Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES

BACKGROUND: Intestinal endometriosis is a rare condition that can cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, constipation, and diarrhea. It occurs in approximately 5%-15% of women with endometriosis. Although it rarely leads to…

BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis is the leading emergency condition among surgical abdominal diseases. The treatment of choice for appendicitis is open or laparoscopic appendectomy. There are different methods for appendiceal stump closure. L…

Endometriosis is a disease seen in women at reproductive age, characterized by extrauterine localization of endometrial tissue. Colonic endometriosis rarely causes acute mechanical intestinal obstruction (AMIO). It may also be presented wit…

BACKGROUND: A rare cause of acute abdomen or intestinal obstruction, the abdominal cocoon syndrome is also described in the literature as sclerosing peritonitis or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis. Abdominal cocoon is characterized by t…

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of ectopic functional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. The most common locations are within the pelvis. Unusual sites ofendometriosis outside the pelvis have been reported, including th…

Since the electrosurgical instruments are commonly used in a wide variety of surgical specialties, understanding of the properties of these instruments is very important to prevent the potential complications. We report the case of a patien…