Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Nov 2022
Effect of glutamine use on the formation of intestinal neomucosa on peritoneal surface in rats.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a clinical condition with high mortality and morbidity, which leads to the lack of absorption of fluids or nutrients necessary for the body due to the decrease in the length of the small bowel (SB). Glutamine is an amino acid essential for the nutrition and proliferation of intestinal mucosa cells. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of glutamine on intestinal neomucosa formation in rats which developed SBS. ⋯ The use of glutamine in patients with SBS may increase surface absorption by increasing neomucosa formation. However, additional studies of large statistical power are needed.
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The authors present the case of a 9-year-old boy who sustained a gunshot injury to the pericardium by an air gun. The penetrative wound to the pericardium was, according to the performed pre-operative diagnostic methods, initially believed to be a penetrative wound into the cardiophrenic angle of the left pleural cavity. The stabilized patient was indicated for an extraction of the projectile through a left anterior minithoracotomy, during which the projectile was found and successfully removed from the pericardium. The limits of pre-operative assessment, optimal treatment procedures, and surgical approaches in pediatric patients with gunshot injuries to the chest and heart are discussed.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Nov 2022
Tubal ectopic pregnancy in acute abdominal presentation: A case control analysis.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the demographic data, clinical findings, ectopic pregnancy (EP) localization (left or right-sided), and treatments versus clinical presentation of tubal pregnancies (TP) with or without acute abdomen. ⋯ EP rate, in patients with TP who applied to the emergency department with acute abdominal symptoms, was mostly located in the right tube with greater frequency of salpingectomy in open surgery.