The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) formed the basis for emergency department visits. This study aims to evaluate the effects of the pandemic on emergency department visits of surgical patients.
 
  The hospital database records of general surgery patients who presented at the emergency department in the period of March 2020-May 2020 (pandemic period) and March 2019-May 2019 (non-pandemic period) were retrospectively analyzed and compared. The primary outcome of this study was the emergency department visit rate of patients requiring a general surgery consultation. Secondary outcomes of this study were patient complaints, diagnosis and treatments, treatment rejection rate, triage category data, the effects of age and gender, and the hospitalization rate.
 
  In this study, 618 patients were included 265 patients from the pandemic period and 353 patients from the non-pandemic period. The analysis and comparison revealed that during the pandemic period, the presentation rate of female patients was lower is significant to evaluate the effects of the pandemic on surgical patients visited the emergency department to manage the post-epidemic period and to prepare for possible future epidemic periods.
 A 25% reduction in the number of surgical patient visits to the emergency department was observed during the COVID-19 outbreak. The biggest decrease was seen in patients with a green triage code and female patients. It is significant to evaluate the effects of the pandemic on surgical patients visited the emergency department to manage the post-epidemic period and to prepare for possible future epidemic periods.
  Laser photocoagulation (LPC) is a surgical procedure used in the treatment of premature retinopathy that may cause retinal detachment and blindness if not diagnosed and treated early. The anesthesia method used in LPC varies from sedoanalgesia to general anesthesia and airway management varies from spontaneous ventilation to endotracheal intubation. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of sedoanalgesia applications and this anesthesia procedure concerning intraoperative and postoperative complications by avoiding intubation and mechanical ventilation in premature infants with a fragile population.
 
  This retrospective study included 89 patients who underwent laser photocoagulation under anesthesia for premature retinopathy. Patients' demographic characteristics, preoperative risk factors, anesthesia technique, especially airway management, changes in ventilation status during surgery, intraoperative complications, postoperative complications, and intensive care follow-up, were recorded and tions. We believe that sedoanalgesia as an anesthetic method can be applied as an effective alternative method while preserving spontaneous ventilation.
  Although ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) perforation is a rare complication, it results in high morbidity and mortality. In this study, clinical evaluation was performed concerning the incidence, clinical data and time of diagnosis for ERCP perforations that were either surgically or medically treated. To reduce the ERCP perforations and related mortality, in this study, we aimed to reveal the clinical features and compare them with the literature.
 
  In this clinical retrospective study, 51 perforations were detected in 8676 ERCP procedures performed in the past eight years in our hospital. We compared the two groups early diagnosed patients [Group 1 n=40] and the delayed diagnosed patients [Group 2 n=11] concerning primary diagnosis, blood and biochemical tests before ERCP, perforation type, treatment method, clinical features, length of stay, and mortality.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/vvd-214.html  These groups were compared concerning stent placement, papillotomy choledochal dilatation and the number of ERCP procedures.
 
  Ty difference was observed between the early and late detection of perforations, indicating a higher rate in Group 2 (p=0.014).
 
  In the patients who were diagnosed early, fewer surgical interventions were required, except for the type I perforations. Type II perforations can often be safely treated non-surgically if there are no signs of acute abdomen and sepsis. Early diagnosis and treatment significantly reduce ERCP-related mortality.
 In the patients who were diagnosed early, fewer surgical interventions were required, except for the type I perforations. Type II perforations can often be safely treated non-surgically if there are no signs of acute abdomen and sepsis. Early diagnosis and treatment significantly reduce ERCP-related mortality.
  In the existing classifications, no importance is given to dislocations accompanying ankle fractures. The present study aims to investigate differences in injury mechanisms of ankle fractures with concomitant dislocation injury in respect of functional outcomes and complications.
 
  A retrospective evaluation was carried out of 285 patients who underwent surgery in our clinic for an ankle fracture between January 2012 and December 2018. A comparison was made of functional scores and complications between the patients with ankle fracture with dislocation (AF-D group) and patients with ankle fracture without dislocation (AF-WD). The correlation of dislocation with current classifications (Lauge-Hansen and Danis-Weber) and the effects on functional outcomes were also evaluated. In addition to functional scores, a record was also made for each patient of infection during follow-up, soft-tissue defect, malalignment, non-union, arthrosis and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD).
 
  The mean age of the patienlthough dislocation accompanying ankle fracture was not seen to worsen functional results, arthrosis and RSD were determined more often in these patients.
  Unintended Perioperative Hypothermia (UPH) is defined as a core body temperature less than 36°C. The Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation [Türk Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Derneği (TARD)] published a 'Guideline for the Prevention of the Unintended Perioperative Hypothermia' in 2013. This study aims to decrease the incidence of unintended UPH in our hospital using a protocol, which is prepared according to the recommendations in the Guideline for the prevention of unintended perioperative hypothermia.
 
  A prospective quality improvement study was conducted with the protocol, which was prepared to decrease the incidence of unintended perioperative hypothermia in patients undergoing surgery. We measured and compared the perioperative hypothermia incidence before the implementation (November 24th, 2015 - January 15th, 2016) and after the implementation (April 6th, 2016 - July 21st, 2017).
 
  The incidence of unintended perioperative hypothermia was 35% and 23.8% in the pre-implementation and postimplementation sections, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.