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Letters of the Shadow

December 2023

I usually write informative articles related to pediatric surgery, as you know. But this time, it's going to be a blog outside the field of medicine. In this section of the Pediatric Surgeon's Journal, I want to talk about my newly published book. Letters of the Shadow. It actually started as a hobby. I was curious about the Cyprus issue. I started reading. I tried to read almost all the books I could find, the theses available online, attending...

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Ooops! My child swallowed battery...

December 2023

In recent days, they brought in a child who had swallowed a battery, one of those flat, slim watch batteries that we are familiar with. On this occasion, I updated my own knowledge a bit, and I wanted to share it with you. In the pediatric surgeon's journal, I discussed cases of button battery ingestion. Happy reading, There is an article compiling 8648 cases of battery ingestion. 94% of these cases involve button batteries. Why? Because they are...

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My child has a small hole in their neck that sometimes gets wet... Branchial cleft problems...

October 2023

The other day, a 3-year-old girl came in. Under her neck, under the skin, there was a large abscess as you can see in the photo on the side. When I questioned her in detail, I learned that there used to be a tiny hole in that area, and occasionally, the mouth of this hole would get wet. We drained the abscess, and we are waiting for it to heal before removing the problematic area with surgery. When the mother said she didn't know that this hole...

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My child has a swelling on the neck... Thyroglossal duct cyst.

October 2023

A three-year-old girl is brought in due to a swelling on her neck. During the examination, I see a painless, soft swelling in the middle of her neck. The tests show that her thyroid gland is normal, and there is a cystic structure that extends to the hyoid bone through a channel in the middle. We remove the cyst along with the hyoid bone, and the problem is resolved. I explained the "Thyroglossal duct cyst," which is the most common congenital cyst...

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My child was stung by a bee...

August 2023

A pediatric surgeon can tell they're getting older when they start leaving the hospital during holidays; it means they're over 50 now... This year, I finally managed to find time to get away from Istanbul during the holiday. While exploring Gökova, I noticed that there were a lot of bees. As you know, beekeeping is an active livelihood for the people in Muğla. So, I thought I would share with you a common problem that can be encountered in the...

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Blood is coming from my child's butt.... Meckel's Diverticulum bleeding...

August 2023

A three-and-a-half-year-old boy is brought in because he passed about a teacup amount of fresh blood during a bowel movement. The color of the blood is pale, indicating significant blood loss. Normally, when children are brought in with complaints of bloody stools, common conditions like anal fissures or rectal polyps are considered, but they don't typically cause such excessive bleeding. Moreover, if there were a tear or fissure, one would expect...

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There is discharge from my cahild’s umbilicus... Urachus remnant...

June 2023

The story described is about a one-and-a-half-year-old boy who is brought with occasional complaints of yellow discharge from his belly button. During a detailed examination, the doctor notices a small hole on the inner surface of the belly button. Since the child is not willing to undergo an X-ray to see how far a piece of medicated liquid can travel from the hole, the doctor opts for an ultrasound instead. The ultrasound reveals an open channel...

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My baby has umbilical hernia, does he need surgery?

May 2023

I want to tell you about a situation that we encounter very often in the journal of a pediatric surgeon: umbilical hernia. We come across such strange situations... Tearful mothers who think they will lose their babies because of the swelling in the umbilical area, those who insist on attaching a metal coin to the umbilical hernia, and those who bring their very young babies for urgent umbilical hernia surgery... I wanted to briefly explain this...

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Umbilical cord infection in newborn baby...

March 2023

In the previous journey, I gave you information about how the umbilical cord is formed, how to care for the newborn umbilical cord, and the treatment of umbilical granuloma.  In this course, I will tell you about the umbilical infection that can be seen in newborn babies.   Immediately after birth, the navel begins to be invaded by thousands of microorganisms.  And as a matter of fact, the umbilical cord residue, which has begun to lose its...

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Newborn's umbilical cord...

February 2023

The baby is born.  Many people are used to small children, babies.  But in the first days, that wet, white-blue-colored extension hanging from the navel, the umbilical cord, can cause a lot of anxiety.  I will tell you about the umbilical cord of a newborn baby through the glasses of a pediatric surgeon. Earlier, I explained that a flat, 3-layered structure is formed in the first embryonic period.  This flat, disc-shaped structure begins to...

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