Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences is an international, bi-monthly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) - Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBIM). 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 (2023) 1.2
5-Year Impact Factor 1.6
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 54, Number 4 (2024)
Cover and Contents
Research Articles
Management of airway complications following lung transplantation: first interventional bronchoscopy experience in Türkiye
EFSUN GONCA UGUR CHOUSEIN, DEMET TURAN, MUSTAFA VAYVADA, ELİF TANRIVERDİ, AHMET ERDAL TAŞCI, MEHMET AKİF ÖZGÜL, and ERDOĞAN ÇETİNKAYA
Pages 615-622
Relationship between functional status and fatigue after COVID-19 infection: a multicenter study from Türkiye
İPEK CANDEMİR, PINAR ERGÜN, DİCLE KAYMAZ, MUSTAFA ENGİN ŞAHİN, İPEK ÖZMEN, ELİF YILDIRIM, ASLI GÖREK DİLEKTAŞLI, BÜŞRA YİĞİTLİLER, AYTEN ODABAŞ, DENİZ KIZILIRMAK, SEÇİL SARI, CELALETTİN KORKMAZ, CANTÜRK TAŞÇI, YAKUP ARSLAN, SEMA SAVCI, BUSE KAHRAMAN, AYLİN TANRIVERDİ, CAN SEVİNÇ, MELDA SAĞLAM, DENİZ İNAL İNCE, NACİYE VARDAR YAĞLI, EBRU KÜTÜKÇÜ, DİLBER DURMAZ, NESLİHAN DURUTÜRK, GAYE ULUBAY, LÜTFİYE KILIÇ, BENAN ÇAĞLAYAN, AYLİN MORAY, SABRİ SERHAN OLCAY, and GÜVEN ÖZKAYA
Pages 623-630
Turkish adaptation of the neonatal eating assessment tool–bottle-feeding in preterm infants discharged to home
BURCU AYKANAT GİRGİN, DUYGU GÖZEN, SABİHA ÇAĞLAYAN, and BRİTT PADOS
Pages 631-643
Prevalence and general characteristics of dementia: a nationwide population-based study of electronic health records in Türkiye
MERVE GÜNER, MELTEM KOCA, SERDAR CEYLAN, ARZU OKYAR BAŞ, AYŞE DİKMEER, MERT EŞME, OSMAN ÇELİK, MUSTAFA OKAN AYVALI, MURAT ÇAĞLAYAN, MUSTAFA MAHİR ÜLGÜ, GÜLNİHAL GÖKÇE ÜNAL, CAFER BALCI, NAİM ATA, MUSTAFA CANKURTARAN, BURCU BALAM DOĞU, and ŞUAYİP BİRİNCİ
Pages 644-651
Correlation between plasma ccfDNA, mtDNA changes, CTCs, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer patients undergoing NACT
BETÜL ÇELİK, İREM PEKER EYÜBOĞLU, SİNAN KOCA, MUSTAFA ÜMİT UĞURLU, ÖZKAN ALAN, GÖKÇE GÜLLÜ AMURAN, TUĞBA AKIN TELLİ, FULDEN YUMUK, and MUSTAFA AKKİPRİK
Pages 652-665
The frequency of potentially inappropriate medication usage in community-dwelling oldest-old people
FUAT NİHAT ÖZAYDIN
Pages 666-674
Comparison of the effects of 0.05% topical cyclosporine A versus 0.1% topical cyclosporine A on recurrence and clinical parameters following pterygium surgery
EMİN SERBÜLENT GÜÇLÜ, TAMER METİN, ÖMER ÖZER, and FATMA MERVE BEKTAŞ
Pages 675-681
Can prothrombotic gene variants and Apoa1 rs5069 polymorphism be the predictors of early myocardial infarctions?
HÜSEYİN BALCIOĞLU, ELİF FATMA ÖZKAN PEHLİVANOĞLU, UĞUR BİLGE, KADİR UĞUR MERT, MUHAMMET DURAL, EBRU ERZURUMLUOĞLU GÖKALP, OĞUZ ÇİLİNGİR, and SEVİLHAN ARTAN
Pages 682-687
Can volumetric magnetic resonance imaging evaluations be helpful in the follow-up of cognitive functions in cognitively normal Parkinson’s disease patients?
HASAN ARMAĞAN UYSAL, DUYGU HÜNERLİ, RAİF ÇAKMUR, BERİL DÖNMEZ ÇOLAKOĞLU, EMEL ADA, and GÖRSEV YENER
Pages 688-699
Evaluation of volume measurements of neuroanatomical structures related to speech in multiple sclerosis patients
HIDIR PEKMEZ, ANIL ALTIPARMAK, FEYZA İNCEOĞLU, MEHMET AKÇİÇEK, ASLI BOLAYIR, ZEYNEP ÖZBAY, MERVE AYDIN, and MUHAMMED FURKAN ARPACI
Pages 700-709
Prediction of inherited metabolic disorders using tandem mass spectrometry data with the help of artificial neural networks
PEMBE SOYLU ÜSTKOYUNCIU and NURETTİN ÜSTKOYUNCU
Pages 710-717
Serum vascular endothelial growth factor has diagnostic and prognostic significiances in ulcerative colitis
MUSA SALMANOĞLU, İRFAN KÜÇÜK, BAŞAK ÇAKIR GÜNEY, BETÜL DOĞANTEKİN, NURGÜL TÜKEL, ZELİHA SERİNDAĞ, HABİP YILMAZ, and MUSTAFA KAPLAN
Pages 718-726
Relationships between stenosis severity, functional limitation, pain, and quality of life in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy
AYDIN SİNAN APAYDIN and MUSA GÜNEŞ
Pages 727-734
Investigation of the status of immune checkpoint molecules (PD-L1 and PD-1) in meningiomas by immunohistochemistry
İSMAİL SAYGIN, EMEL ÇAKIR, SEHER NAZLI KAZAZ, ALİ RIZA GÜVERCİN, İLKER EYÜPOĞLU, and MÜŞERREF MÜGE USTAOĞLU
Pages 735-743
Prognostic and diagnostic utility of pancreatic stone protein in pediatric sepsis and mortality
MEHMET AKİF DÜNDAR, EMİN CERAN, and BAŞAK NUR AKYILDIZ
Pages 744-751
The sharp edge of immunosuppressive treatments: infections
AYBEGÜM ÖZŞAHİN, TUBA İLGAR, SUDEM MAHMUTOĞLU ÇOLAK, KÜBRA AKYÜZ, MELİH GAFFAR GÖZÜKARA, UĞUR KOSTAKOĞLU, İLKNUR ESEN YILDIZ, and AYŞE ERTÜRK
Pages 752-760
Do patients infected with human coronavirus before the COVID-19 pandemic have less risk of being infected with COVID-19?
GAMZE ŞANLIDAĞ İŞBİLEN, AYÇA AYDIN UYSAL, SELİN YİĞİT, ÖZGÜR APPAK, HİLAL SİPAHİ, GÜLENDAM BOZDAYI, ARZU SAYINER, CANDAN ÇİÇEK, ÖZLEM GÜZEL TUNÇCAN, and OĞUZ REŞAT SİPAHİ
Pages 761-765
Distal interphalangeal joint involvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: where are we?
METE PEKDİKER, SERTAÇ KETENCİ, and GÖKHAN SARGIN
Pages 766-770
Ventral approach augmented non-transected anastomotic urethroplasty (vANTA) in bulbar urethral strictures: single-center experience
MUSAB ALİ KUTLUHAN, SAİT AYGÜN, SELMAN ÜNAL, ASİM ÖZAYAR, EMRAH OKULU, KEMAL ENER, and ÖNDER KAYIGİL
Pages 771-777
Use of intraoperative microvascular Doppler during subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy in children reduces complications
CEM KAYA, SİBEL ERYILMAZ, ALPARSLAN KAPISIZ, ALİ ATAN, RAMAZAN KARABULUT, ZAFER TÜRKYILMAZ, and KAAN SÖNMEZ
Pages 778-783
Effect of sex-specific abdominal fat tissue composition on WHO/ISUP nuclear grade of clear cell renal cell carcinoma
ESER BULUT, ALİ KÜPELİ, MEHMET AKİF RAMAZANOĞLU, HASAN RIZA AYDIN, İBRAHİM SİBAL, FATİH BIÇAKLIOĞLU, FATİH YILDIRIM, ŞENOL ADANUR, and SALİH AL
Pages 784-791
Effect of vascularized jejunal conduit flap on peripheral nerve regeneration in rats
MAJİD ISMAYILZADE, BİLSEV INCE, PEMBE OLTULU, ZİKRULLAH BAYCAR, MÜNÜR SELÇUK KENDİR, and MEHMET DADACI
Pages 792-803
NNMT overexpression is an adverse prognostic factor in uterine leiomyosarcoma
OSMAN TÜRKMEN, KAMİL HAKAN MÜFTÜOĞLU, NAZMİYE DİNÇER, ZELİHA ESİN ÇELİK, and SERRA AKAR İNAN
Pages 804-810
Spinal stabilization exercises for transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus thickness via telerehabilitation and face-to-face approaches in patients with nonspecific chronic neck pain: a randomized controlled trial
DİLARA ONAN, ERKAN DEMİRCİ, EGEMEN TURHAN, and ÖZLEM ÜLGER
Pages 811-821
Comparison of Bulut Index-Beta method and Global Health Security Index: results from world countries
TEVFİK BULUT, MEHMET TOP, MURAT ATAN, and BURKAY GENÇ
Pages 822-837
The effect of wet cupping therapy on the clinical symptoms of adult-onset asthma: a randomized clinical trial
ABBAS JOUSHAN, HAMID REZA HATAMI, KHOSROW AGIN, HOORIEH MOHAMMADI KENARI, SAJJAD SADEGHI, and RASOOL CHOOPANI
Pages 838-846
Examination of the transport characteristics of pediatric trauma patients
RAMİZ YAZICI, MUHAMMED GÜNER, EFE DEMİR BALA, AYŞE FETHİYE BASA KALAFAT, EYÜP SARI, SALİH FETTAHOĞLU, RABİA BİRSEN TAPKAN, UTKU MURAT KALAFAT, AZİZ AHMET SÜREL, and SERKAN DOĞAN
Pages 847-857
The histological and biochemical analysis of the effects of radiofrequency radiation on testis tissue of rats and the protective effect of melatonin
ARMAĞAN YARDIM, BAHRİYE SIRAV ARAL, ARIN TOMRUK, SİNEM ORUÇ, KEVSER DELEN, DİLEK KUZAY AKSOY, CEMİLE MERVE SEYMEN, and GÜLNÜR TAKE KAPLANOĞLU
Pages 858-865
Chlorogenic acid ameliorates memory dysfunction via attenuating frontal lobe oxidative stress and apoptosis in diabetic rat model
RAMEDHEA LAILA AFIFA AN NUR WILLYA SAPUTRI, NUR ARFIAN, JUNAEDY YUNUS, FAUZIYATUL MUNAWAROH, SAGITA MEGA SEKAR KENCANA, and DWI CAYHANI RATNA SARI
Pages 866-875
Letters to the Editor
Targeted temperature management in obstetrics for prevention perinatal encephalopathy
ALEKSANDR L. URAKOV and NATALYA A. URAKOVA
Pages 876-877
Are there any concerns about usage of biological agents in psoriasis?
BURHAN ENGİN and EYLÜL KASAPOĞLU
Pages 878-879
Corrigendum
Corrigendum to “A retrospective study on the clinical and molecular outcomes of calpainopathy in a Turkish patient cohort” [Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 54 (1) 2024 86-98 ]
İZEM OLCAY ŞAHİN, EMİNE KARATAŞ, MİKAİL DEMİR, BÜŞRA TAN, HÜSEYİN PER, YUSUF ÖZKUL, and MUNİS DÜNDAR
Pages 880-880
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
- Assoc. 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
- Prof. Dr. Tuğba ENSARI Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye