{"title":"Characteristics of Posterior Ethmoidal Artery and Its Relationship with Anterior Ethmoidal Artery and Skull Base on CT Scan.","authors":"Thuy Chung Tran Phan, Kiet Vuong Dang","doi":"10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2024.45578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2024.45578","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Investigation of the anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries on computed tomography (CT) scans of the sinuses before and during surgery is important, especially for inexperienced surgeons. The aim of this study was to examine the anatomical characteristics of the posterior ethmoid artery in Vietnamese and the distance from the posterior ethmoid artery to the anterior ethmoid artery and the skull base on CT scan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted involving patients aged ≥18 years who underwent CT scan imaging at the Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City from February 2023 to July 2023.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 100 patients in this study, of whom 51% (51/100) were female and 49% (49/100) were male. Patient ages ranged from 20 to 84 years. Their average age was 40.92±14.65 years. The distance on CT scan between the posterior and anterior ethmoidal arteries was 13.98±1.95 mm (9.3 to 18.6 mm). This distance in males was significantly higher than female (p=0.001). However, there is no difference in this distance between the left and right side (p=0.67). The distance between the posterior ethmoid artery and skull base ranged from 0 to 5.4 mm. The average distance between the posterior ethmoidal artery and skull base on CT scan was 0.95±0.94 mm. The diameter of the posterior ethmoid artery was 0.57-0.91 mm. The average diameter of the posterior ethmoidal artery on CT scan was 0.76±0.09 mm.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The characteristics of the posterior ethmoid artery should be considered when examining the CT scan. Distance from the posterior ethmoid This study provides useful information on the characteristics of the posterior ethmoid artery on CT scans, which can be applied in endoscopic sinus surgery and skull base surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sadiye Murat, Bilinc Dogruoz Karatekin, Melisa Zengin
{"title":"Clinical and Sonographic Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis.","authors":"Sadiye Murat, Bilinc Dogruoz Karatekin, Melisa Zengin","doi":"10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2024.60308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2024.60308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study assessed and compare the clinical and sonographic outcomes of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in patients with lateral epicondylitis (LE).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-two LE patients were randomly divided into two groups: the ESWT group (n=21) and the sham-ESWT control group (n=21). Both groups underwent wrist resting splinting, stretching, strengthening exercises for wrist extensors, and ice application. Grip strength, pain, and functionality were assessed by various tests, and common extensor tendon (CET) thickness was measured sonographically before, after, and 1 month after treatment by a blind examiner.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At baseline, there was no significant difference between the groups. Significant differences were observed in pain pressure threshold, grip strength, visual analog scale, and Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) scores between baseline, post-treatment, and 1 month after treatment in both groups (p<0.05). However, the Short Form- 12 (SF-12) physical scores showed a significant difference only 1 month after treatment (p<0.01). In the SF-12 mental score tests, no significant difference was found. CET thickness in the ESWT group significantly decreased after treatment and 1 month after treatment (p<0.05), whereas no significant difference was observed in the control group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both the ESWT and control groups showed a reduction in pain and improvement in function. However, the ESWT group showed statistically superior results in terms of pain reduction and functional improvement compared with the control group. In addition, sonographic evaluation revealed a significant reduction in CET thickness in the ESWT group, whereas no significant change was noted in the control group.</p>","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Punnapa Raviteja, Mrudula Chandrupatla, Alka V Bhingardeo, Surraj Susai
{"title":"The Dual Innervation of the Gluteus Maximus Associated with Other Anatomical Variations of the Gluteal Region.","authors":"Punnapa Raviteja, Mrudula Chandrupatla, Alka V Bhingardeo, Surraj Susai","doi":"10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2024.83652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2024.83652","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The gluteus maximus (GM) is a big quadrilateral musculature that lines the rear portion of the pelvis. It is innervated by the inferior gluteal nerve. The sciatic nerve, inferior gluteal nerve, and posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh are branches of the sacral plexus. The superior and inferior gluteal arteries are the chief arterial supply to the gluteal region. In the present case, there was a dual innervation of the GM. The superior gluteal artery and the superior gluteal nerve was piercing the piriformis and the inferior gluteal artery was running between the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh and the inferior gluteal nerve. According to our literature review, anatomical studies in which this cadaveric procedure has been performed have not been previously reported. The anatomical variations of the gluteal region are important to surgeons, physicians, anatomists, and nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2024.e001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2024.e001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Waode Fifin Ervina, S. Madyawati, I. Saputro, Dodi Safari, Rury Eryna Putri, Salma Zulqaida
{"title":"A Meta-analysis of Effect of Probiotic Lactobacillus sp. as Immunomodulating Inflammatory Responses","authors":"Waode Fifin Ervina, S. Madyawati, I. Saputro, Dodi Safari, Rury Eryna Putri, Salma Zulqaida","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.53822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.53822","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141353802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cong Trinh Tran, T. Le, Tran ThiThuy Hang, N. Ma, Ho Hoang Phuong, Tran Phanchung Thuy
{"title":"Correlation Between Vestibular Disorders and Superior Semicircular Dehiscence on High-resolution Computed Tomography at Tam Anh Ho Chi Minh General Hospital","authors":"Cong Trinh Tran, T. Le, Tran ThiThuy Hang, N. Ma, Ho Hoang Phuong, Tran Phanchung Thuy","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.55060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.55060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141352730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neslihan Uslu, Kagan Gungor, Gonca Tamer, Bülent Can
{"title":"Association of Dipeptidiyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors and Bullose Pemphigoid: A Report of Four Cases","authors":"Neslihan Uslu, Kagan Gungor, Gonca Tamer, Bülent Can","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.76508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.76508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141374875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ayşegül Kısaoğlu, Evren Kose, N. Yılmaz, K. Tanbek, A. Yıldız, U. Yilmaz, Rumeyza Hilal Cırık, Davut Özbağ
{"title":"Investigation of the Effect of Astaxanthin on Autophagy in Renal Ischemia-reperfusion Modeled Rats","authors":"Ayşegül Kısaoğlu, Evren Kose, N. Yılmaz, K. Tanbek, A. Yıldız, U. Yilmaz, Rumeyza Hilal Cırık, Davut Özbağ","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.27243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.27243","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141373678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Z. Onay, Sinem Can Oksay, Deniz Mavi Tortop, Gülay Bilgin, Y. Ayhan, F. Durankuş, S. Girit
{"title":"Impact of Long COVID on Lung Function in Children","authors":"Z. Onay, Sinem Can Oksay, Deniz Mavi Tortop, Gülay Bilgin, Y. Ayhan, F. Durankuş, S. Girit","doi":"10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.15853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4274/mmj.galenos.2024.15853","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37427,"journal":{"name":"Medeniyet medical journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141113795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}