Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes

Abstract Background Urinary incontinence (UI) and low quality of life (QoL) are two common conditions. Some recent literature proposed that these two entities can be associated. However, no attempt was made to collate this literature. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysi…

OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence and causes of pilonidal sinus in Turkish soldiers. DESIGN: Open study by questionnaire. SETTING: Military and University hospitals, Turkey. SUBJECTS: 1000 soldiers who presented for their first medical examination. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Correlation between factors known to be associa…

• ALİ COŞKUN

Acute left sided colonic diverticulitis is one of the most common clinical conditions encountered by surgeons in acute setting. A World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) Consensus Conference on acute diverticulitis was held during the 3rd World Congress of the WSES in Jerusalem, Israel, on July 7th, 2015. During thi…

• ARDA IŞIK

Acute left sided colonic diverticulitis is one of the most common clinical conditions encountered by surgeons in acute setting. A World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) Consensus Conference on acute diverticulitis was held during the 3rd World Congress of the WSES in Jerusalem, Israel, on July 7th, 2015. During thi…

• ELİF MANGAN

PURPOSE: Dysfunction of pelvic floor may cause many different symptoms, such as urinary and anal incontinence, obstructed defecation and constipation. No previous studies have examined all of these symptoms together. The purposes of the present study were to determine prevalence of pelvic floor disorders among the fem…

• ATİLLA HALİL ELHAN

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• MEHMET KILIÇ

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BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to compare the outcome of excision and primary closure with that of rhomboid excision and the Limberg flap procedure in patients with primary sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease (SPD). METHODS: Two hundred consecutive patients with SPD were randomly allocated to undergo either exc…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to compare the outcome of excision and primary closure with that of rhomboid excision and the Limberg flap procedure in patients with primary sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease (SPD). METHODS: Two hundred consecutive patients with SPD were randomly allocated to undergo either exc…

• TAHSİN ÇOLAK

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to compare the outcome of excision and primary closure with that of rhomboid excision and the Limberg flap procedure in patients with primary sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease (SPD). METHODS: Two hundred consecutive patients with SPD were randomly allocated to undergo either exc…

• TAHSİN ÇOLAK

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PURPOSE: Sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease is a source of one of the most common surgical problems among young adults. While male gender, obesity, occupations requiring sitting, deep natal clefts, excessive body hair, poor body hygiene and excessive sweating are described as the main risk factors for this disease, most…