TR Dizin İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / TR Dizin Indexed Publications Collection
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Article Factors Affecting Bilirubin Levels Following Drainage Proceduresin Obstructive Jaundice(2019) Aydın, Cengiz; Çapar, Ahmet Ergin; Günay, Süleyman; Karaca, Avni Can; Ustun, Mehmet; Karaca, CanIntroduction: Measuring serum bilirubin levels is easy and readily available invirtually every healthcare facility. It is practically used by physicians for thefollow up of the patients with obstructive jaundice.Despite its common use as amarker for follow up, the literature lacks clear data about its interpretation as aclinical marker.We don’t have clearly set prognostic rules and cutoff pointsespecially about the rate of bilirubin decrease following biliary drainageprocedures.We conducted a retrospective study to determine the likely factorsthat affect bilirubin levels following the interventional relief of obstructivejaundice.Material-Method: We retrospectively analyzed data from 73 patients withobstructive jaundice who underwent interventional drainage procedures over atime period of 4 years in a tertiary healthcare center.Results: Decrease in the bilirubin levels was most rapid in the first 48hour following the drainage. From the analyzed variables, only age andselected type of the drainage procedure significantly affected the rateof bilirubin decrease in our patient group. We failed to establish cutoffpoints that can accurately predict the patients with slower bilirubindecrease.Conclusion: Serum bilirubin level is an important and commonly usedmarker predicting the success of treatment and the prognosis of thepatients with obstructive jaudince. Type of drainage and the ageproven to significantly affect the rate of bilirubin decrease regardless ofunderlying pathologyArticle Management of Gallbladder Polyps: a Tertiary Center Experience(2019) Aydın, Cengiz; Üstün, Mehmet; Karaca, Avni Can; Karaca, CanObjective: The main purpose of the management of gallbladder polyps is to establish an early diagnosis and toprevent the development of gallbladder cancer.Methods: Fifty-six patients who underwent cholecystectomy with the diagnosis of gallbladder polyp betweenJanuary 2012 and September 2018, were retrospectively evaluated.Results: Twenty-one patients (39.3%) were female and 34 (60.7%) were male. The indications for cholecystectomywere ? 10 mm polyps in (n=22, 39.3%), increase in polyp size during follow-up (n=8, 14.3%), symptomatic polypssmaller than 10 mm (n=24, 42.9%), polyps smaller than 10 mm with concomitant risk factors (n=2, 3.6%).Histopathological examination of gallbladders revealed the presence of cholesterol polyps in 51 (91.1%), inflammatory polyps in 1 (1.8%), and adenoma in 1 (1.8%) patient. Three patients (5.4%) had no polyps and only gallstoneswere detected. Malignancy was not detected in any patient.Conclusion: The management of gallbladder polyps is still a controversial issue. The recommendations publishedin guidelines, can be used as a guide in the management of gallbladder polyps. The characteristics of symptomsand their response to cholecystectomy should be evaluated in symptomatic cases.
