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EUROPEAN JOURNAL of GENERAL MEDICINE
An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in the Field of General Medicine
www.ejgm.org
Aims and Scope
EUROPEAN JOURNAL of GENERAL MEDICINE (ISSN 1304-3897 ) is an English multidisciplinary peer-reviewed medical journal publishing articles in the fields of general medicine. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF
GENERAL MEDICINE is published quarterly (January, April, July and October) by the Society of Health
Sciences Researchs, Turkey.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL of GENERAL MEDICINE encourages submissions from all authors throughout the
world. Manuscripts are judged by two experts solely on the basis of their contribution of original
data, ideas and their presentation. All manuscripts must comply with Instructions to Authors. The
following articles will be considered for publication: editorials, original and review articles, brief
reports, case reports, letters to the editor, and book reviews.
Submitted manuscripts must not have been published, accepted for publication or be under consideration elsewhere. Investigation on human subjects should conform to the guidelines noted in
the World Health Organization Chronicle 1976; 30: 360-362.
All articles will be critically reviewed by the editor and members of the editorial or advisory
board of the journal within 2 months, but longer delays are sometimes unavoidable. Full details
may be found in the section of Instructions to Authors at the end of this issue.
The free-full text of the journal is available from online system. Please visit the journal website
(www.ejgm.org).
Indexing and Abstracting Services: The journal is currently indexed/included in Bioline International,
EBSCO, CINAHL, Scopus, EMBASE, Index Copernicus, Swets Information Services, TUBITAK ULAKBIM Turkish Medical Database, Turkey Citation Index and Chemical Abstracts Service.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL of GENERAL MEDICINE
An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in the Field of General Medicine
www.ejgm.org
INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS
as a paragraph.
European Journal of General Medicine (EJGM) is a scientific
publication of Health Sciences Researches Society. Please
entirely read the instructions discussed below before
submitting your manuscript to the journal. European Journal
of General Medicine publishes original articles on clinical or
experimental work, case histories reporting unusual syndromes
or diseases, brief reports, technical and educative reviews,
recent advancement of knowledge of the medical sciences with
original images, questionnaires of defining disease, and letters
to the editor. Final recommendation for publication is made by
the editorial board and at least two independent reviewers.
The copyrights of articles accepted for publication is belonged
to journal. This is determined by the assignment of copyright
statement, signed by all authors. The journal is published four
times in a year. The language of the journal is Turkish and/
or English. Manuscripts submitted to the journal should not
be published before or not under consideration elsewhere (in
the case of previous oral or poster presentation of the paper
at scientific meetings author should inform the journal). The
full responsibility of the articles (ethic, scientific, legal, etc.)
published in the journal belong to the authors. If the paper is not
prepared in conformity with the writing instructions, decision
for its evaluation will be made by the members of the editorial
board. The all correspondences (manuscript submission,
follow up, reviwers repots, revision files, acceptance form
and other forms about publications) about European Journal
of General Medicine (EJGM) should be made online at http://
www.ejgm.org/online_makale.php?dil=en. The rules about the
manuscripts that would be submitted are given below.
Reviews should be composed of Turkish and English title. In
abstract, numbers of words should not exceed 300. In reviews
number of tables and figures (or pictures) should not exceed 6.
Abstracts should be written as a paragraph. Letter to editor,
brief report, image report, advancements in technical and
medical topics and questionnaires of original issues should not
exceed 2 typewritten pages. Its should be composed of Turkish
and English abstracts (50 words).
WRITING INSTRUCTIONS
Submitted manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft
Word program. All manuscripts, figures and pictures must be
submitted electronically as word and pdf format (http://www.
ejgm.org/online_makale.php?dil=en). Authors should ensure
that (apart from the title page) the manuscript should contain
no clues about the identity of authors and institution where
the study was performed. All papers should be arranged on the
basis of following sequence: 1. Title page, 2. Turkish abstract,
3. English abstract, 4. Text of the article, 5. References, 6.
Table(s), 7. Figure(s) and illustration(s), 8. Figure legend(s).
In the original articles number of words should not exceed
4000 (except abstract, references, tables, figures and legeds)
for the text of article and 300 for the abstract. Upper limit
for reference number is 40, and this limit is 10 for tables
and figures. Abstracts should be written as a paragraph. Case
reports should be composed of Turkish and English title, Turkish
and English abstracts, introduction, case report, discussion
and references. The number of typewritten pages should not
exceed 8 pages and 3 picture in case reports. In abstract,
numbers of words should not exceed 150 and should be written
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT
Title Page Title of the article should not exceed 100 chaTitle of
the article should not exceed 100 characters in original articles
and 80 characters in case reports. Title should be written
both in English and Turkish. The first and last names for all
contributors designated as author should be written clearly.
Subsequently, address of the institution where the study was
performed should be written clearly. If the study was previously
presented in any scientific meeting, name and date (as daymonth-year) of the organization should be written. The name
and mailing address of the corresponding author, accompanied
by telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail should be written at
the bottom of title page.
Abstracts; Abstracts should be given in separate sheets. English
title should be used for English abstracts. No title is required
for Turkish abstracts. The abstracts should not exceed 400
words in original articles and 200 words in case reports. Turkish
and English key words should be listed at the bottom of the
abstract page in original articles and should not be more than
5 words. In selecting key words, authors should strictly refer to
the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list of the Index Medicus.
Turkish key words should be selected from Turkish Science Term
((http://www.bilimterimleri.com). The abbreviations should
not be used in the abstract.
Text; Text is composed of Introduction, Materials and Methods,
Results and Discussion. Introduction: The matter and purpose
of the study is clearly defined. Materials and Methods: This
should include the date and design of the study, the setting,
type of participants or materials involved, a clear description
of all interventions and comparisons, and the statistical
analysis. Results: Collected data and results of statistical
analysis should be outlined in this section. Discussion: The
discussion section should include interpretation of study
findings and results should be considered in the context of
results in other trials reported in the literature. All written
content should be prepared in conformity with grammar and
punctuation rules. Avoid abbreviations whenever possible;
in case of necessary, it should be given in parentheses when
they are first used. References, figures, tables and illustrations
should be consecutively numbered in the order in which they
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An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in the Field of General Medicine
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have been cited in the text. All measurement units in the text
should be used in accordance with international standards for
units of measurement. References; References should be given
in a separate sheet with double spaced. References should be
consecutively numbered in the order in which they are first
mentioned in the text using Arabic numerals (in parentheses).
Reference number should be placed at the end of sentence
before the period. If there are multiple references number use
“,” between them and “-” should be inserted between digits
when three or more consequtive references are used [e.g.
(1,2), (1-3)]. Journal references should include the following
information: year, volume, first and last pages of article. Book
references should include only year and first and last pages of
the article. Authors in the references should be cited with last
names and first initials. Journal’s title should be abbreviated in
conformity with the Index Medicus system. References should
be cited as per the examples below. If there are more than
6 authors, only first 3 may be listed followed by “ve ark” for
Turkish and “et al” for English references.
Journal references:
1- Vikse BE, Aasard K, Bostad L, Iversen BM. Clinicalprognostic
factors in biopsy-proven benign nephrosclerosis. Nephrol Dial
Transplant 2003;18:517-23
Book references:
1- Danovitch GM. Handbook of Kidney Transplantation. Boston:
Little, Brown and Company (Inc.), 1996: 323-8
Chapter in book references:
1- Davison AM, Cameron JS, Grünfeld JP, Kerr DNS, Ritz E,
Winerals CG.
Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology.In
Williams G, ed. Mesengiocapillary glomerulonephritis. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1998: 591-613
Tables; Tables should be printed on a separate sheet with
double spaced. Each table should contain a table number in
the order in which they are first mentioned in the text and
title that summarizes the whole table. All abbreviations used in
the table should be alphabetically arranged and defined under
the table (e.g., PS; pulmonary stenosis, VSD: ventricular septal
defect).
Figures and Illustrations; Figures and illustrations should
be named and numbered. Figures should be provided with a
minimum of 300 dots per inch (dpi) in JPEG format and should
be clear. Figures must be submitted online during manuscript
submission. Figures embedded into article will not be accepted.
If authors accept to charge extra cost, colored publication of
the illustrations is possible; otherwise all illustrations will be
published as black and white. All abbreviations used in the
figures and illustrations should be alphabetically arranged
and defined under the footnote. Technique and ratio of
magnification for photomicrographs should be indicated. The
editorial board has the right to make any revisions on the
manuscript unless such changes interfere with the scientific
data presented.
REVISION AFTER REFEREE REPORT
Authors should point by point reply the items on which revision
is demanded via referee report to the reserved box in the online
system and as addiotional files should be uploaded (http://
www.ejgm.org/online_makale.php?dil=en). Additionally they
should do necessary changes in article and highlight them and
submit online again.
FINAL CHECKING
1. All pages have been numbered beginning form first page of
the text. 2. Assignment of copyright form has been properly
filled and signed. 3. The abstract should not exceed 300 words
in original articles and 150 words in case reports. 4. The title has
been separately written in Turkish and in English. 5. References
is in conformity with the instructions. 6. All abbreviations used
in tables, figures and illustrations have been defined.
ONLINE STEPS
At http://www.ejgm.org/online_makale.php?dil=en page
1. Article Type *, 2. Article Title in English *, 3. Running Title*,
4. Manuscript Abstract in English *, 5. Key Words in English and
Turkish *, 6. This sections should be uploded at 5 steps(Article
File, Article File in PDF Format, Title Page, Form of Matters
Related to Copyright Transfer Agreement and Instructions for
Authors, Uploaded Main Files, Additional Files (figures, pictures
and tables.
PERMISSIONS: All inquiries regarding copyright material
from this publication should be directed to Health Sciences
Researches Society.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL of GENERAL MEDICINE
An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in the Field of General Medicine
www.ejgm.org
Owner of European Journal of General Medicine
Koksal Yuca, M.D.
Chairman of Health Science Research Society
N.E. University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of ERT
Konya, Turkey
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ISSN: 1304-3889
EUROPEAN JOURNAL of GENERAL MEDICINE
An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in the Field of General Medicine
www.ejgm.org
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Kürşat Uzun
Reha Erkoç
Bekir Atik
SECTION EDITORS
Suhail Ahmad, USA
Gerard Criner, USA
Yalçın Solak, Turkey
Emin Maden, Turkey
Beyhan Eryonucu, Turkey
Ekrem Doğan,Turkey
M. Sıddık Ülgen, Turkey
Murat Unalacak, Turkey
Remzi Altın, Turkey
Kadir Acar, Turkey
Cem M Börüban, Turkey
Abdullah Doğan, Turkey
Ali Sallı, Turkey
Kadriye Beril Yüksel, Turkey
Mehmet Sayarlıoğlu, Turkey
Yaşar Şen, Turkey
Fatih Akçay, Turkey
Kenan Gümüştekin, Turkey
Bünyamin Ünal, Turkey
Hakkı Gökbel, Turkey
Satoshi Hirohata,Japan
Haluk Dülger, Turkey
Cevdet Altınyazar, Turkey
Bülent Oran, Turkey
Yaşar Şen, Turkey
Oktay Sarı, Turkey
Harun Toy, Turkey
Halil Kıyıcı, Turkey
Erdinç Çiçek, Turkey
Mehmet Emin Sakarya,
Turkey Serdar Toker, Turkey
Tevfik Küçükkartallar, Turkey
Hakan Çankaya, Turkey
İsmail Katı, Turkey
Murat Özdemir, Turkey
Köksal Yuca, Turkey
Önder Tan, Turkey
Adnan Çınal, Turkey
Aysel Kıyıcı, Turkey
İsmail Zarasız, Turkey
Ramazan Yılmaz, Turkey
İbrahim Sarı, Turkey
Kadir Ceylan, Turkey
Aysun Toker, Turkey
Serdar Gergerlioğlu, Turkey
Necmi Kıymaz, Turkey
Said Bodur, Statistical editor
EDITORIAL BOARD
Abdülbaki AGBAŞ, USA
Henrik BIERING, Germany
Fatma FİDAN, Turkey
Canan AĞALAR, Turkey
Gianluigi BISLERI, Italy
Giampietro GASPARINI, Italy
Fatih AĞALAR, Turkey
M. Akif BÜYÜKBEŞE, USA
Marc GENTILI, France
Suhail AHMAD, USA
Roger W. BYARD, Australia
Georgia GIOULA, Greece
Fatih AKÇAY, Turkey
Miktat BOZER, Turkey
Faik GIRISKEN, Germany
Ramazan AKÇAN, Turkey
Ayşe CEFLE, Turkey
Cesare GRIDELLI, Italy
Hakan AKILLI, Turkey
Marcelo P. CAVALCANTI, Brazil
Fuat GÜRKAN, Turkey
Hülya AKSOY, Turkey
Dave D. CHADEE, West Indies
Ahmet GÜL, Turkey
Salih AKSU, Turkey
Malay CHATTERJEE, India
Ekrem GÜLER, Turkey
Ömer AKYOL, Turkey
Francesko CORCIONE, Italy
Bülent GÜRLER, Turkey
Hişam ALAHDAB, Turkey
Hüseyin ÇAKSEN, Turkey
Muhammed GÜVEN, Turkey
Mustafa ALDEMİR, Turkey
Bektur DANIAROV, Germany
Galip GÜZ, Turkey
Süleyman ALICI, Turkey
Emile DARAI, France
Naotaka HAMASAKI, Japan
Gernot S ALTEDORNEBURG, Germany
Kenan DEMİR, Turkey
Hasan HERKEN, Turkey
Kadri ALTUNDAĞ, Turkey
Reha DEMİREL, Turkey
David W. HOLT, UK
Nicolino AMBROSINO, Italy
Kadir DEMİRCAN, Turkey
Gregory G. HOMISH, USA
Halil ARSLAN, Turkey
Abdullah DOĞAN, Turkey
Salih HOŞOĞLU, Turkey
Recep AYGÜL, Turkey
Ekrem DOĞAN, Turkey
Haitham IDRISS,USA
Mustafa BAKIR, Turkey
Fatma DURSUN, Turkey
Andre KAHN, Belgium
Derya BALBAY, Turkey
Tevfik ECDER, Turkey
Shigeyuki KANO, Japan
Francis W. BALLARDIE, UK
Aydın ECE, Turkey
Şemsettin KARACA, Turkey
Metin BAŞARANOĞLU, Turkey
llker ERCAN, Turkey
İlhan KARACAN, Turkey
Talantbek BATYRALIEV, Turkey
Mehmet EREN, Turkey
Saliha KARATAY, Turkey
Ali BAY, Turkey
Fikret ERGÜNGÖR, Turkey
Akın KAYA, Turkey
Hüseyin BAYRAMLAR, Turkey
Mehmet ERİKOĞLU, Turkey
Mehmet KAYRAK, Turkey
Grant M. BAXTER, Scotland
Alfio FERLITO, Italy
Halil KIYICI, Turkey
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Aysel KIYICI, Turkey
Orhan ÖZBEK, Turkey
Ömer SOYSAL, Turkey
Dmitry KAZAKOV, Czech Republic
Hakan ÖZDENER, USA
Hui SUI, China
Rumeyza KAZANCIOĞLU, Turkey
Faruk ÖZER, Turkey
Güven S SUNAM, Turkey
Nicholas KIPSHIDZE, USA
Hakan ÖZHAN, Turkey
Orhan TARÇIN, Turkey
Abdulkadir KOÇER, Turkey
Mehmet ÖZKÖKELİ, Turkey
Servet TATLI, USA
Hasan KOÇOĞLU, Turkey
Önder ÖZTÜRK, Turkey
Harun TOY, Turkey
Maeda KOUTAROU, Japan
Il-Kwon PARK, Republic of Korea
Hatice TOY, Turkey
Rossen K. KOYTCHEV, Germany
Markku PARTINEN, Finland
İbrahim TUNCAY, Turkey
Sami KUÇUKŞEN, Turkey
Igor PERSHUKOV, Russia
Volkan TUZCU, USA
Han LI-KUN, Japan
Mark A. PETERMAN, USA
Aydn TÜRKMEN, Turkey
Kevin J. LALIBERTE, USA
Joachim PFANNSCHMIDT, Germany
Serdar UĞRAŞ, Turkey
Karoly LAPIS, Hungary
Doris POPP, Germany
Das N. UNDURTI, USA
Jean-ClaudeM LUBANDA,Czech Republic
Bruce E. POLLOCK, USA
Efkan UZ, Turkey
Burkhard J. MANFRAS, Germany
Listernick ROBERT, USA
Mehmet ÜNLÜ, Turkey
Valeri MASENKO, Russia
Lane M. ROBSON, USA
Ayhan VERİT, Turkey
Muhammed A MEMON, Australia
Mehmet E. SAKARYA, Turkey
Michael V. VITIELLO, USA
Jaime M. MONTI, Uruguay
Anatoliy SAMKO, Russia
Hüseyin VURAL, Turkey
Megumi MATSUMOTO, Japan
Mustafa SARSILMAZ, Turkey
Peter WARK, UK
E. Michael MOLNAR, USA
Mehmet SAYARLIOĞLU, Turkey
Murat YAĞMURCA, Turkey
Alvaro Jose J. MONTIEL, Mexico
Hayriye SAYARLIOĞLU, Turkey
İlhan YARGIÇ, Turkey
Motohito N/A NAKAGAWA, Japan
Otto SCHÜCK, Czech Republic
Ahmet YEŞİLDAĞ, Turkey
Matthew NAUGHTON, Australia
Mehmet Ş. SEVER, Turkey
Mehmet YAZICI, Turkey
Nobuyuki NEGORO, Japan
Alper SEVİNÇ, Turkey
Mehmet YAZICI, Turkey
Kemal ÖDEV, Turkey
M.Tuğrul SEZER, Turkey
Müslüm YURTÇU, Turkey
Mehmet OKKA, Turkey
Maria T. SHIPKOVA, Germany
Zeki YILDIRIM, Turkey
Bülent ORAN, Turkey
Neeru SINGH, India
Sinan YOL, Turkey
Serkan ÖZAKBAŞ, Turkey
Valentin SINITSYN, Russia
Müslüm YURTÇU, Turkey
Nihal ÖZARAS, Turkey
Aytekin SIR, Turkey
Frederik J. ZIJLSTRA, Netherlands
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An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in the Field of General Medicine
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CONTENTS
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Clinical Profile of Thorax and Lung Injuries Associated with the 2011 Van Earthquake in Turkey
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Abidin Şehitoğulları, Ali Kahraman, Fuat Sayır, Oral Akın, Gökçen Sevilgen, Ufuk Çobanoğlu
Comparison of The Postoperative Analgesic Effects of Wound Infiltration with Tramadol and Levobupivacaine in Children
Undergoing Inguinal Hernia and Undescended Testis Surgery
74
Chilaiditi Syndrome
79
A Comparative Single Dose Bioequivalence Study of Extended Release Antihypertensive Drug Formulation among Healthy
Human Volunteers
83
Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Homocysteine Levels in Dialysis Patients
90
Effects of Fentanyl with Levobupivacaine on Cognitive Functions and Cerebral Oxygenation
96
Bahanur Cekıc, Ufuk Dogan, Sukran Geze, Engin Erturk, Ahmet Besır
Ahmet Okuş, Serden Ay, Mustafa Çarpraz
Supriya Deshpande, Vivek Vijayrao Paithankar
S Sami Erdem, F Hümeyra Yerlikaya, Zeki Tonbul, Kültigin Türkmen, F Mehmet Erdur, Alpaslan Taner, Hümeyra Çiçekler, Idris Mehmetoglu
Muhammet B Cegin, Ugur Goktas, Ismail Katı, Abdulmenap Guzel, Orhan Binici
Effectiveness of Home Exercise Program in Patientswith Knee Osteoarthritis
Halim Yılmaz, H. Almula Demir Polat, Gülten Karaca, Sami Küçükşen, H. Ekrem Akkurt
102
CASE REPORTS
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coexisting Parkinson’s Disease a Report of 5 Cases
108
Coexisting Behçet’s Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis
112
Primary Hiperplastic Persistant Vitreus
109
Soft Tissue Abscess Caused by Aspergillus Fumigatus in an Immunosuppressive Patient
118
Wilson Disease with Situs Inversus Totalis
123
Umit Secil Demirdal, Ozge Yılmaz Küspeci, Vural Kavuncu, Ayhan Bolluk
Sami Küçükşen, Sinan Bağçacı, A. Yavuz Karahan, Muhammed Şahin, Hatice Uğurlu
Ibrahim Guler, Mehmet Emin Sakarya, Ahmet Kucukapan, Huseyin Ozbiner, Çiğdem Samur
Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Recep Tekin, Özcan Deveci, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete, Saim Dayan
Mehmet Erdogmus, Samet Karahan, Mustafa Basak, Kadir Bulut, Deniz Avcı, Ali Çetinkaya
BRIEF REPORTS
A Rare Cause of Hydrocephaly: Tectal Glioma
126
Inverse Bat Wing
128
Gunes Orman, Aynur Turan, Alper Bozkurt, Omer Yilmaz, Nese Asal, Mahmut Duymus
Naseer S, Chauhan S