Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES
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Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg · Jun 2023
Pros and cons of rib unfolding software: a reliability and reproducibility study on trauma patients.
Examination of all 24 ribs on axial computed tomography (CT) slices might become a leeway and rib fractures (RF) may easily overlook in daily practice. Rib unfolding (RU), a computer-assisted software, that promises rapid assessment of the ribs in a two-dimensional plan, was developed to facilitate rib evaluation. We aimed to evaluate the reliability and reproducibility of RU software for RF detection on CT and to determine the accelerating effect to determine any drawback of RU application. ⋯ RU software accelerates fracture evaluation, while it has drawbacks including low sensitivity in fracture detection, false negativity, and underestimation of displacement.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg · Jun 2023
Ground level falls: computed tomography findings and clinical outcomes by age groups.
This study aimed to determine injury patterns in ground level falls (GLFs) and investigate the effect of age on the severity of injury. ⋯ Our results indicate that GLFs cause more injuries in the elderly, resulting in more hospitalizations and mortality. Normal PE findings may reduce the need for whole-body CT in GLF patients who are conscious, cooperative, and oriented.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg · Jun 2023
An unusual injury pattern: arm wrestling injury, treatment modalities, clinical outcomes, and return to sport.
In the sport of arm wrestling, the great rotational force is applied to the upper extremity, which can result in muscle and tendon injuries in the shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints, and even bone fractures. The aim of this study was to present the treatment modalities, functional outcomes, and return to sport after arm wrestling injuries. ⋯ This study constitutes the largest patient series evaluating patients presenting at a health-care institution with any complaint after arm wrestling. Arm wrestling is not a sport that only results in bone pathologies. Therefore, providing the participants in this sport with information that they may be injured in arm wrestling but there will be a full recovery, may reassure and encourage them.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg · Jun 2023
Value of fecal calprotectin in prediction of acute appendicitis based on a proposed model of machine learning.
The aim of this study is to apply random forest (RF), one of the machine learning (ML) algorithms, to a dataset consisting of patients with a presumed diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AAp) and to reveal the most important factors associated with the diagnosis of AAp based on the variable importance. ⋯ A prediction model was developed for AAp with the ML method in this study. Thanks to this model, biomarkers that predict AAp with high accuracy were determined. Thus, the decision-making process of clinicians for diagnosing AAp will be facilitated, and the risks of perforation and unnecessary operations will be minimized thanks to the timely diagnosis with high accuracy.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg · Jun 2023
Case ReportsNeo-glans reconstruction with dartos flaps covered with buccal mucosal graft after total glans amputation during circumcision: novel technique.
Penile glans amputation is a rare and catastrophic complication of circumcision. Reconstruction of the penile glans was indicated following amputation. Our report discusses a novel technique for reconfiguration of the amputated penile glans of a 5-year-old male admitted 6 months following a complicated circumcision. ⋯ The patient's glans-like cosmetic structure was observed during follow-up, and the patient was urinating normally. This is the first surgical repair technique to use this method in the literature. The use of a dartos flap covered with a buccal mucosal graft is a successful and simple procedure with acceptable cosmetic and functional results for the late reconfigurating a neoglans shape after a glans penis amputation when the penile size is suitable.