BACKGROUND: Hydatid cyst still remains an important health problem in our country as in
many Mediterranean countries. The disease may affect children, and its treatment may be …

One of the obstacles to organ donation and transplantation in Turkey is that of religious
beliefs and, at this point, religious officials constitute a key aspect of this problem. Positive or …

Objective Extended cervical mediastinoscopy (ECM) is a method for sampling aortopulmonary
window (APW) mediastinal lymph nodes. In this study, the efficacy of integrated positron …

Objectives: The surgical outcome of pathologic N1 disease in resectable non-small cell lung
carcinoma (NSCLC) is controversial. The prognosis of the patients with multiple/bulky N2 …

Purpose: Surgical treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is usually performed
in cases of prolonged air leak (PAL) or recurrence. We investigated the effect of the size …

Purpose We compared the efficacy and complications of video-assisted mediastinoscopy (VAM)
and video-assisted mediastinal lymphadenectomy (VAMLA) for mediastinal staging of …

BACKGROUND: A number of prognostic factors have been reported for resected nonsmall
cell lung carcinoma. Although none of them reported to have greater prognostic impact than …

Hasta yakınlarının organ bağışı ve nakli ile ilgili tutumları ve sosyal profilleri arasındaki ilişki
Amaç: Ülkemizde organ bağışının arzulanan düzeye ulaşmamasının nedeni bu konudaki …

Background. Although transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) has been the preferred method for
the diagnosis of anterior mediastinal masses, it has inherent limitations in accuracy. In …

Background Complications of the residual postoperative pleural space (RPPS) after partial
pulmonary resections increase hospital stay, cost and morbidity. The objectives of this study …