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    Herpes Zoster Hastalarının Demografik ve Klinik Özelliklerinin Değerlendirilmesi
    (Selcuk University, 2023) Demirci Saadet, E.; Hasanbeyzade, S.; Hasanbeyzade, Sabir; Saadet, Elif Demırcı
    Background: Herpes zoster is a disease that is more frequently seen in people aged over 50 years and negatively affects the quality of life due to the development of post-herpetic neuralgia. This study aimed to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with herpes zoster. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the data of patients who were followed up with a diagnosis of herpes zoster at the dermatology department between 2013 and 2020 were retrospectively examined. Results: Of 440 patients, 252 (57.3%) were female and 188 (42.7%) were male. The mean age was 48.9±18 (4-94) years. The most common localization was the thoracic region at a rate of 35.5% and the lumbar region at a rate of 21.4%. Disseminated and ophthalmic zoster were more common in elderly patients (p<0.001). The most common comorbidities were hypertension (HT)+coronary artery disease (CAD) (12.6%), cancer (10.3%), and diabetes+HT (5.9%). Severe pain was observed in 19.7% of the patients and was more common in women (p=0.016). The rate of moderate and severe pain was high in the patients with HT+CAD and cancer (p˂0.001). Post-herpetic neuralgia was observed in 15.3% of the patients aged over 50. Conclusions: Herpes zoster is especially common in adults. Since it causes acute pain and can lead to postherpetic neuralgia development, risky patient groups should be more carefully followed up and treated. © 2023, Selcuk University. All rights reserved.
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    Effects of Total and Subtotal Glial Tumor Resection on Survival
    (2020) Ercan, Serdar; Ataizi, Zeki S; Ataizi, Fulya; Bulduk, Erkut Baha
    Objectives: Glial tumors are treated with a multidisciplinary team approach including specialists in brain surgery, radiology, pathology, radiation oncology and medical oncology. Surgery is one of the main treatment options. However,the effect of resection volume on prognosis is still uncertain. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationshipbetween the residual tumor volume and survival of the patients who were operated with the diagnosis of intracranialglial tumor in the last 5 years.Methods: Of 49 patients, 30 underwent total resection and 19 underwent subtotal resection.Results: The average surveys of total resection were 13.6 (6-32 months) months. 4 of 6 patients with anaplastic astrocytoma survived and the mean survey was 26.5 (4-45) months. The survey of subtotal resection group was significantlyshorter than the other TR group.Conclusion: As a result, recovery was inversely increased with residual tumor volume