The difference in pupil diameter between monocular and binocular viewing conditions was used as a measure of binocular luminance summation in 97 infants aged 0 to 12 months. No significant difference in pupil diameter under monocular versus binocular viewing conditions was found until the end of the fourth month of life. The age of onset was positively correlated with the age of onset for stere...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the success of penile fasciocutaneous flap urethroplasty in the treatment of long segment urethral stricture. METHODS In this study, seventeen patients with long segment urethral stricture were included. In regard to the length of the narrow segment, vertical or circular penile skin fasciocutaneous flap was anastomosed on 18 F urethral catheter...

Objective. To determine the effects of percutaneous nephrolithotomy on renal functions by using DMSA scintigraphy while considering access counts. Material and Methods. A total of 37 patients who had undergone percutaneous nephrolithotomy were included. Preoperative DMSA scans were performed a day before the surgery, whereas postoperative scans were randomized by evaluating them before (n = 25)...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The present study determined the serum human enolase-2 (ENO-2), high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and serum cholesterol levels as biological marker of disease activity and treatment response in smear-positive drug-naïve PTB. MATERIALS AND METHODS This case-control study w...

Objective: To compare the effects of polyacrylamide and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose on postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation. Material and Methods: This prospective study comprised 80 eyes of 72 consecutive patients who underwent cataract surgery and implantation of foldable intraocular lens. Each eye was assigned to either group 1 or group 2. Polyacrylamide was used in group 1 a...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of hormone replacement therapy using dienogest and medroxyprogesterone acetate on psychological symptoms in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 73 patients who sought treatment at the menopause units of the authors' gynecology and obstetrics clinics between of November 2003 and October 2004 compla...

hemangiomas are the most common benign liver masses with a frequency of 0.4-7.3% at autopsy. they are usually discovered incidentally and a few require surgery. spontaneous or traumatic ruptures are among indications of surgery for hemangiomas. we report a case of giant hepatic hemangioma presenting as hemoperitoneum following use of the slimming belt that underwent an emergent laparotomy. abdo...

BACKGROUND Piracetam has been proven to be effective and well tolerated in the treatment of myoclonus in short-term studies. OBJECTIVE To assess its long-term clinical efficacy, 11 patients with disabling myoclonus due to progressive myoclonus epilepsy were treated with piracetam in an open-label study. METHODS Neurologic outcome (at the 1st, 6th, 12th, and 18th month of treatment) was asse...

Results TRD was diagnosed preoperatively in 32 patients (84%) by contrast X-Ray of gastrointestinal tract, abdominal ultrasound, and CT scan of the chest and abdomen. In 6 (16%) patients TRD was diagnosed during surgery. We did not use pleural centesis to avoid injury of abdominal organs. 27 patients (71%) underwent surgery upon 1 month of trauma episode, and 13 (34%) – after 1 month to 13 year...

AIM In this study, the experience of tubularized incised plate repair in circumcised adults in terms of functional, cosmetic, and satisfactory results is reported. METHODS Tubularized incised plate repair urethroplasty (TIPU) was performed to 27 circumcised adult patients between 2008- 2010; 19 (70.4%) had distal penile hypospadias and eight (29.6%) had midshaft hypospadias. All patients were...