We did not encounter any of the complications with Allevyn Adhesive® that were seen with the use of traditional dressing products, such as, problems with removal of the dressing, development of maceration secondary to inadequate absorption of leakages from the wound, cohesions of the wound lips, and infections and necrosis of the flaps and grafts, secondary to erroneous locations of the dressings. There was no additional therapeutical cost due to the use of this product. For these reasons we thought that Allevyn Adhesive® is a good alternative for the dressing of hypospadias and circumcision.
This study was planned to see the results of follow-up of ovarian cysts in newborn patients at a university hospital.Methods: Newborns with ovarian cysts that were diagnosed by US between 2010 and 2018 were retrospectively evaluated. US follow-up was performed in 2 to 3 month periods. Initial largest diameter of the ovarian cyst, number of cysts, bilateral or unilateral localization, if the cyst is complex or simple, alpha fetoprotein and β-HCG levels, if operated the type of the operation and pathology results were retrieved.Results: Nineteen patients were included. Seven patients had ovarian cysts ≥20 mm and 5 were complex cysts. Two of 5 complex cysts were operated for abdominal mass and ovarian torsion was diagnosed. Other 3 complex cysts are having a conservative treatment due to lack of any clinical symptoms. All regressed in size. All simple cysts had non-operative management and regressed in size during follow-up. AFP levels were high in all. Control AFP levels decreased in all patients.Conclusion: Conservative management seems appropriate for patients both with complex or simple cysts, because nearly all cysts were regressed and both ovaries persisted during follow-up. Surgical decision was the clinical presence of a mass in complex cysts. This is a small series and follow-up is short to make a final decision for management. A consensus is needed among the surgeons about the treatment options after discussing the complications related to conservative and surgical approaches of complex ovarian cysts.
Background: In this study, the experiences of kidney trauma of a third step hospital in a city at the junction of the road will be discussed with the current literature.Methods: Pediatric trauma patients admitted to Afyon Kocatepe University Hospital between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2017 were retrospectively examined. Thirty patients with renal injuries were included in the study. Patients with renal injury were examined in terms of age, gender, type of trauma, degree of renal injury, additional organ damage, treatment method, duration of hospitalization, cost and mortality. Statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS program. The p >0.05 was considered as significant.Results: A total of 30 patients (m:23, f:7) were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 12.10±5.70. The mean duration of hospitalization was 10.23±17.067 days. The reasons of kidney injury were determined as; traffic accident outside of the vehicle (n=9), fall (n=8), traffic accident inside the vehicle (n=6), bicycle-motorcycle accident (n=5), and firearm injury (n=2). Hematuria (n=8), grade 1 (n=12), grade 2 (n=2), grade 4 (n=5), and grade 5 (n=3) kidney injuries were detected in the patients. Isolated renal injuries were found in 7 patients. Additional organ injuries were found as lung injury (n=3), head injury (N=5), pelvic injury (n=5), spleen injury (n=8), spine injury (n=7), liver injury (n=7), intestinal injury (n=7), and extremity injury (n=7). The average cost was 4948.37 ± 10198.51 TL. One patient had nephrectomy and JJ catheter was placed to one patient due to the development of urinoma and hematoma. All other patients were treated conservatively. The cost and duration of hospitalization of patients with shock status at the time of admission to the hospital were statistically higher than those without shock status (p=0.001; p=0.025). Morbidity and cost of patients with high grades (grade 4 or 5) were higher than those with low grades (p=0.008 and p=0.027, respectively). There was no mortality except for a patient who underwent splenectomy and had concomitant brain parenchymal damage.Conclusions: Conservative treatment of kidney injuries for children is effective and safe. Additional injuries, shock status and high-grade cause morbidity, mortality and cost increases.
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