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    Effects of iloprost and piracetam in spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rabbit
    (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2011) Kalkan, E.; Keskin, F.; Kaya, B.; Esen, H.; Tosun, M.; Kalkan, S. S.; Erdi, F.
    Study design: Experimental Study. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the neuroprotective effects of iloprost and piracetam on spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in the rabbit. Settings: The Experimental Research Center of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. Methods: A total of 24 rabbits were divided into four groups of six rabbits each, as follows: group 1 (n = 6) sham, laparotomy only; group 2 (n = 6) I/R; group 3 (n = 6) I/R + iloprost; and group 4 (n = 6) I/R + piracetam. I/R was established in groups 2, 3 and 4. Subsequently, they were followed up neurologically for 24 h until the rabbits were killed; biochemical and histopathological examinations of samples from the spinal cord were carried out. Results: Neurological examination results were significantly better in the iloprost and piracetam groups compared with the I/R group (P<0.05). Neuroprotection was achieved with iloprost and piracetam by suppressing malondialdehyde (P<0.05), increasing glutathione peroxidase activity (P<0.05) and decreasing the xanthine oxidase level. In histopathological assessment, iloprost and piracetam groups were statistically different from the I/R group in terms of the number of apoptotic neurons in gray matter and white matter, as well as in terms of degenerated neurons and glial cells (P<0.05). No statistical difference was determined between the four groups in the number of degenerated glial cells (P>0.05). Conclusion: This study has shown that iloprost and piracetam have neuroprotective effects in I/R injury both neurologically and histopathologically because of inhibition of lipid peroxidation. Spinal Cord (2011) 49, 81-86; doi: 10.1038/sc.2010.76; published online 29 June 2010
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    Intradural Intramedullary Conus Medullaris Metastasis of Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report
    (Journal Neurological Sciences, 2012) Keskin, F.; Kalkan, E.; Erdi, M. F.; Esen, H.
    Spinal cord metastasis is rarely seen. Intramedullary spinal metastasis has been defined between the rates of 0,9 -2,1% in the autopsies performed on the cancerous cases. And also intramedullary spinal metastases are defined at a rate of 8,5% in the cases which have metastasis at central nervous system. The male patient, who was at the age of 62, was admitted to our clinic with the complaints of serious back and left leg pain and weakness at the left leg which had begun 15 days before. Low anterior resection + total mesorectal excision + ileostomy were applied to the patient five years ago due to colorectal adenocarcinoma. The carcinoma was reported as adenocarcinoma grade II. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy were applied after postoperative period. Left SLR was positive and 3/5 monoparesis at left leg was determined in the patients neurological examination. Conus medullaris located tumor was determined in the magnetic resonance imaging of the patient. Intradural intramedullary tumor which was infiltrated to the conus medullaris was totally removed with microneurosurgical technique via Th12-L1-2 total laminectomy. Th11-L3 posterior instrumentation and fusion were added because of expansive laminectomy and L1 corpus involvement of the tumor. The histopathological examination was reported as colorectal adenocarcinoma metastasis. In this manuscript we report a colorectal adenocarcinoma metastasis to the conus medullaris for the first time in the literature. Key words: Colorectal adenocarcinoma, conus medullaris, metastasis, surgery