Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the septic colon related-complications and death after primary repair (PR) of penetrating colon injuries (PCIs). Study Design: Retrospective observational study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Surgery...
Sbai Mohamed Ali, Ben Omrane Youssef, Ben Othma Nadia, Trabelsi Becem, Mecheel Ben Ali & Bouzaidi Khaled·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2022
Aims: We report the case of a patient presenting with paresthesia in the median nerve territory following compression by a palmar lipoma evoking a carpal tunnel syndrome. The aim of this work is to review the epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this pathology....
Omar Elsaka, Moneer Ayman Noureldean, Mohamed Adel Gamil, Mostafa Tarek Ghazali, Ashraf Hamada Abd Al-Razik & Dalia Hisham·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2021
Background: In recent years, liver transplants for children have become increasingly effective and low mortality rates. advances in science, surgery and neurosurgery, organ access, immunization, diagnosis and treatment of modern submissive head have resulted in improved implants...
Context: Hydatid disease or Cystic echinococcosis (CE), is caused by infestation with larva of Echinococcus granulosus, a ~2–7 mm long tapeworm found in dogs (definitive host) cattles and pigs (intermediate host) [1]. Disseminated abdominal hydatidosis, is a rare presentation of...
Background: Pneumothorax is defined by the accumulation of air between the visceral and parietal pleura. The degree of collapse after rupture of the visceral pleura determines the clinic of the pneumothorax. Acute respiratory distress syndrome is an important lung disease respons...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the nail bed is a rare tumour, several risk factors are incriminated in the genesis of this tumour: microtrauma, x-rays, arsenic, dyskeratoses and infections (HPV). It is a slow-growing local tumour, often neglected and considered as an onychomycosis le...
Background: The gold standard procedure for cholecystitis is laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The presence of a thickened GB wall has been recognized as a risk factor in the conversion of LC to OC. The goal of this study is to see if there is a link between gallbladder wall thicknes...
Background: The practice of starving patients in the immediate period after upper gastrointestinal surgery is widespread. It have shown that the early initiation of oral feeding is feasible and safe after upper gastrointestinal surgeries, and suggest that this practice may reduce...
Introduction: Fournier gangrene is a rapidly extensive necrotizing fasciitis of high morbidity and mortality despite the progress of therapeutic means, it is a medical and surgical emergency requiring multidisciplinary management. The aim of our work was to study the epidemiologi...
With very low reported incidence of 0.073% and 1.6% in western and Asian literature respectively, obturator hernia is a rare entity to encounter. Pre-operative diagnosis and timely management are key to survival. In this case report, we are presenting two cases of obstructed obtu...