Biomedical subjects

Nüvit Sarimurat

Publications and source records attributed to Nüvit Sarimurat.

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PubMed2004

Neonatal gastric perforation: review of 23 years' experience.

PURPOSE: To review our experience of treating 13 neonates with gastric perforation (GP) over the past 23 years. METHODS: The records of all 13 patients were reviewed, noting gender, weight, gestational age, age at admission, associated anomalies, site of perforation, type of operation, and clinical outcome. RESULTS: There were 11 boys and 2 girls, with a mean body weight of 2 375 g, including 4 (45%) preterm infants. The mean age at admission was 3.2 days. Three (23%) infants had associated anomalies. Perforation occurred in the lesser curvature and anterior wall in 3 (23%) infants, at the greater curvature and anterior wall in 2 (15.4%), in necrosis of anterior wall in 1 (7.7%), at the esophageal junction and posterior wall in 2 (15.4%), at the lesser curvature and posterior wall in 1 (7.7%), at the lesser curvature and esophageal junction in 1 (7.7%), and the site was not specified in 3 (23%). Twelve patients were treated with gastrorrhaphy and drainage, and 1 was treated with gastrorrhaphy alone. Three patients required additional gastrostomy. Mortality was 53.8% (n = 7). Early diagnosis and management before clinical deterioration of the metabolic status improved the prognosis. CONCLUSION: The pattern of presentation and surgical findings should be investigated comparatively in premature and full-term neonates, as the etiology of this condition is likely to differ in these two gestational groups.

Drainage↗

PubMed2004

Hepatobiliary mucinous cystadenoma in a child.

The authors present a 4-year-old boy who had a large mucin-hypersecreting hepatobiliary cystadenoma. The tumor caused a hepato-colo-cutaneous fistula, which produced a large amount of external fluid loss. Total excision and the repair of the fistula could be possible after shrinkage of the tumor with the use of selective embolization of the feeding artery by interventional radiology.

Biliary Tract Neoplasms↗

PubMed2004

The missing hazelnut.

This report describes a case of esophageal perforation caused by a hazelnut which became stuck in the upper esophagus but was not detected. We outline the pitfalls in diagnosis, complications and treatment in the pediatric population.

Airway Obstruction↗

PubMed2003

Intestinal rotation anomalies in childhood: review of 22 years' experience.

PURPOSE: We review our experience of treating intestinal rotation anomalies in infants and children in the 22-year period between 1978 and 2000. METHODS: The type of operation performed, postoperative complications, and mortality were compared in three age groups. Group 1 consisted of neonates <1 month old, Group 2 consisted of infants aged <1 year old, and Group 3 consisted of children aged >1 year old. RESULTS: There were 101 infants and children, with a female : male ratio of 2 : 1. Of the 101 patients, 72 (71%) were neonates, with a mean age of 11.8 days (range 1-28 days); 20 (19.8%) were under the age of 1 year, with a mean age of 6.7 months (range 1-12 months); and 9 (8.9%) were >1 year of age, with a mean age of 6 years (range 1-9 years). Eighty-five (84%) patients underwent emergency procedures. Ladd's operation was performed in all patients, with various additional procedures. The most frequent postoperative complications were adhesive intestinal obstruction, stoma necrosis, evisceration, and short bowel syndrome. The mortality rate was 36% in Group 1, 20% in Group 2, and 0% in Group 3. CONCLUSIONS: In this series surgery was usually performed as an emergency procedure, with higher morbidity and mortality in newborns than in older infants and children.

Child↗

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Management of portal hypertension in children: a retrospective study with long-term follow-up.

OBJECTIVES: Data regarding the management of the portal hypertensive haemorrhage in the paediatric patients have yielded conflicting results. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of beta-blocker (propranolol) alone, sclerotherapy alone and beta-blocker + sclerotherapy combination in the management of portal hypertension in the paediatric population. METHODS: Medical information was retrieved from the records of 62 children with portal hypertension who were under treatment during at least two years of follow-up period. Data collected included diagnosis, type of portal hypertension, age at initiation of therapy, bleeding episodes before and during therapy. RESULTS: Sixteen of 62 patients were diagnosed as extrahepatic portal hypertension, 46 as intrahepatic portal hypertension. The mean age of study population was 7.6 +/- 4.2 years, 45 percent being females. The mean duration of follow-up under therapy was 5.2 +/- 2.5 years. Among the patients with intrahepatic portal hypertension, 29 received propranolol + sclerotherapy, 12 received only propranolol and 5 received only sclerotherapy. There was no significant decrease in bleeding episodes during propranolol or sclerotherapy. However patients under propranolol + sclerotherapy, showed significant decrease in bleeding episodes during therapy (23/29 before therapy, 15/29 during therapy, p < 0.05). Rebleeding index in patients with IHPH was significantly long in the group treated by propranolol + sclerotherapy (p = 0.0001) compared with before therapy. Because the numbers of patients in the groups are small, Kaplan Meier estimation suggest that propranol treatment is more effective. But there isn't significant difference when the results were compared with those of before therapy, except in the combined treatment group. CONCLUSION: The monotherapy is not sufficient for longterm follow-up of portal hypertensive patients. The combination therapy with propranolol + sclerotherapy appears more encouraging in the prevention of portal hypertensive haemorrhage, but this needs to be assessed in randomized trials.

Adolescent↗