Evaluation of Clinical Findings and Treatment Results in Patients With Lumber Spinal Canal Stenosis and Osteoporosis Treated With Calcitonin and Physical Therapy

Objective: The role of osteoporosis in the etiology of degenerative lumbar spinal canal stenosis is debatable. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinic as well as therapeutic results in subjects with osteoporosis combined with lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSS). Material and Methods: The study was conducted in İ.Ü. Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty PMR Department on 40 patients diagnosed as spinal canal stenosis . Lumbar canal was imaged by computerized tomography (CT). Bone mineral content (BMC) was assessed by quantitative computerized tomography (QCT). Subjects were divided into three groups according to their BMC. Pain, motion, neurologic findings and walking distance were reevaluated after 1 months conservative treatment consisting of physical therapy IR, US, currents and exercises) and medical treatment (100 IU Salmon Calcitonin injections and calcium). Results: Pain parameters showed significant improvement in Group II and III(low and very low BMC). Walking distance showed greatest increase in Group II and III, with these results being statistically significant. Conclusion: In subjects with combined LSS and osteoporosis one months conservative therapy resulted in significant improvements in pain and walking distance parameters, especially in groups with low BMC .We suggest that BMC should be considered and treated in patients with LSS

Iterative pulse administration of succinic acid monomethyl ester to streptozotocin diabetic rats

info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedComm. Symposium on Islet Metabolism and Physiopathology - Istanbul (Turkey), 11.09.199

Ultrasound-accelerated catheter-assisted thrombolytic therapy applicatıons in deep vein thrombosis.

Ultrasound-accelerated catheter-directed thrombolysis (UCT) increases the invasion of thrombolytic agent into the thrombus using ultrasonic energy, provides less infusion of thrombolytic agent, reduces complication, and post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) development rates. For these reasons, this procedure is a promising method for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Isolated abducens palsy of advanced age: A rare presentation of dural carotid cavernous fistula: A case report

Abducens palsy is the most common isolated cranial nerve palsy due to its long peripheral course. Multiple anatomical relationships, particularly within the cavernous sinus and orbita, make the nerve vulnerable. 67 year-old female patient was admitted with worsened headache and lateral gaze restriction of the left eye, which appeared recently. She had no prior history of trauma. Prominent appearance of the left cavernous sinus on cranial magnetic resonance imaging, raised the need of digital substraction angiography which revealed the presence of bilateral type D dural arteriovenous fistula of cavernous sinuses. Cavernous sinus pathologies, which are usually known to manifest with multiple ocular motor palsies because of the close relationship between 3rd, 4th and 6th nerves inside, might rarely present with isolated abducens palsy. The clinician should pay particular attention to headache in such kind of patients and dural carotid-cavernous fistula should be taken into account, even in the absence of previous trauma history

Chip assignment algorithms for dynamic wafer design in semiconductor manufacturing

Chip assignment algorithms for dynamic wafer design in semiconductor manufacturin

Comparison of rational pharmacotherapy decision-making competence of general practitioners with intern doctors

Objective. The aim of this study was to compare rational pharmacotherapy decision-making competency of interns (final-year medical students) who had received rational pharmacotherapy education (RPE), with their classmates at another medical school and general practitioners (GPs) who had not been exposed to RPE