Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Sep 2012
The effect of catheter use on vein grafting of a peripheral nerve defect: an experimental study.
Since vein grafts have been used in the repair of nerve defects, studies regarding this procedure have accumulated, and after coming into clinical use, it was noticed that there is a problem of collapse in the vein graft. ⋯ In our study, it was experimentally shown that the problem of collapse of a vein graft occurring after its use in the reconstruction of a nerve defect can be overcome by placing a catheter into the vein graft. Consequently, this method may eliminate the need for the use of a nerve graft in selected cases.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Sep 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialRandomized controlled trial of morphine in elderly patients with acute abdominal pain.
The objective of this study was to determine the clinically important change in diagnostic accuracy and physical examination in the morphine vs. placebo group. ⋯ Administration of opioid analgesia is safe and does not seem to impair clinical diagnostic accuracy in elderly patients with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain. Nevermore, opioids may change the physical examination findings such as abdominal rigidity.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Sep 2012
Early period psychiatric disorders following burn trauma and the importance of surgical factors in the etiology.
We aimed to assess early period psychiatric disorders following burn trauma. ⋯ Burn is a trauma that can be treated with a multidisciplinary approach.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Sep 2012
Case ReportsEmergency surgery due to go-kart injuries: report of two consecutive cases.
Injury due to go-karting accidents is a new kind of surgical emergency in Turkey and may show variations between patients. There are special details as relate to the design of the vehicles and patient characteristics. ⋯ Severe intraabdominal hemorrhage due to liver laceration was seen in one patient and mesenteric intestinal avulsion in the other. Both patients were treated surgically and discharged uneventfully.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Sep 2012
Case ReportsThe hidden devil: unexpected retained knife in the chest wall.
We report a 52-year-old woman presenting with stab wounds on her back and upper extremities. A knife retained in her chest wall was not discovered in the emergency department. ⋯ We suggest that patients undergo computed tomography (CT) scanning whenever a penetrating wound cannot be explored adequately or the trauma surgeons are unable to perform detailed examinations on the injured patients. The CT images could delineate the course and severity of the penetrating injury, and decrease the risk of a retained foreign body.