Browsing by Author "Uzun H."

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    Aesthetic breast perception among Turkish population
    (Turkish Society of Plastic Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, 2015) Kamburoğlu H.; Altuntas Z.; Yavuz N.; Kivanc O.; Dadaci M.; Evrenos K.; Selimoglu N.; Bitik O.; Uzun H.; Calis M.
    Introduction: Breast tissue has different composition, density, projection, position and shape among population. In literature, there are many studies that discuss the aesthetic shape or the anthropometry of breast tissue. But there is not much study which tries to find out the aesthetic perception of population. In this study we would like to find out Turkish people's aesthetic perception of the breast. Materials and Methods: This study was performed through a web site 'www.breastsurvey.net'. Nine demographic questions were asked to the participants (age, gender, education, monthly income, profession, marital status, number of children, city and country). Then the participants were asked to choose one from the 20 draw-arts, which range from AA to D cup size (AA, A, B, C, D) and from 38 to 44mm (38-40-42-44) areola. Breast sizes are calculated and drawn according to the EN13402 European Union Standard. Results: Four hundred and thirty seven people participated in our survey. Two hundred and four of them were male and 233 of them were female. D cup size was mostly preferred with a percentage of 70% among males. Similarly, D cup size was mostly preferred among female participants with a percentage of 40%. D cup size's popularity did not change in other subgroups (such as age, gender, education, monthly income, profession, marital status, number of children, city), either. Conclusion: If the breast shape is 'aesthetically perfect', bigger cup sizes (like 'D') are preferred in Turkish population regardless of socio-economic status. . In other words, the bigger is the better, in case it is beautiful.
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    Negative pressure wound therapy in the early period after hand and forearm replantation, is it safe?
    (MA Healthcare Ltd, 2016) Dadaci M.; Isci E.T.; Ince B.; Altuntas Z.; Evrenos M.K.; Uzun H.; Sönmez E.; Bitik O.
    Objective: In this study, effectiveness and reliability of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the early period after replantation will be examined retrospectively in a series of patients. Method: Patients who underwent replantation between 2007 and 2014, and had tissue defect or partial necrosis in the absence of a major circulation problem were included in this retrospective study. Following debridement of necrotic tissues on the postoperative 7-10 days, NPWT was applied to all patients one day later and adjusted as intermittent 75 mmHg pressure. Intermittent phase adjustment was arranged as 5 minutes suction and 2 minutes resting, and resting pressure was adjusted as 35 mmHg. NPWT was applied for six days and dressings were changed in every three days in the first six day period. Open wounds was debrided again and grafted with split-thickness skin graft and NPWT was continued over the graft for 4 days more. Results: There were 11 patients included of which nine amputations were complete and two were nearly total amputations of forearm. Granulation tissue was observed following 6 days of NPWT application in all patients. Graft survival was observed to be almost complete. Wound infection did not occur and tissue cultures obtained in the course of debridement were all negative. Partial oxygen saturations were between 96-99% during the NPWT. Conclusion: NPWT (75 mmHg) can be used in the intermittent mode in order to improve wound healing and shorten the period to start physical therapy in the early period after replantation and revascularisation. © 2016, MA Healthcare Ltd. All rights reserved.