Purpose: The aim of this study is to retrospectively evaluate the effects body (abdominal) and auricular acupuncture combination therapy on anthropometric measurements blood parameters in obesity control.
 Materials Methods: This a descriptive, cross-sectional retrospective study. was carried out by scanning patient files patients who applied center between 01.05.2019 15.02.2020 wanted hav...

Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is an extremely rare tumor with only scattered cases reported. Although surgical resection has been considered as the best possible option, the prognosis has been nonetheless poor. We report a case of PMME which was treated by surgical resection and additionally followed by chemotherapy. A 60-yr-old man underwent an esophagoscopy due to a 3-mon...

OBJECTIVE To examine the efficacy of the Ivor Lewis esophagectomy with extended 2-field lymph node dissection for thoracic esophageal carcinoma we reviewed our experience. METHODS We analyzed the cases of 147 consecutive patients who underwent subtotal esophagectomy with extended 2-field lymph node dissection through Ivor Lewis approach for esophageal cancer from January 1996 through December...

PURPOSE This study evaluated the functional and oncological outcomes of proximal gastrectomy (PG) in comparison with total gastrectomy (TG) for upper-third early gastric cancer (EGC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of upper-third EGC patients who had undergone PG (n=192) or TG (n=157) were reviewed. The PG group was further subdivided into patients who had undergone conventional op...

Esophageal cancer is the eighth-most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The most common presenting symptom in advanced distal esophageal cancer is the sensation of sticking food, but it may sometimes present with bleeding and related complications, or asymptomatic leukocytosis. We present the case of a 77-year-old afebrile man with chronic alcoholism and a dilated thoracic esop...

Small bowel tumors are very rare. Melanoma in small intestine can be primary or metastatic. Metastatic malignant melanoma arise from skin, eyes, oropharynx, esophagus ano rectal mucosa. Primary melanomas of In this case report, we going to present intestine, which has already metastasized by the time presentation. A 60 year old male, presented us with abdominal pain, vomiting and absolute const...

An 85-year-old male with stage IV lung cancer, being treated with palliative chemo-radiotherapy for nine months, presented with nausea, early satiety, bilious vomiting, and abdominal pain for 2 weeks prior to admission. During staging, computed tomography revealed an abdominal aortic aneurysm; however, only surveillance was indicated. A month earlier, a self-expandable metallic stent had been p...