Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences is an international, bi-monthly, peer-reviewed, diamond open-access journal published by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK). Turk J Med Sci is devoted to all fields of medicine and related health sciences. The journal is published in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal has been indexed in PMC since 2019 and included in SCI-E since 2009.
ISSN: 1300-0144
EISSN: 1303-6165
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Impact Factor (2024) 1
5-Year Impact Factor 1.5
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The Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences is pleased to announce its support to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs); the journal explicitly concentrates on good health and well-being.
Current Issue: Volume 56, Number 1 (2026)
Article
Review Articles
Mandibular extension as a trigger of the proprioceptive trigeminocardiac reflex
MASSIMO CONTI, GIOVANNA TRAINA, and DANIELE TONLORENZI
Pages 1-6
Heavy metals as endocrine disruptors
ARZU OR KOCA
Pages 7-14
Research Articles
Canakinumab treatment in patients with colchicine-resistant familial mediterranean fever: a multicenter observational study
EMRAH KOÇ, METE PEKDİKER, and METE KARA
Pages 15-22
Prevalence of gout in the Sincan district of Ankara, Türkiye: a primary care-based cross-sectional study
RIZA CAN KARDAŞ, YASEMİN ÜNSAL, DERYA YILDIRIM, HAKAN TÜZÜN, MUSTAFA NECMİ İLHAN, HAMİT KÜÇÜK, ABDURRAHMAN TUFAN, and M. AKİF ÖZTÜRK
Pages 23-31
Evaluation of the relationship between pan-immune inflammation value and prognostic factors in germ-cell testicular cancer: analysis of stage, lymph node involvement, and metastasis
ERDİNÇ DİNÇER, ORKUNT ÖZKAPTAN, CENGİZ ÇANAKÇI, OSMAN MURAT İPEK, ALPER COŞKUN, and AHMET HALİL SEVİNÇ
Pages 32-37
Sarcopenia in atrial fibrillation: a prospective study
MEHMET AKİF TOPÇUOĞLU, EZGİ YILMAZ, DİNÇ DOĞAN ÖGE, ALİ NAİM CEREN, RIDVAN MUHAMMED ADIN, and ETHEM MURAT ARSAVA
Pages 38-47
Validity of the Turkish version of the Oral Frailty Index-8 and its relationship with frailty, malnutrition, and sarcopenia in older adults
SÜLEYMAN EMRE KOÇYİĞİT, BİLAL KATİPOĞLU, YILMAZ ÖNAL, KÜBRA BAHAR BAYKAN, İLKNUR ŞEKER KAYA, FATMA SENA DOST, ÖZGE DOKUZLAR, ESRA ATEŞ BULUT, ALİ EKREM AYDIN, DERYA KAYA, and AHMET TURAN IŞIK
Pages 48-59
Preference of mechanical ventilation modes among intensivists in Türkiye: a national wide, point prevalence study
SÜLEYMAN YILDIRIM, NURHAYAT KILINÇ ÖZGÜN, ÖZCAN ALPDOĞAN, HÜSEYİN UÇAR, İMREN TAŞKIRAN, ADNAN ATA, ÖZHAN ÖZCAN, KIVANÇ ÖNCÜ, SABA MUKADDES ACARBAY, TEMEL GÜNER, PINAR ÖZGÜN, ZERRİN ÖZÇELİK, AYŞEGÜL ÇINAROĞLU, GİZEM KURADA, L. SERAP AVLAĞI, ONUR GÖKÇE, ÖZKUL YILMAZ ÇOLAK, FATMA ÜLGER, MELDA İŞEVİ, ÖZGÜR KILIÇ, RAHİME AYDIN KAYALI, METİN YARICI, BERKAY KÜÇÜK, FATMA YILDIRIM, KAMİL GÖNDEREN, BİŞAR ERGÜN, KUTLAY AYDIN, KAMURAN ULUÇ, SEVDA ONUK, MİNE ALTINKAYA ÇAVUŞ, YELDA BALIK, AHMET SARI, HAYRİYE CANKAR DAL, ŞERİFE GÖKBULUT BEKTAŞ, SEMA TURAN, FERHAN DEMİRER AYDEMİR, TÜRKAY AKBAŞ, HAMZA GÜLTEKİN, KANİYE AYDIN, SELİN EYÜPOĞLU, HAVVA KOCAYİĞİT, GÜRHAN TAŞKIN, KAZIM ROLLAS, MENSURE ÇAKIRGÖZ, and CENK KIRAKLI
Pages 60-70
Retrospective evaluation of treatment outcomes of Gasserian ganglion radiofrequency thermocoagulation in trigeminal neuralgia patients with multiple sclerosis
EMEL BAŞAR, NEVCİHAN ŞAHUTOĞLU BAL, and ERKAN YAVUZ AKÇABOY
Pages 71-76
Feeding Time Index and mortality in intensive care stroke patients: an exploratory cohort study
NEVZAT MEHMET MUTLU, DUYGU KARAKÖSE ÇALIŞKAN, TÜLAY TUNÇER PEKER, ÖZLEM BALKIZ SOYAL, AYŞE PINAR TİTİZ, BEHİYE DENİZ KOSOVALI, GÖKSAL GÜNERHAN, and BÜŞRA TEZCAN
Pages 77-89
Inflammation as a harbinger of death: a retrospective cohort study of preoperative biomarker risk stratification in orthopedic trauma
SERKAN AYDIN and BURHAN KURTULUŞ
Pages 90-98
Individualized respiratory exercise device originated in Türkiye: design, prototype, and first results
ÇİĞDEM EMİRZA CİLBİR, ÖZGE ERTAN HARPUTLU, HİKMET UÇGUN, BÜŞRA ÜLKER EKŞİ, SARPER KAYA, ESEN KIYAN, GÖKŞEN KURAN ASLAN, and BUKET AKINCI
Pages 99-106
Preoperative inflammatory and molecular marker changes in 125 supratentorial glioma cases
SEMİH CAN ÇETİNTAŞ, BURAK TAHMAZOĞLU, TUFAN AGAH KARTUM, RAHŞAN KEMERDERE, and TANER TANRIVERDİ
Pages 107-117
Proximal fragment perfusion following hip arthroplasty with subtrochanteric shortening osteotomy in patients with severe developmental dysplasia of the hip
VEDAT BİÇİCİ, HİLMİ ALKAN, ENEJD VEİZİ, ŞAHAN GÜVEN, SERKAN ÜNLÜ, ELİF ÖZDEMİR, TURAL TALIBLI, and AHMET FIRAT
Pages 118-127
Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation for the treatment of abdominal wall scar endometriosis
SAFFET ÖZTÜRK, UMUT ASFUROĞLU, ESİN KURTULUŞ ÖZTÜRK, SADIK AHMET UYANIK, GÜLCAN KOCAOĞLU, İSMAİL BURAK GÜLTEKİN, and HÜSEYİN LEVENT KESKİN
Pages 128-136
Efficacy of external oblique intercostal plane block in postoperative analgesia following laparoscopic radical nephrectomy
GİZEM AVCI, YUSUF ÖZGÜNER, DAMLA USALAN, CEM KORAY ÇATAROĞLU, HABİP YILMAZ, SAVAŞ ALTINSOY, and JÜLİDE ERGİL
Pages 137-143
Radial peripapillary capillary changes and retinal nerve fiber layer alterations in diabetic foot ulcers with mild-to-moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy: an OCTA study
EYÜPCAN ŞENSOY, HİKMET ERHAN GÜVEN, and MEHMET ÇITIRIK
Pages 144-151
Evaluation of colonization with multidrug-resistant microorganisms and the incidence of attributable infections in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
BURCU ÇALIŞKAN DEMİRKIRAN, GÜLŞEN İSKENDER, İPEK MUMCUOĞLU, DUYGU MERT, SİNAN DAL, TUBA DAL, SEMRA TUNÇBİLEK, MUSTAFA ERTEK, and FEVZİ ALTUNTAŞ
Pages 152-161
The impact of fall history on instability, disability, and anxiety in patients with chronic neck pain
BÜLENT BOZYİĞİT, EMRE SÖYLEMEZ, and AYDIN SİNAN APAYDIN
Pages 162-168
The burden of knee pain in the operating room: are surgical personnel at greater risk?
ÖMER FARUK NALDÖVEN, YAVUZ KARAMAN, BAŞAK SİNEM SEZGİN, ŞAHAN GÜVEN, ENEJD VEİZİ, and İZZET BİNGÖL
Pages 169-175
Etiologies of chronic cough in children: a two-year experience from a tertiary pediatric pulmonology center
YASİN MARUF ERGEN, NAGEHAN EMİRALİOĞLU, EBRU YALÇIN, DENİZ DOĞRU, UĞUR ÖZÇELİK, and NURAL KİPER
Pages 176-183
Levothyroxine poisoning in children: a multicenter study from Türkiye
KÜBRA ŞEN KÜÇÜK, ŞULE DEMİR, REYHAN DEVECİ SEVİM, FATMA AKGÜL, GÜLŞEN YALÇIN, ÖZNUR ESER, ALKAN BAL, ELİF ERGİN, SERCAN ÖZTÜRK, and AHMET ANIK
Pages 184-194
Clinical features and outcomes of childhood interstitial lung disease: a tertiary center experience
AYYÜCE ÜNLÜ, ŞULE SELİN AKYAN SOYDAŞ, SATI ÖZKAN TABAKÇI, IŞIL BİLGİÇ, MELTEM KÜRTÜL ÇAKAR, GAMZE AKCA DİNÇ, HANDE YETİŞGİN, ÇELEBİ YILDIRIM, GÖKÇEN DİLŞA TUĞCU, DİLBER ADEMHAN TURAL, SANEM ERYILMAZ POLAT, and GÜZİN CİNEL
Pages 195-207
Clinical outcome of extremity arterial injuries in the modern era
ALİ KUŞSAN, SELÇUK COŞKUN, ALP ŞENER, FERHAT İÇME, PINAR KÖKSAL COŞKUN, and GÜLHAN KURTOĞLU ÇELİK
Pages 208-217
Effects of transversus abdominis and erector spinae plane blocks on postoperative pain control and postpartum depression after cesarean section: a randomized prospective study
HİLAL BİRADLI, FEYZA ÇALIŞIR, and ALEV ÖZER
Pages 218-228
Examination of sexual health literacy and cyberchondria levels in women with vaginismus
GONCA TÜRKER ERGÜN, CEMAL ÜNLÜ, AYŞE KUYULU AKMAN, ELÇİN İŞLEK SEÇEN, and RAZİYE TOKSÖZ
Pages 229-236
CD20 molecule deficiency and carrier frequency: a village-based screening study
EBRU SÜMEN, MEHMET ALİ KARASELEK, SERKAN KÜÇÇÜKTÜRK, TUĞÇE DURAN, BÜŞRA YÜKSEL, MUSTAFA GENÇELİ, AYŞE SÜMEYRA ENGİN, MUHAMMED FURKAN ERDEN, TUĞBA ESRA PEKCANDANOĞLU, BİLAL BOSTAN, MAHMUT ESAD YURTSEVEN, NAZİRE NUR ONAT, ŞÜKRÜ NAİL GÜNER, SEVGİ KELEŞ, and İSMAİL REİSLİ
Pages 237-245
Association between frailty status and pain, balance, and quality of life in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
MUSA GÜNEŞ and AYDIN SİNAN APAYDIN
Pages 246-255
The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: risk factors, sources of infection, and sickness absenteeism
EZGİ GÜLTEN, GÜLE ÇINAR, İREM AKDEMİR, ELİF MUKİME SARICAOĞLU, İLKAY TAŞDAN, EMİNE ATMACA, SİBEL KAYMAKÇI, FATMA ŞANAL, DİLEK SEVİM AKDAŞ, ARZU BÜYÜM, GÜLŞAH KOCAALİ, SAFİYE TARAKÇI, ATİLLA HALİL ELHAN, MEHMET SERHAT BİRENGEL, KEMAL OSMAN MEMİKOĞLU, and ALPAY AZAP
Pages 256-264
Assessing the influence of third molar classification on the risk of caries in adjacent teeth
SİNAN YASİN ERTEM, FATİH DOĞANOĞLU, and FEHİME ALKAN AYGÖR
Pages 265-273
Involvement of SWAP-70 in proteolipid protein-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
CANAN ULUSOY, GİZEM KORAL, FATMA AKPUNAR SALMAN, MELİS ŞEN, EMİNE ŞEKERDAĞ KILIÇ, RECAİ TÜRKOĞLU, CEM İSMAİL KÜÇÜKALİ, YASEMİN GÜRSOY ÖZDEMİR, VUSLAT YILMAZ, and ERDEM TÜZÜN
Pages 274-281
Developing liposomal and ethosomal formulations with potent antioxidant and cytotoxic effects: unleashing the power of Achillea millefolium L.
ESRA AKKOL, SENA AKÇAKAYA MUTLU, GÖKÇE ŞEKER KARATOPRAK, ÇİĞDEM YÜCEL, SELEN İLGÜN, ESRA KÖNGÜL ŞAFAK, and MURAT KOÇ
Pages 282-291
Oleanolic acid–chitosan compound inhibits mitochondrial autophagy and malignant transformation of lung cancer through the PTEN/AKT pathway
ABULİMİTİ ABULAİTİ, XİAOHONG SUN, WARESIJIANG YIBULAYIN, DAN HE, KEMİNG XU, and XİAYİMAİERDAN YİBULAYİN
Pages 292-301
Neuroendocrine effects of exogenous adropin administration on the hypothalamic pituitary testicular axis in male rats
ERSEN ERASLAN, AYHAN TANYELİ, MUSTAFA CAN GÜLER, ASLI ÖZBEK BİLGİN, FAZİLE NUR EKİNCİ AKDEMİR, ELİF POLAT, SELİM ÇOMAKLI, NEZAHAT KURT, and TUĞBA BAL TAŞTAN
Pages 302-314
Fitness cost and biofilm formation in fosfomycin-resistant clinical Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates
MUSTAFA ÖKEER, SABİRE ŞÖHRET AYDEMİR, and BAYRI ERAÇ
Pages 315-325
Association of miR-34a with metastatic progression through the FoxO3a–SIRT1 regulatory axis in breast cancer
BANU ŞAHİN, İLKER BATUHAN BURAL, HÜSEYİN ÖZCAN, SENDEGÜL YILDIRIM, GAMZE TANRIÖVER, and ŞÜKRAN BURÇAK YOLDAŞ
Pages 326-332
The prevalence and impact of workplace violence in community pharmacies: a mixed-methods study
HİLAL İLBARS, BERNA TERZİOĞLU BEBİTOĞLU, SEYHAN HIDIROĞLU, FATMA BURCU DOĞANÇ, and YAĞIZ VAROL
Pages 333-343
The PERK signaling pathway as a marker of the unfolded protein response in patients with acute myeloid leukemia
NERGİZ ERKUT, TURHAN KÖKSAL, SELİM DEMİR, AHMET MENTEŞE, ÖZLEN BALTA, and MEHMET SÖNMEZ
Pages 344-350
Preventing spinal muscular atrophy through the national premarital screening program in Türkiye: an economic comparison with treatment costs
GAMZE DUR, GÜLCAN TECİRLİ, and NURULLAH OKUMUŞ
Pages 351-363
Contribution of adenosine A2A receptor agonist and antagonist on ovarian ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats
AZAD MAMMADOV, ABDULLAH TUNCAY DEMİRYÜREK, AHMET SARACALOĞLU, CAHİT DEMİRKIRAN, İSMAİL TUNCER DEĞİM, ÖMER ERONAT, and ŞENİZ DEMİRYÜREK
Pages 364-376
Nonclassical Philadelphia-positive FISH signal patterns in CML and seven cases with variant Philadelphia
SEVGİ IŞIK, OĞUZ ÇİLİNGİR, GÜLÇİN GÜNDEN, FİLİZ YAVAŞOĞLU, HÜLYA ÖZEN, MERT BURAK RAŞAN, and BEYHAN DURAK ARAS
Pages 377-385
Letters to the Editor
The enigmatic role of the C-reactive protein and albumin in Behcet’s disease
ZOHREH JADALI
Pages 386-387
Comment on “survival of patients with 2014 FIGO stage IIIC high‑grade serous ovarian cancer treated with platinum‑based adjuvant chemotherapy”
ABDULLAH SAAD, SYEDA ABEEHA HASAN, and SYEDA AKİFA SAJID
Pages 388-389
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Prof. Dr. Orhan KÜÇÜKŞAHİN Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye
- Associate Editors-in-Chief
- Prof. Dr. Berna TERZİOĞLU BEBİTOĞLU Marmara University, Türkiye
- Prof. Dr. İzzet BİNGÖL Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye
- Prof. Dr. Mustafa ŞAHİN Ankara University, Türkiye
- Prof. Dr. Şule Mine BAKANAY ÖZTÜRK Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye
