INTRODUCTION The aim of this review was to describe the work that the Başkent University Faculty of Medicine has done to increase kidney donors' number in Turkey and also to discuss the major effects that donor-organ shortage is currently having worldwide. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 1975 through 2003, our transplantation team at Hacettepe University Hospital and later at the Başkent Universit...

Purpose: To assess the preclinical safety and performance of a new precision pulse capsulotomy (PPC) method. Design: Human cadaver eye studies and surgical, slit-lamp, and histopathologic evaluation in a consecutive series of 20 live rabbits. Participants: Human cadaver eyes and New Zealand white rabbits. Methods: Precision pulse capsulotomy uses a highly focused, fast, multipulse, low-energy d...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Photobiomodulation (PBM) also known as low-level light therapy has been used successfully for the treatment of injury and disease of the nervous system. The use of PBM to treat injury and diseases of the brain requires an in-depth understanding of light propagation through tissues including scalp, skull, meninges, and brain. This study investigated the light penetration...