introduction : open rhinoplasty is very common now a days and the number of candidate for this type of surgery are increasing. this research was conducted regarding to the prevalence of rhinoplasty surgery , the importance of the residual scar analyze including columellar scar after surgery, different results caused by the effect of incision type in this surgery and lack of enough data and expe...

objective(s) wound healing represents a dynamic physiological process influenced by many factors. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of teucrium polium honey on the wound healing and tensile strength in rat. materials and methods thirty-six sprague-dawley rats were randomly divided into four equal (n= 9) treatment and control groups. two full-thickness wounds were made ove...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of mini-transverse compared with mini-longitudinal incision for carpal tunnel release (CTR) with reference to postoperative functional capacity, symptom severity and complication rate. STUDY DESIGN Analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Cumhuriyet University Medical Faculty, Department of Orthopaedics, Tokat State Hospital, Department of Orthop...

BACKGROUND The role of minimally invasive surgery in Graves' disease is still controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing minimal-incision thyroidectomy with those undergoing conventional thyroidectomy for Graves' disease. METHODS A prospective study was performed on 148 patients undergoing total thyroidectomy. Seventy-one patients underwen...

Describe the most common techniques used for minimally invasive hip surgery. Certainly the most commonly described approaches in the literature are the posterior and direct anterior. The posterior approach is essentially the same as what surgeons have done traditionally but with a shorter incision and less dissection of the deep musculature. The 2-incision approach, which I prefer, has fallen o...

OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the advantages of an inguinal incision in extracting the kidney during retroperitoneal laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS From May 2008 to June 2011, fifty-eight cases of retroperitoneal live-donor nephrectomy were performed at our hospital; all data were analyzed retrospectively. All donors were grouped in a test group (n=32, inguinal ...

BACKGROUND The descriptions of the optimal method for placing a cervical collar incision for thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy are varied. It has been our impression that a collar incision marked in the neutral upright neck, migrates superiorly relative to the sternal notch when the patient is placed in the supine position. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of this impressi...