The term ‘thoracic outlet syndrome’ (TOS) represents a variety of disorders caused by the compression of nerves, arteries and veins as they exit the thorax and enter the axilla. Three basic syndromes are reported according to the involved anatomic structures: neurogenic, venous and arterial. Occasionally, the neurological and arterial syndromes may coexist in the same patient. However, for ease...

Results: TOS levels and OSI values were signifi cantly higher in nonsurvivors compared with those in survivors. However, there was no signifi cant diff erence in TAS levels between survivors and nonsurvivors. GCS and RTS showed negative correlations with TOS levels, but neither was signifi cantly related to OSI levels. Furthermore, GCS scores were negatively correlated with TAS levels, whereas ...

PURPOSE To describe the clinical, imaging, and pathologic characteristics and diagnostic methods of telangiectatic osteosarcoma (TOS) for improving the diagnostic level. MATERIALS AND METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed patient demographics, serum alkaline phosphatase (AKP) levels, preoperative biopsy pathologic reports, pathologic materials, imaging findings, and treatment outcomes ...

Actually it is not widely known and it is also a controversial issue for some physicians. Moreover, it is sometimes strongly denied by those who have not had the opportunity of identifying it as a disease or even when they have not dealt with TOS patients. Sometimes, due to all the facts mentioned above, we have had to deal with the complications of the untreated TOS. We are confronted with a d...

Oxidative stress, an imbalance between reactive oxygen species production and antioxidative defense activity, is believed to have a role in the development and pathogenesis of nasal polyps (NPs). Based on this assumption, several known oxidants and antioxidants have been studied in patients with NPs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between oxidative stress parameters w...

The aim of the current study was to investigate the chromosomal aberrations of exfoliated bladder cells in the urine and blood oxidative stress in patients with bladder transitional cell carcinoma (BTCC). A total of 40 healthy controls and 246 patients with BTCC were recruited. Abnormal levels of CSP3, CSP7, CSP17 and GLPp16 were detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in exfoliat...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the role of various biochemical markers in preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) and in prediction of chorioamnionitis in patients with PPROM. MATERIAL AND METHODS This case-control study included a total of 100 pregnant women at 26-34 gestational weeks. Of these women, 50 were healthy and 50 had PPROM. The biochemical markers in the maternal...

BACKGROUND There is ample knowledge reported in the literature about the role of oxidative stress in asthma pathogenesis. It is also known that the interaction of reactive oxygen species with DNA may result in DNA strand breaks. The aim of this study was to investigate if montelukast monotherapy affects oxidative stress and DNA damage parameters in a population of pediatric asthma patients. M...

The Internet is expected to support various services, including best-eeort services and guaranteed services. For best-eeort services, we propose a new approach to achieving type-of-service (TOS) with adaptive next-hop routing. We consider two traac classes, namely delay-sensitive and throughput-sensitive. In routing protocols such as OSPF and integrated IS-IS, each node has a diierent next-hop ...

OBJECTIVES Although the transaxillary route appears to be the optimal approach in patients with thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), the effect of clinical features on surgical outcome remains unclear. We conducted a study to determine the clinical predictors of surgical outcome in patients with TOS. METHODS We examined the data charts of patients with TOS who underwent operation via transaxillary...