Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Nov 2011
Outcome predictors of Glasgow Outcome Scale score in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
Traumatic brain injury is a major public health problem due to high mortality and morbidity among survivors. ⋯ Standardized inpatient protocol on monitoring, intervention and outcome recording should be adopted to make future comparisons more useful and to promote benchmarking between trauma centers in order to improve care for patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
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Post-traumatic tricuspid insufficiency is a rare complication of chest trauma. An 18-year-old male patient was injured in a bicycle accident from his abdominal and anterior chest wall. The tear on the inferior diaphragmatic surface of the heart was repaired with primary sutures by the attending surgeon. ⋯ Reconstructive surgery may be possible in the early period. In the late cases, repair is sometimes not feasible due to degeneration of the valvular apparatus. Replacement with a biological prosthesis may give the best long-term results in longstanding cases.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Nov 2011
Clinical management and reconstruction of isolated orbital floor fractures: the role of computed tomography during preoperative evaluation.
A common consent regarding repair indications, timing of repair and choice of reconstruction materials for isolated orbital base fractures does not yet exist. ⋯ When not treated in a timely manner and with appropriate materials, orbital base fractures might result in enophthalmia and diplopia. We believe that a good prognosis of orbital base fractures relies on the right decision for surgical indication, early surgical intervention, and repair with appropriate material.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Nov 2011
Case ReportsAbdominal cocoon syndrome as a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction: report of two cases.
An abdominal cocoon is an extremely rare condition, and has been reported mainly in young adolescent women as a cause of small bowel obstruction. In these patients, the small bowel is encased in a fibrous sac called an abdominal cocoon. ⋯ They both received early intervention, thus preventing the need for bowel resection. The pathology of both membranes showed inflammation.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Nov 2011
Outcome of surgically treated Lisfranc injury: a review of 34 cases.
We reviewed cases with Lisfranc injuries who presented to our center in order to study the adequacy of the treatment method and their final functional outcome. ⋯ We concluded that all Lisfranc injuries, whether treated with closed or open fixation methods, demonstrated a good long-term functional outcome.