Papers by Ahmet Bülent Kargi
Journal of trauma and treatment, 2016
Introduction: Boerhaave syndrome (BS) is a spontaneous perforation of the esophagus which depends... more Introduction: Boerhaave syndrome (BS) is a spontaneous perforation of the esophagus which depends on increased intra-esophageal pressure, while the upper sphincter is closed during excessive vomiting. Case: A 75-year-old man was referred to hospital with sudden chest pain after vomiting. A computed chest tomography demonstrated mediastinal emphysema, thickening of the wall at the esophago-gastric junction level, and left pleural effusion. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed an esophageal stenosis at mid thoracic portion and a perforation detected just 1 cm above of the lower gastro-esophageal sphincter. The patient underwent left posterolateral thoracotomy in the 12th hour of event. Stenotic segment is dilated and the mucosal perforation was repaired. Conclusion: BS is a serious disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. While BS usually occurs in a normal esophagus; in our case, BS was due to esophageal benign stenosis instead of upper sphincter esophageal sphincter cl...
Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2020
Current Thoracic Surgery, 2016
Germ cell tumors arise from errors occurring during the migration of embryonic stem cells to the ... more Germ cell tumors arise from errors occurring during the migration of embryonic stem cells to the gonads. They constitute 10-15% of malignant mediastinal tumors. Thirty-nine years old male patient was admitted with shortness of breath and gynecomastia. Positron emission tomography / Computed tomography (PET/CT) showed hypermetabolic mediastinal mass in the anterior mediastinum. Serum tumor markers were elevated. Mixed germ cell tumor was diagnosed via transthoracic tru-cut biopsy. After three cycles of systemic cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycin treatment, PET/CT showed a decreased metabolic activity but an increase in the size of mass. "Growing teratoma syndrome" was diagnosed. The excision of the mass was performed via a median sternotomy. Then autologous stem cell transplantation was performed. Patients was presented as a successful example of a multimodality treatment of a primary mediastinal germ cell tumor with GTS.
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Ulusal travma dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES, 2002
Traumatic diaphragma rupturesare difficult to diagnose and generally with associated organe injur... more Traumatic diaphragma rupturesare difficult to diagnose and generally with associated organe injuries. The aim ofthe study is to evaluate the factors effect on mortality. Twenty-three patients with traumatic diaphragma injuries, admitted to our hospital were retrospectively evaluated for demographics, diagnosis, otherorgan injuries, treatment, mortalityand morbidity. All patients were male and the mean age was 24.7 10.0. The diaphragma injuries were observed during laparatomy in 19 patients (%82.6), during laparatomy and thoracotomy in 2 (%8.7). The injuries were diagnosed with fluid drainage from thorax tube during peritoneal lavage in 2 patients (%8. 7). All patients, but one, had other organ injuries (%95.7), most commonly in stomach, spleen and liver. Seven patients died during peroperative or postoperative peiod (%30.4). When these seven patients were compared to survived patients, it was observed that age and trauma score were statistically related to mortality rate (p<0.05)...
Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2015
Przepuklina przeponowo-osierdziowa to rzadkie schorzenie występujące po tępych urazach, w którym ... more Przepuklina przeponowo-osierdziowa to rzadkie schorzenie występujące po tępych urazach, w którym dochodzi do przedostania się organów brzusznych do osierdzia. W pracy opisano przypadek 77-letniej pacjentki zgłaszającej palpitacje i trudności w oddychaniu, przyjętej na oddział ratunkowy. Lewa boczna torakotomia uwidoczniła przedostanie się narządów brzusznych do klatki piersiowej. Stwierdzono współwystępowanie przepukliny przeponowo-osierdziowej oraz przepukliny osierdziowej. Przeponę oraz osierdzie zaopatrzono pierwotnie. Przypadek ten zaprezentowano, ponieważ wpuklanie się narządów brzusznych do jamy opłucnej przez osierdzie jest rzadkim schorzeniem. Słowa kluczowe: tępy uraz, przepuklina przeponowa, przepuklina osierdziowa.
World Allergy Organization Journal, 2013
Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology
Surgery Today, 2005
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by noncaseating granulomas. Thyroid involvement i... more Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by noncaseating granulomas. Thyroid involvement is rare in sarcoidosis. In this paper, two sarcoidosis patients who demonstrated cold thyroid nodules are presented. A 42year-old woman presented with multinodular goiter and was diagnosed as having sarcoidosis when noncaseating granulomas were observed during the pathological examination of the thyroidectomy specimen. Enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes were observed in the routine preoperative chest X-ray in another 53-year-old woman, while she was being prepared to undergo a thyroidectomy. The pathological examination of the thyroid specimens showed noncaseating granulomas in both patients, and the diagnosis was confirmed by either hepatic biopsy or chest X-ray findings. In conclusion, thyroid involvement should be suspected in sarcoidosis patients who present with cold nodules in the thyroid. Furthermore, if noncaseating granulomas are observed in thyroid specimens after a thyroidectomy in an otherwise healthy person, the patient should be evaluated further for sarcoidosis.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2011
Swallowed foreign bodies encounter a major problem especially in children, but fortunately they m... more Swallowed foreign bodies encounter a major problem especially in children, but fortunately they mostly do not cause any related complication and are easily passed with the stool. In this paper, an interesting journey of a needle is presented. A 20-year old female admitted to our emergency service after she had swallowed a sewing machine needle, which is initially observed in the stomach in the plain abdominal radiography. During the follow-up period, the needle traveled through bowels, and surprisingly was observed in the left lung on 10th day of the follow-up. It was removed with a thoracotomy and pneumotomy under the fluoroscopic guidance. The postoperative period was uneventful and the patient was discharged from the hospital on the day 5. We also review the literature on interesting extra-abdominal migrations of swallowing foreign bodies.
Journal of Clinical Respiratory Diseases and Care, 2016
Jo u r n a l of Clin ic a l R e sp irato ry D is e as es an d C a re
Background: Mediastinal lymphadenopathy (MLAP) is observed in various conditions of malignant or ... more Background: Mediastinal lymphadenopathy (MLAP) is observed in various conditions of malignant or benign diseases. The two common diseases leading to MLAP are mediastinal lymphomas and sarcoidosis. The aim of study is to describe distinctive lymph node involvement patterns with sarcoidosis and lymphoma defined by PET-CT. Materials and Methods: 82 patients (45 women and 37 men) with a median age of 53.5 (21-88) years who had PET-CT for differential diagnose for MLAP were evaluated retrospectively. 31 (37.8%) patients diagnosed sarcoidosis, and 51 (62.2%) lymphoma that had histologically proven by various surgical procedures. Results: There were no statistical difference between gender, age and average SUV max of groups (p = 0.068, p = 0.846, p = 0.338). 26 of 31 patient (83.9%) of sarcoidosis group had abnormal findings compared the lymphoma group (51.0%) which showed statistically significant difference (p = 0.003). Meanwhile there were no statistical difference between hilar lymph n...
International Journal of Cardiology, 2020
Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2006
Defects of the chest wall are often encountered, and good results can be obtained both cosmetical... more Defects of the chest wall are often encountered, and good results can be obtained both cosmetically and functionally from their treatment. We treated 13 patients with full thickness chest wall defects. Follow up ranged from 12 days to 19 months. Three had had recurrent breast carcinoma, seven relapse after excision of a sarcoma, two had had lesions of the chest wall after irradiation, and one had a sternal fistula. Local skin, musculocutaneous and free latissimus dorsi and anterolateral thigh flaps were done to cover soft tissue. Fascia lata, polypropylene (Marlex) mesh, and Marlex mesh-methylmethacrylate sandwich prosthesis, were used to stabilise the skeleton in nine patients. Two of the patients died postoperatively, one early. The use of Marlex mesh-methylmethacrylate sandwich prostheses for the stabilisation of the skeleton and local musculocutaneous flaps for covering soft tissues after resection of three or more ribs is effective.
… ve Estetik Cerrahi …, 2012
Özet Göğüs duvarı defektleri sıkça karşılaşılmaya başlanan ve onarımları ile iyi fonksiyonel ve k... more Özet Göğüs duvarı defektleri sıkça karşılaşılmaya başlanan ve onarımları ile iyi fonksiyonel ve kozmetik sonuçların elde edilmesi mümkün olan defektlerdir. İyi bir rekonstrüksiyon uygun ve yeterli şekilde sağlıklı dokulara kadar rezeksiyon yapmayı, ölü boşluk ve ...
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