laparoscopic surgery and has a high learning curve. In this article we present the results of our initial transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy cases. Methods: Lateral transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenal­ectomy cases that were performed between 2013 and 2015, were retrospectively analyzed. Patients demo­graphics, pathological types, operation time, blood loss, hospitalization time and complications were evaluated and compared with the literature. Results: A total of 21 patients were analyzed. Twelve (57.1%) patients had right and 9(42.9%) patients had left laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Mean operation time was 130.2±39.1 min, mean blood loss was 197.6±72.4 ml and mean hospitalization time was 3.09±1.57 days. Pathol­ogy reports of adrenal tumors were pheochromocytoma at 4 patients, myeloma at 1 patient and adenoma at 16 patients. Patients with tumor size > 5 cm had significantly higher blood loss, operation time and hospitalization time compared to tumors < 5 cm. (p<0.05) Conclusion: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is a safe and feasible technique. Transperitoneal approach would be more suitable technique for initial cases. Surgeons must consider the tumor size and possible pathology of adrenal tumor to decide the surgical technique

Barbus anatolicus, a new barbel from the Kizilirmak and Yesilirmak River drainages in northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

WOS: 000442494500005PubMed: 30314066Barbus anatolicus, new species, is described from the Kizilirmak and Yesilirmak River drainages in the southern Black Sea basin. It is distinguished from other Barbus species in the Middle East by having 58-71 total lateral line scales, a moderately ossified last simple dorsal-fin ray, serrated along about 70-80% of its posterior margin, many small irregular shaped black or brown spots, smaller or as large as scales, often forming large, dark-brown blotches on the head, back and flank in adults and juveniles, and a concave posterior dorsal-fin margin. in addition, DNA barcode data reject the hypothesis that it belongs to one of the other species of the B. barbus species group. Barbus bergi from Bulgaria and adjacent Turkey is treated as synonym of B. tauricus. Barbus tauricus was previously believed to be restricted to the Crimean Peninsula but is found to be widespread in the Black Sea basin.Leibniz Association Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation (SAW)We are grateful to Mufit Ozulug (Istanbul) and Esra Baycelebi (Rize) for help during fieldwork. Amina Brahimi (Liege) is thanked for producing the distribution map for us. This study is a product of the FREDIE project, supported by the Leibniz Association Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation (SAW)

Barbus anatolicus, a new barbel from the Kizilirmak and Yesilirmak River drainages in northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

WOS: 000442494500005PubMed: 30314066Barbus anatolicus, new species, is described from the Kizilirmak and Yesilirmak River drainages in the southern Black Sea basin. It is distinguished from other Barbus species in the Middle East by having 58-71 total lateral line scales, a moderately ossified last simple dorsal-fin ray, serrated along about 70-80% of its posterior margin, many small irregular shaped black or brown spots, smaller or as large as scales, often forming large, dark-brown blotches on the head, back and flank in adults and juveniles, and a concave posterior dorsal-fin margin. in addition, DNA barcode data reject the hypothesis that it belongs to one of the other species of the B. barbus species group. Barbus bergi from Bulgaria and adjacent Turkey is treated as synonym of B. tauricus. Barbus tauricus was previously believed to be restricted to the Crimean Peninsula but is found to be widespread in the Black Sea basin.Leibniz Association Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation (SAW)We are grateful to Mufit Ozulug (Istanbul) and Esra Baycelebi (Rize) for help during fieldwork. Amina Brahimi (Liege) is thanked for producing the distribution map for us. This study is a product of the FREDIE project, supported by the Leibniz Association Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation (SAW)

DNA Barcoding of the Genus Capoeta (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) from Anatolia

AKSU, ISMAIL/0000-0002-2104-9888; Bektas, Yusuf/0000-0002-8367-9746WOS: 000462816800003The mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences were used as a DNA barcode to identify species of the Capoeta genus in Anatolia and to clarify their systematics. A 652-bp region of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) was evaluated on 253 individuals representing seventeen species of Capoeta and thirty-three haplotypes were totally identified. the COI barcoding efficiency test for Anatolian Capoeta species provided twelve congruent numbers of putative species for four delimitation methods (BCM, K2P, ABGD, and NJ). the mean congeneric genetic distance (4.01%) was approximately 14-fold higher than the mean of conspecific one (0.28%) and there was a clear-cut barcode gap (0.92 -1.26%) between maximum intraspecific and minimum nearest neighbour distance for Anatolian Capoeta species. the ML and BI phylogenies indicated a consensus tree topology containing three clades corresponding to the geographical origins: Anatolian-Iranian, Mesopotamian and Aralo-Caspian groups. the results of present study indicated that the COI gene could be a suitable DNA barcode marker for the most of scrapers species identification and delimitation with approximately 81% success rate.Scientific Research Projects of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University (RTEU-BAP) [2011.103.01.02, 2015.53008.103.01.01]This work was supported by the Scientific Research Projects of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University (RTEU-BAP) under grant 2011.103.01.02 and 2015.53008.103.01.01

Review of the Oxynoemacheilus tigris group with the description of two new species from the Euphrates drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)

WOS: 000469111000002PubMed: 31717077The Oxynoemacheilus tigris species group is reviewed, resulting in the recognition of six species, of which two are described herein as new. Oxynoemacheilus tigris is known from the endorheic Qweik River and the Merziman River, which is a tributary of the western Euphrates. Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus is endemic to the endorheic Lake Van basin and O. hazarensis is endemic to Lake Hazar basin in the upper Tigris drainage. Oxynoemacheilus kaynaki is widespread in the Euphrates drainage. the two undescribed species occur in the Euphrates drainage. Oxynoemacheilus arsaniasus, new species, from the Murat River and the upper Karasu (Mus) River drainage, is distinguished from other species of the O. tigris group by having a bold, black, irregularly-shaped bar at the caudal-fin base, an incomplete lateral line and a scaleless body. Oxynoemacheilus muefiti, new species, from the upper Murat River drainage and a tributary to the Ataturk reservoir, is most similar to O. ercisianus, from which it is distinguished by a more slender body and a shallower dorsal adipose crest. According to our molecular data, the Qweik population of O. tigris is suspected to be introgressed by O. namiri from the Orontes drainage. Oxynoemacheilus erdali is identified as a synonym of O. bergianus as we were unable to find differences between the two species.Leibniz Association Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation (SAW)We thank Esra Baycelebi and Zuleyha Akpynar (Rize) for their help during fieldworks and in the laboratory. Hamed Mousavi-Sabet (Guilan) for supporting us with some tissues from his collection and Mufit Ozulug (Istanbul) allowed JF to participate in his many years of fieldwork. Many thanks also to two reviewers, who took the burden to read the manuscript, for useful comments. This study is a product of the FREDIE project, supported by the Leibniz Association Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation (SAW)

Oxynoemacheilus cemali, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the Coruh River drainage, Turkey

Kalayci, Gokhan/0000-0003-1255-496X; AKSU, ISMAIL/0000-0002-2104-9888WOS: 000463960800010PubMed: 30671971Oxynoemacheilus cemali sp. nov. is described from the Coruh River drainage in the eastern Black Sea basin. One molecular marker (coI), 25 morphometric and four meristic characters were analysed. Oxynoemacheilus cemali is distinguished from O. kosswigi, O. banarescui, O. samanticus and O. angorae in the Black Sea basin by having a suborbital groove in males, an axillary lobe at the pelvic-fin base, no dorsal adipose crest on the caudal peduncle, a slightly-forked caudal fin and 7-15 dark grey dorsal saddles. Morever, Oxynoemacheilus cemali is distinguished by commonly having 9-15 irregularly-shaped dark-grey bars on the flank posterior to the dorsal-fin origin or, rarely having a mottled pattern or 4-6 irregularly shaped dark-grey bars on the flank posterior to the dorsal-fin origin. Oxynoemacheilus cemali is also distinguished from the closely related species O. araxensis and O. cyri, distributed outside the Black Sea basin, by having 15 and 31 diagnostic nucleotide substitutions in the coI barcode region, respectively.Scientific Research Project Coordination Unit of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University [FBA-2017-726]This study was supported by the Scientific Research Project Coordination Unit of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University (Project No: FBA-2017-726