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Item Routinely Evaluated Clinical Assays and Laboratory Tests [Real Test] And Fibrosis Stages of Chronic Hepatitis B and C(2014) Bugdaci, Mehmet Sait; Korkmaz, Huseyin; Demir, Ali; Biyik, Murat; Temel, Tuncer; Gokturk, Huseyin Savas; Ozakyol, Aysegul; Hatemi, Ibrahim; Baysal, Birol; Karaca, Cetin; Senturk, Hakan; 25417616Background/Aims: To provide a new mathematical formula to predict liver fibrosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. Materials and Methods: Patients with chronic hepatitis B and C who underwent liver biopsy at different centers were included in this study. Chronic hepatitis B was defined as immunopositivity for the hepatitis B surface antigen for at least 6 months, and chronic hepatitis C was defined as positivity for HCV RNA for at least 3 months. The histological features were evaluated by the histological activity index and fibrosis. Results: In total, 1299 patients were included in the study. The distribution and the mean of the parameters of the patients were as follows: 1009 patients with chronic hepatitis B with a mean age of 45 +/- 13/years [emale/male (F/M)=47.5/52.5%] and 290 patients with hepatitis C with a mean age of 52 +/- 10.3/years [F/M=61/39%]. When the cut-off value of the REAL TEST formula"[(age x pT x AST)/(PLT/1000)]/100" in patients with hepatitis B was determined to be >= 1.37, it was found that it could predict fibrosis with 79% specificity, 78% sensitivity, 85% negative predictive value (NPV), and 70% positive predictive value (PPV) (area under the curve (AUC)=0.852, 95% CI: 0.82-0.87). When the cut-off value of the REAL TEST formula in patients with hepatitis C was determined to be >= 1.99, it was found that it could predict significant fibrosis with 87% specificity, 90% sensitivity, 94.4% NPV, and 79.4% PPV (AUC: 0.95, 95% CI: 0.93-0.98) Conclusion: The REAL TEST formula results correlated with the pathological findings and may be a useful method for the evaluation of patients with chronic hepatitis B and C.Item Does methylene blue increases capsular contracture in immediate breast reconstruction with silicone implant? An experimental study(2020) Albayati, Abbas; Ozkan, Burak; Atilgan, Alev O.; Sencelikel, Tugce; Uysal, Cagri A.; Ertas, Nilgun M.; 0000-0003-2806-3006; 0000-0001-8595-8880; 0000-0001-6236-0050; 0000-0003-3093-8369; 33030384; AAC-3344-2021; AAK-3333-2021; AAJ-2949-2021Recently, most of the immediate breast reconstructions following mastectomy are being carried out with the use of silicone implants. In these patients, methylene blue is being used for the detection of sentinel lymph nodes. This experimental study was performed to determine the effect of methylene blue on capsular contracture around breast implants. Thirty-two Sprague Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups. Custom made silicone blocks were placed on the back of animals. In group 1, the incision was closed without performing any additional procedure. In group 2 (control), 0.1 mL of 0.9% normal saline was instilled into the pocket. Group 3 and 4 (study groups) received 0.1 and 0.2 mL of 1% methylene blue, respectively. On postoperative day 60, implants and capsular tissue were extracted. Capsule formation was evaluated both macroscopically and microscopically. The histological evaluation included capsule thickness, inflammation, neovascularization, and fibrosis gradients. Regarding capsule thickness, there were statistically significant differences between groups 1-3, 1-4, 2-3, and 2-4. Although there were more moderate and severe inflammation gradients in groups III and IV, there was no significant difference regarding inflammation severity between control and study groups. In respect of vascular proliferation, there was a statistically significant difference between control and study groups. Similarly, fibrosis gradients were higher in both groups 3 and 4. The study showed that the injection of methylene blue around silicone implants enhanced the formation of capsular contracture. In this case, the degree of contracture was independent of the dose given.Item Polylactic acid and polyethylene glycol prevent surgical adhesions(2016) Ozpolat, B.; Gunal, N.; Pekcan, Z.; Ayva, E.S.; Bozdogan, O.; Gunaydin, S.; Dural, K.; 26810171OBJECTIVES: Re-mediastinoscopy could be risky because of adhesions from the previous mediastinoscopy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a bio-resorbable barrier on adhesion formation in a re-mediastinoscopy rat model. METHODS: Mediastinal dissection similar to mediastinoscopy was done in twenty-eight rats and a polymeric film comprising of polylactic acid and polyethylene glycol (Repel-cv (R), SyntheMed Inc., NJ, USA) was placed on trachea in the study groups. Group 1 (sham, sacrificed at day 30), Group 2 (single barrier, sacrificed at day 30), Group 3 (single barrier, sacrificed at day 60), Group 4(double layer barrier, sacrificed at day 60). Mediastinal adhesions, degree of inflammation, vascular proliferation, foreign body reaction and fibroblast proliferation was compared. RESULTS: Macroscopic dissection showed significantly dense adhesions in Sham Group and Group 3 (p < 0.05). Histopathologic examination showed that there was a significant difference between groups when the foreign body reaction and fibroblast proliferation was evaluated (p<0.05). No significant difference was present between the groups in terms of inflammation and vascular proliferation (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This unique experimental study showed that adhesion barrier was effective as single layer application at day 30 and double layer application at day 60. At clinical conversion, by the application of barrier, the formation of adhesions might be decreased to provide a safe re-mediastinoscopy (Tab. 2, Fig. 4, Ref. 23). Text in PDF www.elis.sk.