Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Dec 2022
What has changed in children's appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic?
The present study aimed to investigate the changes in the course of acute appendicitis during the pandemic period by comparing the cases treated during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with those in the pre-pandemic period. ⋯ Concern of the current pandemic resulted in late presentation to the hospital, increase in the number of perforated appendicitis, and prolonged hospital stay.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Dec 2022
Knowledge level on the management of pediatric burn patients among physicians working in the emergency department.
Prognosis of burned child is heavily influenced by how they are treated in the first 24 h. This study aimed to assess the degree of knowledge of emergency department physicians about the pediatric burn patients. ⋯ As result, physicians practicing in the emergency department have a poor knowledge level about pediatric burns. Hence, pediatric burn education should be provided to all emergency department physicians.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Dec 2022
Case ReportsSupracondylar extra-articular femur fracture after cementless unicompartmental knee replacement: A rare complication.
This case report defines an infrequent complication of unicompartmental knee replacement. Periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fracture after total knee replacement is a challenging problem for orthopedic surgeon. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only case describing periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fracture after unicondylar knee replacement.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Dec 2022
The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the characteristics of patients presenting to the pediatric ocular emergency department in Türkiye: Demographic and diagnoses.
This study aims to evaluate how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the demographics and diagnoses of patients presenting at a pediatric ophthalmology emergency department (POED) in Türkiye. ⋯ Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer pediatric patients visited the POED during the first and second stay-at-home periods than during the same periods in 2019, although the difference was less during the second period. Demographic data and diagnoses from year to year, however, were similar. These findings could aid clinicians in developing new strategies and guidelines for POED management in extraordinary situations such as pandemics.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Dec 2022
Case ReportsIncarcerated appendix epiploica in a right inguinal hernia sac.
Appendix epiploica without a colon in the hernia sac is a rare condition, which is even rarer if it has hypertrophy and presents as an irreducible hernia. We describe a case of appendix epiploica in a 37-year-old male patient with a strangulated right inguinal hernia that was herniated to the right inguinal canal. Considering the superiority of laparoscopy to open technique for viewing the hernia contents, we planned laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal surgery. ⋯ Inside was the strangulated appendages epiploica, which extended from the sigmoid colon wall. Anterior wall inguinal hernioplasty was performed. In conclusion, it should not be ignored that there may be appendix epiploica within the hernia sac in inguinal hernias and laparoscopic approaches should be the treatment method of choice.