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    Simultaneous resection for colorectal cancer with synchronous liver metastases is a safe procedure: Outcomes at a single center in Turkey
    (IRCA-BSSA, 2017) ERDİM, AYLİN; Dulundu, Ender; Attaallah, Wafi; Tilki, Metin; Yegen, Cumhur; Coskun, Safak; Coskun, Mumin; Erdim, Aylin; Tanrikulu, Eda; Yardimci, Samet; Gunal, Omer
    The optimal surgical strategy for treating colorectal cancer with synchronous liver metastases is subject to debate. The current study sought to evaluate the outcomes of simultaneous colorectal cancer and liver metastases resection in a single center. Prospectively collected data on all patients with synchronous colorectal liver metastases who underwent simultaneous resection with curative intent were analyzed retrospectively. Patient outcomes were compared depending on the primary tumor location and type of liver resection (major or minor). Between January 2005 and August 2016, 108 patients underwent simultaneous resection of primary colorectal cancer and liver metastases. The tumor was localized to the right side of the colon in 24 patients (22%), to the left side in 40 (37%), and to the rectum in 44 (41%). Perioperative mortality occurred in 3 patients (3%). Postoperative complications were noted in 32 patients (30%), and most of these complications (75%) were grade 1 to 3 according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. Neither perioperative mortality nor the rate of postoperative complications after simultaneous resection differed among patients with cancer of the right side of the colon, those with cancer of the left side of the colon, and those with rectal cancer (4%, 2.5%, and 2%, respectively, p = 0.89) and (17%, 33%, and 34%, respectively; p = 0.29)]. The 5-year overall survival of the entire sample was 54% and the 3-year overall survival was 67 %. In conclusion, simultaneous resection for primary colorectal cancer and liver metastases is a safe procedure and can be performed without excess morbidity in carefully selected patients regardless of the location of the primary tumor and type of hepatectomy.
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    Clostridium difficile: A rare cause of pyogenic liver abscess
    (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2016) DULUNDU, ENDER; Toprak, Nurver Ulger; Balkose, Gulcin; Durak, Deniz; Dulundu, Ender; Demirbas, Tolga; Yegen, Cumhur; Soyletir, Guner
    Extra-intestinal infections due to Clostridium difficile have been reported rarely. Herein we report a case of pyogenic liver abscess from toxigenic C. difficile in an 80-year-old non-hospitalized woman with diabetes mellitus, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases. The patient was admitted to the emergency department with fever and abdominal pain. There was no history of diarrhea or use of antibiotics. Laboratory parameters revealed signs of inflammation and elevated AST and ALT levels. Abdominal ultrasound and computer tomography showed multiple focal lesions in the bilateral liver lobes and hydropic gallbladder with stones. The patient underwent cholecystectomy and the liver abscesses were drained. Toxigenic C difficile strains were isolated from the drained pus and also from the stool sample. According to repetitive-element PCR (rep-PCR) analyses both organisms were the same. The organisms were susceptible to antibiotics. Despite proper antibiotic therapy and surgical drainage, the patient succumbed to her illness. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    A Simple Method to Evaluate Whether Pancreas Texture Can Be Used to Predict Pancreatic Fistula Risk After Pancreatoduodenectomy
    (SPRINGER, 2015) TÜNEY, DAVUT; Yardimci, Samet; Kara, Yalin Burak; Tuney, Davut; Attaallah, Wafi; Ugurlu, Mustafa Umit; Dulundu, Ender; Yegen, Sevket Cumhur
    Soft pancreas is one of the most important risk factor for postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy. The aim of this study is to investigate whether pancreatic attenuation index utilized to assess the pancreatic texture with computed tomography can be used to predict the risk of developing a clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy. We reviewed 76 consecutive patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy between 2012 and 2014. The pancreatic attenuation index is found by dividing the pancreas density by the spleen density achieved with non-enhanced computed tomography. The independent predictors of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula were investigated. Clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula occurred in 13 patients (17.1 %). The group of patients with postoperative pancreatic fistula is compared with the group of patients without postoperative pancreatic fistula in terms of age, gender, body mass index, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, smoking, alcohol consumption, medical comorbidities, preoperative biliary drainage, type of anastomosis, and pancreatic duct size and pancreatic attenuation index. Univariate analyses have shown a significant difference in relation to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pancreatic attenuation index. The multivariate analyses showed that only pancreatic attenuation index was associated with a high postoperative pancreatic fistula rate (P = 0.012). A preoperative non-contrast computed tomography scan evaluating pancreatic attenuation index could help to predict the occurrence of clinically significant postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy.