Yesim Akdemir

Objectives: Elastography is considered a novel technique in the assessment of placenta parenchymal elasticity and very few data present the feasibility of elastography on human fetal tissue. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of fetal liver and placenta elastography and differences in pregnancies with GDM. Methods: Fifty-five women w...

Ionising radiation exposure of 5–10 gray (Gy) to the pelvic area induces premature ovarian failure (POF). Twenty-four young adult Wistar albino female rats were were treated with subcutaneous capsaicin 0.5 mg/kg per day or placebo for 10 days then exposed to whole body irradiation. Rats were randomly divided into four groups: (1) control; (2) capsa...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate serum G protein-coupled estrogen receptor-1 (GPER1) levels in non-pregnant and pregnant with and without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: The study comprised 40 pregnant women with (n=20) and without GDM (n=20) and 20 healthy non-pregnant women. Data as maternal age, gestational...

Study question Is capsaicin effective in preventing radiation induced ovarian follicle loss and premature ovarian failure (POF) in rats? Summary answer Capsaicin pre-treatment before radiotherapy restores especially primordial follicle pool, inhibits atresia of ovarian follicles, may be an acceptable therapeutic modality to prevent radiation induc...

Objective This study aimed to report a case of mild novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a pregnant woman with probable viremia, as reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing of endometrial and placental swabs for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was positive. Case report We present the case of...

PurposeWomen with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) often require combined pelvic reconstructive surgeries because of shared risk factors of pelvic organ prolapse. The purpose of this study was to evaluate efficacies of Burch colposuspension, transobturator tape (TOT), and single-incision needleless (DynaMesh®-SIS minor) procedures in patients with...

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the delivery room data for patients who give birth with standard vaginal delivery and caesarean section (C/S), to estimate whether high-risk (HR) HPV status affected the mode of delivery. Methods: Between January 2014 and January 2018, 8,376 pregnant women gave birth in our hospital. Of 8,376 patients, 1,039 p...

Amaç: Preterm doğumu önlemek amacıyla servikal yetmezlik saptanıp proflaktik serklaj ve acil serklaj operasyonu yapılmış olan olguların perinatal sonuçlarını karşılaştırmak Gereç ve Yöntem: Ocak 2009 - Ocak 2019 arasında Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Kliniği’nde serklaj yapılmış olan hastaların medik...

Objective: Although the experience of pain is multidimentional, and general psychological factors such as anxiety are found to be associated with acute pain, it is necessary to investigate individual emotional variables such as emotional reactivity (ER). The aim of this study was to determine if increased ER is associated with pain during intrauter...

Objective: To examine reliability and validity of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-OV28 questionnaire into the Turkish language according to the instructions provided by EORTC. Materials and methods: Ninety-seven patients who were diagnosed as having ovarian cancer and treated between January 2005 and Ju...

Background Women with SUI often require combined pelvic reconstructive surgery because of sharing risk factors of pelvic relaxation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Burch colposuspension, the transobturator tape (TOT), and single incision needleless (DynaMesh®- SIS minor) procedures in patients with SUI who also underwent comb...

Background: Women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) often require combined pelvic reconstructive surgeries because of shared risk factors of pelvic organ prolapse The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacies of Burch colposuspension, the transobturator tape (TOT), and single-incision needleless (DynaMesh®- SIS minor) procedures in p...

Background : Women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) often require combined pelvic reconstructive surgeries because of shared risk factors of pelvic relaxation. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacies of Burch colposuspension, the transobturator tape (TOT), and single-incision needleless (DynaMesh®- SIS minor) procedures in pat...

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Pipelle ile yapılan endometrial biyopsi işlemi öncesinde oral yoldan alınan 10 mg Hyosine N Butil Bromur (HBB)’nin analjezik etkinliğini değerlendirmektir.Gerek ve Yöntem: Eylül 2018- Eylül 2019 tarihleri arasında, xxxxxxxxxxxxx, anormal uterin kanamanın değerlendirilmesi için Pipelle ile endometriyal biyopsi yapılmış, 18-...

Objective: The aim of the study was to better understand the relationship between pain during intrauterine device (IUD) insertion and anxiety, negative perceptions of IUDs and previous mode of delivery, in parous women. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study between June and September 2018 in 210 women who opted for IUD placement for cont...

Repeated implantation failure (RIF) due to suboptimal endometrial lining is a major challenge in reproductive medicine. The study aims to evaluate effect of intrauterine platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment on frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles in patients whose endometrium was unable to achieve optimal lining in unexplained infertility pat...

Objective: To investigate whether multiple thrombophilic mutations had a significant effect on uterine artery blood flow of nonpregnant recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) patients. Materials and methods: Among 71 RPL patients, FV Leiden (FV), prothrombin G20210A (PTGM) and MTHFR mutations, deficiency of protein S, protein C and antithrombin III (AT3),...

Aim: The aim of this study was to validate the Turkish-translated version of the Fecal Incontinence Severity Index (FISI) for Turkish-speaking patients. Methods: This prospective cohort study included 58 patients: 22 (37.9%) scored 0 (no incontinence), and the remaining 36 (62.1%) scored at least 1 (any level of gas, mucus, liquid, solid inconti...

To analyze the perinatal outcome of pregnancies following cold knife conization and investigate its relationship, if any, with the amount of tissue removed, and to assess risk factors of perinatal complications. A retrospective cohort study was designed to compare perinatal outcomes between a group of patients who had prior conization operation (st...

Background: Abnormal placental invasion has increased parallel with persistent rise in Caesarean delivery. Management relies on accurate diagnosis and delivery should be planned at an institution with appropriate expertise and resources for managing this condition. Case: We present a case of a placenta invasion anomaly which is the major risk facto...

We present a case of a bladder stone which formed on the intravesical portion of tension free vaginal tape material secondary to bladder perforation. 8 years previously, a tension free vaginal tape (TVT) operation was performed. The patient was referred to hospital with persistent urinary infection and urinary incontinence. An intravesical stone th...

The main aim of this study was to validate the Turkish translated version of the Wexner scale. After establishing the test-retest reliability and internal consistency of the Turkish version of Wexner scale on 31 patients, total and subscale scores and anal manometric measurements of 60 participants were performed. Correlation between Wexner scale s...

To study the relationship between cervical lengths measured by ultrasound and risk of preterm delivery. We examined 209 women with singleton pregnancies. The inclusion criteria were women who presented with regular and painful contractions (≥2 contractions at intervals of 10 min for at least 1 h). Transvaginal scan was performed to measure the cerv...

Objective: To determine the effect of vaginal slow-release dinoprostone in women with premature rupture of membranes (PROM) and unfavorable cervices. Material and Methods: Women included in the study met the following criteria: a live singleton fetus at term (37-41 weeks of gestation) in cephalic presentation, a reactive nonstress test without any...

Nowadays bladder injury during cesarean section is quite uncommon and potentially serious complications are urinary tract infection and formation of vesicovaginal or vesicouterine fistula. There are only few case series of bladder injury at the time of cesarean section in the literature. Most injuries were found intraoperatively, but rarely some ma...

The fetal face and neck represents one of the key anatomic regions in ultrasound investigation from a pscyhological and clinical standpoint point of view. Although the sonographic appearence of some masses is characteristic, a substantial overlap exist in echotexture of the masses of the face and neck. In addition to analysing the echotexture of th...

Primary ovarian pregnancy is rarely seen. The definitive diagnosis of ovarian pregnancy is difficult before operation and based on Spiegelberg's four criteria. However, destroyed ovarian tissue around the gestational sac in laparoscopic surgery or ruptured ovary at the time of operation can not fulfill Spiegelberg's criteria in some cases. The trea...

Iniencephaly is a rare neural tube defectwith consisting of a defect in the occipital bone,spina bifida of many vertebrae, and retroflexion of the head on the spine. In majorty of cases it is a le-\thal condition. We present the first case of iniencephalywith large bronchogenic cyst diagnosed prenatally. At 19 week's gestation showed that fetalcard...