Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2011
Reconstruction of complex groin defects with inferior epigastric artery-based rectus abdominis muscle flaps: report of two cases.
Because the extremities are dependent on a single vascular supply, namely the brachial and femoral arteries, injuries around the girdles are challenging, and may contribute to high morbidity rates such as extremity loss, or even mortality due to bleeding, sepsis or vascular compromise. The reconstruction or aided closure of these regions may present additional technical difficulties in the presence of a vascular injury that complicates the use of a microvascular-free transfer, which sometimes may be needed to cover the exposed vessels, bones, tendons, and cartilages whenever the neighboring skin and subcutaneous tissue are inadequate or demised. In these circumstances, pedicled regional flaps of muscular or musculocutaneous consistency (especially if a bulk or rich vascular tissue is needed) would be an alternative. In this report, we present two cases that underwent femoral artery repair via saphenous vein grafting in the vascular surgery clinic followed by our inferiorly based pedicled rectus abdominis muscle flap coverage procedure.
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There is a grey zone about the epidemiology of trauma in eastern Turkey. The present study was aimed at obtaining data on this subject. ⋯ Assault cases caused an excessive trauma patient density in the ED, as 98.7% were discharged from the ED. Further studies are needed regarding the high rate of assault cases.
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Traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts (TPPs) are rare sequelae of blunt chest trauma. Young adults and adolescents are predominantly affected. ⋯ TPPs are self-limiting, benign lesions that usually require no specific therapy. Surgical treatment is indicated in rare instances and only when complications occur.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2011
[Contribution of Turkish Emergency Medicine to the international literature: evaluation of 15 years].
The aim of this study was to present characteristics of internationally published articles originating from Turkish Emergency Medicine (EM) departments over the last 15 years. ⋯ Significant publication growth was detected related with the development of EM in Turkey. The preference for non- EM journals, toxicology as the most popular subject and the effect of university hospitals were the interesting results of this study. The low number of multicenter, randomized controlled trials and of published articles in high impact factor journals have led us to consider the importance of publication quality, which requires additional effort.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2011
[Characteristics of injuries due to traffic accidents in the pediatric age group].
In this study, the pediatric age group exposed to road traffic accidents was investigated, and patients with risk factors were studied to obtain relevant data. ⋯ In this study, it was observed that in the pediatric age group, traffic accidents involving a pedestrian and vehicle collision have greater fatality.