Browsing by Author "Uslu, Serap"

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Effects of Ozone on Spinal Cord Recovery via the Wnt/beta-Catenin Pathway Following Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
(TURKISH NEUROSURGICAL SOC, 2017-01-01) Tural Emon, Selin; Uslu, Serap; Ilgaz Aydinlar, Elif; Irban, Arzu; Ince, Umit; Orakdogen, Metin; Gulec Suyen, Guldal
AIM: At the cellular level, spinal cord injury (SCI) provokes an inflammatory response that generates substantial secondary damage within the spinal cord but may also contribute to its repair. Besides intracellular antioxydant increase after exactly estimated oxidative stress
Effects of the Popular Food Additive Sodium Benzoate on Neural Tube Development in the Chicken Embryo
(TURKISH NEUROSURGICAL SOC, 2015-01-01) Tural Emon, Selin; Orakdogen, Metin; Uslu, Serap; Somay, Hakan
AIM: Many more additives have been introduced with the development of processed foods. Neural tube defects are congenital malformations of the central nervous system. More than 300 000 children are born with neural tube defects every year and surviving children remain disabled for life. Sodium benzoate is used intensively in our daily lives. We therefore aimed to evaluate the effects of sodium benzoate on neural tube defects in chicken embryos. MATERIAL and METHODS: Fertile, specific pathogen-free eggs were used. The study was conducted on five groups. After 30 hours of incubation, the eggs were opened under 4x optical magnification. The embryonic disc was identified and sodium benzoate solution was injected. Eggs were closed with sterile adhesive strips and incubation was continued till the end of the 72nd hour. All eggs were then reopened and embryos were dissected from embryonic membranes and evaluated histopathologically. RESULTS: We found that the development of all embryos was consistent with the stage. We detected neural tube obstruction in one embryo. Neural tube defects were not detected in any embryos. CONCLUSION: This study showed that sodium benzoate as one of the widely used food preservatives has no effect to neural tube defect development in chicken embryos even at high doses.
The effect of femoral nerve block on fracture healing via expressions of growth factors and beta-catenin
(VIA MEDICA, 2016-01-01) Uslu, Serap; Irban, Arzu Gercek; Gereli, Arel; Aydinlar, Elif Ilgaz; Elpen, Pinar; Ince, Umit
Introduction. Many patients of all ages are admitted to hospital due to bone fractures. The etiology of fracture has a very wide spectrum, ranging from motor accidents to pathological conditions such as tumors, osteoporosis, and others. Bone fracture healing is a well-programmed and well-organized process, but is also long and intractable. The outcome of this process is therefore affected by many factors, such as the patient's age, ethnicity, nutritional status, and extent of the fracture. At present, regional analgesic techniques are frequently applied in order to avoid the complications of systemic opioid administration, central block applications. Femoral block is one of the regional analgesic techniques frequently applied by anesthesiologists when the lower extremities are involved. In this study, we evaluated the effect of femoral nerve block on the healing of an experimental non-stabilized femur fracture via expression of TGF-beta, VEGF, and beta-catenin and bone histomorphometry in rats. Material and methods. In the control group, only the femoral fracture was performed and the bone was not fixated, similarly as in other groups. In the One-Day Block group, a one-time femoral nerve block was applied after the femoral fracture. In the Three-Day Block group, a daily femoral nerve block was performed for three days after the femoral fracture. On Days 4, 7, and 13, femurs were excised. The bone sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin to evaluate bone tissue and Safranin O to assess callus tissue, cartilaginous tissue, and new bone areas. TGF-beta, VEGF, and beta-catenin were assessed by immunohistochemistry. Results. Histomorphometric analysis revealed that femoral block application had a positive impact on bone healing. TGF-beta expression in the One-Day and Three-Day Block Groups was significantly higher than in the control group at all times, as was also the case with VEGF expression. On day 13, beta-catenin expression was significantly higher in the Three-Day Block group than the others. Conclusions. The results of the study suggests that the applications of a femoral nerve block for perioperative analgesia, for either one day or three days, resulted in better and more rapid bone healing.
The effect of organic silicon injection on Achilles tendon healing in rats
(TURKISH ASSOC ORTHOPAEDICS TRAUMATOLOGY, 2014-01-01) Gereli, Arel; Akgun, Umut; Uslu, Serap; Agir, Ismail; Ates, Filiz; Nalbantoglu, Ufuk
The Effect of Ozone Therapy on Experimental Vasospasm in the Rat Femoral Artery
(TURKISH NEUROSURGICAL SOC, 2016-01-01) Orakdogen, Metin; Uslu, Serap; Emon, Selin Tural; Somay, Hakan; Meric, Zeynep Cingu; Hakan, Tayfun
AIM: Oxidation products following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are among the causative substances of cerebral vasospasm and poor outcome. Ozone (O-3) is a gas that contains three atoms of oxygen with a cyclic structure. It has been suggested that application of low-dose ozone has an antioxidant effect and provides resistance to oxidative stress. We investigated the effect of oxygen-ozone therapy on rat femoral artery vasospasm. MATERIAL and METHODS: Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly separated into vasospasm, vasospasm + ozone and control groups. The femoral artery vasospasm model was used. Rats in the vasospasm + ozone group were given 4 mL of ozone (20 mu/mL) daily for 7 days. Femoral arteries were examined by light microscopy for histological changes and morphometric analysis. Kruskal Wallis test and Mann Whitney U tests were used for the statistical analysis. The values of p<0.01 and p<0.05 were recognized as statistically significant. RESULTS: Ozone treatment reduced the morphometric changes as irregularity of the elastic lamina, disruption of the endothelial cells, vacuolization and hemorrhages that caused by vasospasm. The measurements of the wall thickness (p=0.003