Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 56, Number 5 (2026)
Cover and Contents
Research Articles
Quality of life and religiosity of breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy with sequential tumor bed boost: a pilot study
EFROSYNI KYPRAIOU, IOANNIS KOUKOURAKIS, ANDROMACHI KOUGIOUMTZOPOULOU, KALLIOPI PLATONI, MARINA CHALKIA, KYVELI ZOURARI, EFSTATHIOS EFSTATHOPOULOS, NIKOLAOS KELEKIS, ANNA ZYGOGIANNI, and VASSILIS KOULOULIAS
Pages 1365-1372
Multicentre real-world outcomes of reference bevacizumab and two biosimilars in treatment-naïve neovascular age-related macular degeneration
EYÜPCAN ŞENSOY, MEHMET ÇITIRIK, BURHAN BAŞKAN, HASAN ÖNCÜL, and ABDULLAH BEYOĞLU
Pages 1373-1383
Factors associated with relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a single-center retrospective cohort study
SERDAR SEZER, ŞEYDA YİĞİTBAŞI, ZEHRA KARAMAN ONGUN, EMİNE USLU, MÜÇTEBA ENES YAYLA, AŞKIN ATEŞ, and TAHSİN MURAT TURGAY
Pages 1384-1396
Collateral circulation as a predictor of reperfusion injury: insights from mechanical thrombectomy in stroke patients
ELİF UZUN ATA, ASİYE SÖZERİ, and GÜRDAL ORHAN
Pages 1397-1405
Clinical and prognostic significance of glomerulonephritis in clinically indicated kidney allograft biopsies
HATİCE ŞAHİN, FATMA AYERDEN EBİNÇ, GÜLAY ULUSAL OKYAY, EMRE YAŞAR, EBRU GÖK OĞUZ, FEVZİ COŞKUN SÖKMEN, KADİR GÖKHAN ATILGAN, EBRU ŞEBNEM AYVA, and MEHMET DENİZ AYLI
Pages 1406-1419
Turkish translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the patient-reported Villalta scale for the diagnosis of postthrombotic syndrome in patients with vascular Behçet disease
TUĞÇE KÜBRA GÜNEŞ, MURAT KARABACAK, MEHMET UMUT ÇAPAR, TÜLİN ERGUN, RAFİ HANER DİRESKENELİ, and FATMA ALİBAZ ÖNER
Pages 1420-1429
Baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT-derived metabolic parameters and intratumoral heterogeneity in relation to survival in bone sarcomas
HALİM ÖZÇEVİK, MÜGE ÖNER TAMAM, MERYEM ESLEM BİÇEN ALTIN, CÜNEYT TAMAM, MERVE NUR ACAR TAYYAR, and MEHMET MESUT SÖNMEZ
Pages 1430-1441
Epicardial adipose tissue thickness and aortic elasticity in seronegative and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: a comparative evaluation of subclinical cardiometabolic burden
ABDULLAH NABİ ASLAN and YUNUS EMRE ÖZBEBEK
Pages 1442-1450
Impact of weather changes on pediatric trauma: a detailed demographic analysis
NURİ KORAY ÜLGEN, ALİ SAİD NAZLIGÜL, NİHAT YİĞİT, SADIK EMRE ERGİNOĞLU, ARSLAN KAĞAN ARSLAN, and MEHMET ORÇUN AKKURT
Pages 1451-1461
Lactulose hydrogen breath test findings in children and adolescents with duodenogastric reflux and suspected small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: a pilot study
HATİCE YILMAZ DAĞLI, ZAFER ŞAHİN, DUDU DUYGU CİVAN, REHA ARTAN, and AYGEN YILMAZ
Pages 1462-1469
Decoding the silent damage: clinical and electrophysiological features associated with occupational n-hexane exposure
MEHLİKA PANPALLI ATEŞ, UMUR POYRAZ, MUSTAFA YURTDAŞ, and EMİN GEMCİOĞLU
Pages 1470-1475
Patterns and clinical outcomes of necrotizing soft tissue infections: a 5-year single-center cohort study
MERT CAN RADOR, AHMET CAN TUZLUKLU, GAYE FİLİNTE, KAAN GİDEROĞLU, ALPEREN KAHRAMAN, BİLAL ERYILDIRIM, and HASAN FEHMİ KÜÇÜK
Pages 1476-1487
Endovascular management of vascular complications in hemodialysis patients: a single-center experience
ATİYE CENAY KARABÖRK KILIÇ, BURAK MERT AKHAN, NEMAT IBRAHİMKHANLI, ESRA KULAKSIZ TURAN, FATİH ÖNCÜ, MEHMET KORAY AKKAN, AHMET BARAN ONAL, and ERHAN TURGUT ILGIT
Pages 1488-1498
Is the 2D:4D ratio different in patients with Dupuytren’s disease compared with the normal population?
MUSTAFA YASİN HATİPOĞLU and TEVFİK ONUR ÖZDEMİR
Pages 1499-1503
Subclinical trigeminal involvement in Bell’s palsy: insights from cranial somatosensory evoked potentials
AHMET HAKAN EKMEKCİ, BURCU SÜMEYYE ÇAĞAR, and NADİRE ÜNVER DOĞAN
Pages 1504-1513
Association between acetabular morphology parameters and hip osteoarthritis: a multivariable and diagnostic performance analysis
NİHAT YİĞİT, NURİ KORAY ULGEN, HAYRETTİN UNAL, ALİ SAİD NAZLIGUL, MEHMET ORÇUN AKKURT, and ARSLAN KAĞAN ARSLAN
Pages 1514-1523
Microbiota awareness and glycaemic status in primary care patients: A cross-sectional observational study
CANSU SEPETÇİ and ERHAN ŞİMŞEK
Pages 1524-1534
Effects of a virtual reality-based nature video intervention on sleep quality and mental well-being in patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial
HATİCE YAĞCI KARAMANLI and NURAY BİNGÖL
Pages 1535-1545
Posture and musculoskeletal symptom burden, but not daily step count, are independently associated with physical quality of life in office workers: a cross-sectional study
GÜLSEMİN ERTÜRK ÇELİK, ABDURRAHMAN İSKENDER, AHMET USTA, and ALPER DOĞANCI
Pages 1546-1555
Delta lactate-to-albumin ratio predicts major complications in patients with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
AYTAÇ POLAT, SELCUK GULMEZ, DENİZ AVAN, AZİZ SERKAN SENGER, ORHAN UZUN, MURSİT DİNCER, NURİ HAVAN, ERDAL POLAT, and MUSTAFA DUMAN
Pages 1556-1564
Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the NOSE-Perf scale
AYKUT ÖZDOĞAN, ZÜLKÜF KÜÇÜKTAĞ, GÖKÇE SAYGI UYSAL, ENES AHMET SUBAY, and SERDAR ÖZER
Pages 1565-1573
Methylphenidate-related cardiac and cardiovascular safety: a bibliometric and network analysis
ÖMER ÇAĞLAR YILMAZ and SADETTİN BURAK AÇIKEL
Pages 1574-1587
Effects of topical and systemic pirfenidone on postlaminectomy epidural fibrosis in a rat model
ÖZGÜR ÖCAL, ZUHAL YILDIRIM, AYŞE ÇAKIR GÜNDOĞDU, ABDURRAHİM TAŞ, BETÜL YAMAN, ABDURRAHMAN ÇETİN, GÖKHAN GÜRKAN, and ABDURRAHMAN AYCAN
Pages 1588-1597
Lipopolysaccharide-induced acute systemic inflammation is associated with depression-like behavior and increased hippocampal EphA4 expression
SENEM ESİN YAVAŞ, ÖZKAN YAVAŞ, AYŞE AKBAŞ, SEDA IŞIKLAR, and SEMİHA ERSOY
Pages 1598-1611
Effects of topical glycerin and hydrogen peroxide on auditory brainstem response thresholds in a rat model of tympanic membrane perforation
ÖZLEM AKKOCA, EMİNE AYDIN, ŞULE DEMİRCİ, RIDVAN HALİT PAMUK, EMİNE CEREN ERSÖZ ÜNLÜ, HARUN ÇOBAN, and YÜCE İSLAMOĞLU
Pages 1612-1620
Psychological distress among dental students: a comparative study of preclinical and clinical stages
ÖMER FARUK SARI, ELİF ALBAYRAK, and MUHAMMED HİLMİ BÜYÜKÇAVUŞ
Pages 1621-1627
Letters to the Editor
Reporting consistency and functional interpretation in comprehensive geriatric assessment of older adults with heart failure
AHMET AYKUT
Pages 1628-1629
Comments on “Pregnancy outcomes in systemic sclerosis before and after diagnosis: a retrospective nationwide cohort study”
MUHAMMAD FAISAL SHABBIR, MUKSH MAHESHWARI, CHAND RAJ, and MARIA BALOCH
Pages 1630-1631
Intrafamilial variability in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease due to a shared PKD1 mutation: a potential signal of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor benefit
SAİDE ELİF GÜLLÜLÜ BOZ, HANDE AYPEK, GÖKHAN ÖNGEN, GÜLŞAH ÇEÇENER, ALPARSLAN ERSOY, and ABDULMECİT YILDIZ
Pages 1632-1635
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
