Ergun Yucel

GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital · Department of general surgery

Pilonidal sinus surgery has evolved with the novel flap techniques, and off-midline closure became a preferred surgical procedure due to shorter recovery time and low recurrence rates. To obtain a better off-midline closure without maceration and a possible wound problem, we modified a novel excision technique. We aimed to present this novel flag m...

Hemorrhoidectomy is used for the surgical treatment of high-grade hemorrhoids. The most prominent complaint after hemorrhoidectomy is pain. Postoperative pain management is still a big problem after surgery in patients with hemorrhoidectomy. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of early application of warm bag on postoperative pain after h...

OBJECTİVE: Pilonidal sinus is characterized by high operative morbidity mainly due to wound problems. We aimed to compare the quality of health, comfort and psychological status in patients who underwent surgery for pilonidal sinus. METHODS: A total of 205 pilonidal sinus patients operated on with either primary closure or Limberg flap reconstruct...

Background: Colorectal cancers(CRC) are the third most common cancer in the western world, with surgery preferred for management of non-metastatic disease and post surgical treatment usually arranged according to the TNM staging system. However, there is still prognostic variation between patients who have the same stage. It is increasingly recogn...

Objective: The pathologic staging of rectal cancer is an important prognostic factor. A sufficient number of harvested lymph nodes is necessary for accurate staging. In patients with an insufficient number of dissected lymph nodes, the lymph node ratio (LNR) can be used as a prognostic factor. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of th...

Objective: Spindle cell metaplastic breast cancer is a subtype of breast cancer, which is very rare and difficult to diagnose. There is no specific symptom in differentiation from the other breast cancers. It can only be diagnosed by histopathologic examination. Case Presentation: A 51-year-old woman presented with a mass on her left breast and in...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare outcomes after seton procedure to those following fistulotomy for patients with a complex anal fistula. Methods: Patients undergoing fistulotomy or elastic seton under caudal anesthesia for complex anal fistula from 2002 to 2005 were included in this study. Complete anorectal examination, rectoscopy...

Gossypiboma is uncommon and used to describe a retained surgical swab in the body after an operation. Although, intestinal obstruction occurs frequently after postoperative adhesions, gossyipiboma can be seen as a rare cause. In this article, we report an 80 year-old woman who was operated for mechanical bowel obstruction depending on a migrated su...

Objective: Colon cancer patients presented with obstruction were known to have worse postoperative morbidity and mortality rates, but conflicting data has been reported in recent years. We aimed to investigate postoperative complication rates, and short and long-term oncological outcomes in patients with colon cancer treated with either emergency...