Volume 29 (2023)
Volume 28 (2022)
Volume 27 (2021)
Volume 26 (2020)
Volume 25 (2019)
Volume 24 (2018)
Volume 23 (2017)
Volume 22 (2016)
Volume 21 (2015)
Volume 20 (2014)
Volume 19 (2013)
Volume 18 (2012)
Volume 17 (2011)
Volume 16 (2010)
Volume 15 (2009)
Volume 14 (2008)
Volume 13 (2007)
Volume 12 (2006)
Volume 11 (2005)
Volume 10 (2004)
Volume 9 (2003)
Volume 8 (2002)
A CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY IN SKULL BASE CENTER OF BASRAH

Mustafa Atiyah; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, , Page 12-16

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168427

Abstract
  Endoscopic Endo-nasal Trans-Sphenoidal (EETS) approach is a minimally invasive technique that has gained increased acceptability for removal of sellar and parasellar tumors. This prospective study was carried out on 50 patients in Basrah skull base center at Al-Sader Teaching Hospital between August ...  Read More ...

COMPARISON OF SURGICAL OUTCOME OF ENDOSCOPIC DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY WITH OR WITHOUT FLAP

Wissam Egab Aziz; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, , Page 25-29

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168431

Abstract
  The goals of this study were to evaluate the results of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and to compare the surgical success rates of the different procedures (with or without mucosal flap) in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. This prospective study investigated the results ...  Read More ...

COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY, IS IT SUPERIOR TO COLD STEEL METHOD?

Haider Hashim; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi; Sabah Al-Urabi

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, , Page 41-44

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168436

Abstract
  AbstractCoblation tonsillectomy is a new technique that was started in 1975, it involves passing a radiofrequency bipolar electrical current through a medium of normal saline, resulting in a plasma field of highly ionized particles which in turn break down intercellular bonds and thus melt tissue at ...  Read More ...

FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY

Ahmed M Al-Abbasi; Sabah A Al-Uraibi; Saddam S Atshan

Volume 26, Issue 2 , December 2020, , Page 12-18

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2020.167508

Abstract
  Abstract  Treatment of sinonasal diseases is either conservative or surgical. The recent advances in surgical management is the use of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) as it causes less morbidity, complication, pain and above all, less recurrence rates.  This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness ...  Read More ...

IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC, A LITTLE NEGLECT MAY BREED GREAT MISCHIEF

Ahmed M Al-Abbasi

Volume 26, Issue 1 , June 2020, , Page 3-8

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2020.165458

Abstract
    COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, is a highly communicable disease. There is urgent need for highlighting the ongoing outbreak to be public health emergency especially in our locality. Based on current published evidence, this review systematically summarizes the causative agent, epidemiology, ...  Read More ...

THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF TONSILLAR FOSSA CLOSURE AFTER TONSILLECTOMY; A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Muhanned M Al-Ali; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi; Haider Sabri Hashim; Haider K Saeed; Ali M Altaie

Volume 26, Issue 1 , June 2020, , Page 32-37

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2020.165463

Abstract
  The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of tonsillar fossa closure after tonsillectomy on the amount of intra-operative blood loss, post-operative pain and bleeding.  Sixty patients enrolled in this single blind case control study held at Basrah Teaching Hospital in the period from ...  Read More ...

HYPOCALCEMIA FOLLOWING THYROIDECTOMY; A PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN BASRAH, IRAQ

Rabee Hammed Qasim; Haider Kadhem Saeed; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi; Mohammed Mosa Mohammed

Volume 26, Issue 1 , June 2020, , Page 46-50

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2020.165483

Abstract
  This study aimed to find out the frequency of hypocalcemia in different thyroid procedures and the risk factors for its development.  One hundred thirty six patients underwent different thyroid surgeries for different thyroid diseases in the Surgical and Otolaryngology Departments of Basrah Teaching ...  Read More ...