Criminal attacks involving stab wounds can be seen all over the world. Stab wounds and related organ injuries are somehow different than other kinds of injuries. Specification of our series was done and recent classical knowledge is presented.

Hashimoto's thyroiditis(HT) is the most common cause of hypothyroidism and is characterized by gradual autoimmune-mediated thyroid failure with occasional goiter development. HT is seven times more likely to occur in women than in men. Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma(WDTC)(papillary, follicular, and papillary with follicular varient), most prevalent form of cancer in the thyroid, is 2.5 times more likely to develop in women than men. Given the relatively high prevalence of these diseases and the increased occurence in women, we analyzed data from our institution to determine if there is a correlation between HT and WDTC in women.

Increasing application is being found in industry for the highpressure water jet. In the literature, nearly all the reported cases of high-pressure jet injury have been from jets of oil, grease, or paint and usually to the hand. There were few penetrating intraabdominal injury cases due to high pressure jet. We presented a man age the 17 who had 1 cm penetrating wound and 5-mm incision at the level of the gallbladder in the liver and 5mm seromusculer incision in front of the gastric antrum. High pressure water jet injuries should be considered surgical emergencies. A high index of suspicion of associated internal injuries and aggressive surgical intervention are required.

Lumbar discectomy is the most common operation in spinal surgery. Despite rare, it can cause severe complications such as vascular and visceral injuries. Case report: We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who developed acute abdomen at the third postoperative day following L5-S1 microdiscectomy. At the laparatomy, appendix was found to be partially transected at midlevel and appendectomy was performed. Her postoperative recovery was uneventful apart from the lumbar wound infection. Conclusions: Surgeons should be aware of visceral injury as a possible complication of discectomy and provide early diagnosis and treatment to prevent potentially fatal outcomes. In addition, to our knowledge, we present the first case report of appendix injury secondary to microdiscectomy and a brief review of the literature on intestinal injuries following lumbar disc surgery.

Typhoid is a systemic infection caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi and it is still endemic in our country.Methods: Three national and two international databases were sought. The key words were determined as “tifo ve Türkiye” for national databases and “typhoid and Turkey” for international databases.The data obtained from 1585 cases. Most common symptoms determined in patients were fever (85.1%), abdomen pain (63.7%), vomiting (30.4%), diarrhea (27.9%) and headache (22.8%). Most determined findings in physical examination were hepatomegaly (29.8%), splenomegaly (22.9%), relative bradycardia (17.6%), abdominal tenderness (13.6%) and abdominal distantion (12.3%). In 609 cases (35.3%),the diagnosis was established by isolating S.enterica serovar typhi in cultures performed from various materials. Typhoid is diagnosed in Turkey mainly by clinical signs and treatment is carried out empirically. Though there are no serious problems with these drugs in Turkey, resilient cases are reported in various regions of the world. Protection of people are essential for controlling of typhoid fever in endemic areas.

Carcinoid tumor is the most common type of neuroendocrine tumor. Appendix is one of the most common sites of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors. Appendectomy may be performed without mesoappendix excision by some surgeons in general practice. In that case, what happens, if a carcinoid tumor turns out to be responsible for the symptoms? In our series, this practice and carcinoid cases were discussed.