Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders

PURPOSE: During the last decade it has become apparent that prenatally detected, unilateral severe hydronephrosis does not necessarily represent obstruction and may spontaneously improve or resolve postnatally. To define its natural history better we performed a long-term (mean 78 months) followup study of infants wit…

• İBRAHİM ULMAN

PURPOSE: This study was designed to review the outcomes of emergent treatment of sigmoid colon volvulus. METHODS: The records of 827 patients were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: The mean age was 57.9 years (range, 10 weeks to 98 years), and 688 patients (83.2 percent) were male. Nonoperative reduction was applied…

• MAHMUT BAŞOĞLU

PURPOSE: This study was designed to review the outcomes of emergent treatment of sigmoid colon volvulus. METHODS: The records of 827 patients were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: The mean age was 57.9 years (range, 10 weeks to 98 years), and 688 patients (83.2 percent) were male. Nonoperative reduction was applied…

• SABRİ SELÇUK ATAMANALP

PURPOSE: This study was designed to review the outcomes of emergent treatment of sigmoid colon volvulus. METHODS: The records of 827 patients were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: The mean age was 57.9 years (range, 10 weeks to 98 years), and 688 patients (83.2 percent) were male. Nonoperative reduction was applied…

• MEHMET İLHAN YILDIRGAN

AIMS: The current status of sigmoid volvulus (SV) was reviewed to assess trends in management and to assess the literature. METHOD: The literature on SV was retrieved using PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Pakmedinet, African Journals online (AJOL), Indmed and Google scholar. These databases were searched for text words includ…

• SABRİ SELÇUK ATAMANALP

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether use of a primary pull-through would result in equivalent perioperative and long-term complications compared with the two-stage approach. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: During the past decade, the authors have advanced the use of a primary pull-through for Hirschsprung disease in the newborn,…

• İRFAN KIRIŞTIOĞLU

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) remains challenging. Our aim was to examine the diagnostic yield of duodenal aspiration/culture and glucose breath test (GBT), and effects of gender, race and demographics on prevalence of SIBO. METHODS: Patients with unexplained gas, bloating a…

• AŞKIN ERDOĞAN

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• SABRİ SELÇUK ATAMANALP

PURPOSE: We determine the outcome of severe bilateral primary ureteropelvic junction type hydronephrosis detected prenatally and managed postnatally with an initially nonoperative protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 19 newborns (38 kidneys) with prenatally diagnosed primary grade 3 to 4 bilateral hydronephrosi…

• ABDURRAHMAN ÖNEN

PURPOSE: We determine the outcome of severe bilateral primary ureteropelvic junction type hydronephrosis detected prenatally and managed postnatally with an initially nonoperative protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 19 newborns (38 kidneys) with prenatally diagnosed primary grade 3 to 4 bilateral hydronephrosi…

• ABDURRAHMAN ÖNEN

AIM: To give an overview of the literature on left-sided acute appendicitis (LSAA) associated with situs inversus totalis (SIT) and midgut malrotation (MM). METHODS: We present a new case of LSAA with SIT and a literature review of studies published in the English language on LSAA, accessed via PubMed and Google Schol…

• MAHMUT TAŞ

AIM: To give an overview of the literature on left-sided acute appendicitis (LSAA) associated with situs inversus totalis (SIT) and midgut malrotation (MM). METHODS: We present a new case of LSAA with SIT and a literature review of studies published in the English language on LSAA, accessed via PubMed and Google Schol…

• MAHMUT TAŞ