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                                                                <journal-id>odu med j</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>ODÜ Tıp Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2148-6816</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Ordu University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.56941/odutip.1806997</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Clinical Sciences (Other)</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Klinik Tıp Bilimleri (Diğer)</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>RETİNA DEKOLMANI CERRAHİSİ SONRASI YÜZÜSTÜ POZİSYONLAMANIN BİR KOMPLİKASYONU OLARAK ULNAR NÖROPATİ</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Prone Positioning Following Retinal Detachment Surgery</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3501-9401</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kirbas</surname>
                                    <given-names>Serkan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ÖZEL İNOVA HASTANESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9861-274X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özeren</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ersin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ÖZEL İNOVA HASTANESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260501">
                    <day>05</day>
                    <month>01</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>13</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>39</fpage>
                                        <lpage>43</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20251020">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260120">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2014, ODÜ Tıp Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>ODÜ Tıp Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="tr">
                            <p>Retina dekolmanı için yapılan vitrektomide, retinaya yeterli yakınlaştırma ve kapanma sağlamak için bir gaz kabarcığı tamponadı yerleştirilebilir. Klavuzlarda yer almamasına rağmen ameliyat sonrası günlerce hatta haftalarca yüzüstü pozisyonlandırma, gaz kabarcığı tamponadının retinaya yerleşmesine yardımcı olabilir. Yüzüstü pozisyonun süresi, retina patolojisine, gaz türüne ve cerrahın tercihine göre değişir. Hastalar için sürekli yüzüstü pozisyonu korumak çok zordur ve bu hastalar başları masaya dayalı bir şekilde oturma veya uzanma pozisyonuna geçebilirler. Bu durum birtakım iskemik ve trombotik komplikasyonlara neden olabilmektedir. Malesef klinisyenler bunu yeterince bilmemekte veya göz ardı etmektedirler. Burada, retina dekolmanı ameliyatı sonrası uzun süre yüzüstü pozisyonuna bağlı ortaya çıkan ulnar nöropati vakasını farkındalık oluşturması açısından bildiriyoruz.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>In vitrectomy performed for retinal detachment, a gas bubble tamponade may be placed to ensure adequate approximation and closure of the retina. Although not included in clinical guidelines, maintaining a face-down position for several days or even weeks after surgery may help the gas bubble settle against the retina. The duration of the face-down positioning varies depending on the retinal pathology, the type of gas used, and the surgeon’s preference. Maintaining a continuous face-down position is quite difficult for patients. Therefore, they may adopt sitting or lying positions with their heads supported on a table. However, this may lead to certain ischemic and thrombotic complications. Unfortunately, clinicians are often unaware of or tend to overlook these risks. Herein, we report a case of ulnar neuropathy that developed as a result of prolonged prone positioning following retinal detachment surgery, in order to raise awareness of this potential complication.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>retinal detachment</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  prone positioning</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  ulnar neuropathy</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>retina dekolmanı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  yüz üstü pozisyonlama</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  ulnar nöropati</kwd>
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