BACKGROUND Mini-incision total hip replacement continues the current trend in orthopaedics and other specialties toward smaller-incision surgery. The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness and safety of single mini-incision compared with standard-incision total hip replacement for treatment of arthritis of the hip. METHODS We conducted an electronic literature searc...

INTRODUCTION Urethral stricture formation is a frequent complication after phallic reconstruction, but little is known about the treatment. Endoscopic cold-knife incision has long been applied for short urethral strictures. Can this treatment be used for strictures in the phalloplasty patients as well? MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-two endoscopic urethrotomies were done in 22 patients with a p...

PURPOSE Sensory disturbance around the surgical incision due to injury of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve can be seen in the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. In this research, we aimed to compare the incidence, extent of sensory loss, its clinical effect, and natural course caused by two different skin incisions used for hamstring graft harvest. METHODS Vertical inci...

BACKGROUND Although the procedure requires a small surgical incision and a short duration, incision infection rate is very low in thyroidectomy; however, doctors still have misgivings about infection events. AIM We retrospectively analyzed the prevention of incision infection without perioperative use of antibacterial medications following thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS 1166 patients ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Single-incision laparoscopic surgery is gaining popularity among minimally invasive surgeons and is now being applied to a broad number of surgical procedures. Although this technique uses only 1 port, the diameter of the incision is larger than in standard laparoscopic surgery. The long-term incidence of port-site hernias after single-incision laparoscopic surgery has...

conclusions: patients who were given ketamine before or after cesarean section subcutaneously at incision site had lower pain intensity and less analgesic consumption than patients who were given placebo. patients and methods: sixty patients, aged between 18 and 25 years old, scheduled for elective cesarean section, were enrolled to this double-blind randomized controlled trial study. patients ...

AIM To introduce a small-incision technique for fascia lata (FL) harvesting for the frontalis suspension blepharoptosis procedure. TECHNIQUE AND METHODS: A skin incision was made along a line between the lateral condyle of the tibia and the anterior superior iliac crest, starting 4-5 cm above the knee and extending upward 2-2.5 cm. Approximately 8 cm superior to the first incision, a second ski...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the short-term outcomes of a right lower transverse incision with a vertical transumbilical incision for laparoscopic specimen extraction in patients with left-sided colorectal cancer. METHODS One hundred eighty-three patients who underwent laparoscopic resection for rectosigmoid colon or upper rectal cancer were included. Propensity score match...