Purpose Congenital anomaly of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is a rare entity. It is usually discovered incidentally by color doppler carotid sonography, angiography, computerized tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a very contagious infectious disease which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus is first identified in Wuhan city of China in ...

Objective. Little has been published regarding long-term surgical outcome after the initial management of acute sigmoid colon volvulus. Methods. Patients undergoing primary resection and anastomosis (PRA) or Hartmann's ...

Paraovarian or paratubal cysts (PTCs) constitute about 10 % of adnexial masses. Although they are not uncommon; they rarely cause symptoms and are usually incidentally found. Actual incidence is not known. The symptoms ...

Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) primarily affects men; however, its epidemiology has been changing because more women have become smokers. Recently, investigators found that although women and men were exposed to ...

AIM: Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) is a one of the well-known minimal invasive treatment methods of disc herniations. The aim of this study is to present our clinical experience and to show the benefits of ...

Elastofibroma dorsi (ED) is a rare, benign lesion arising from connective tissue, usually found at the inferior pole of the scapula. To date, only a few small series have been reported in the English literature and there ...

Postpartum urinary retention (PUR), which is defined as difficulty in emptying the bladder completely after delivery, may be clinically pronounced or silent. The incidence differs according to the definition. Although many ...