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 8 (2002)
COX-2 SPECIFIC INHIBITORS (COXIBS) CRISIS

Abbas Ali Mansour

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 137-143

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55561

Abstract
  Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) represent the most frequently prescribed medicine in the world. Their main disadvantages were related to their effect on the gut and kidney. Since the early 80s of the last century, drugs manufacturers try to discover a NSAIDs which does not affect the gut ...  Read More ...

THE VALUE OF ULTRASOUND GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS ANTEGRADE PYELOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY

Assal B. Shindi

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 153-158

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55568

Abstract
  Twenty-one patients with non-visualized kidney on intravenous urography (IVU), whose ultrasound (US) examinations showed moderate to severe hydronephrosis (3 of them subjected to non-conclusive retrograde uretropyelography), were included in this study. All of them underwent percutaneous antegrade pyelography ...  Read More ...

MALIGNANT THYROID DISEASE: A REPORT FROM ONE MAJOR HOSPITAL IN BASRAH

Bayan H. Al-Hakiem

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 159-163

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55569

Abstract
  This is a retrospective study, reviewing all surgically treated thyroid conditions in the period between September 1998 to September 2001. The results showed that the incidence of malignant thyroid conditions is 6.6%, and that papillary carcinoma is the most common thyroid cancer having an incidence ...  Read More ...

HAEMORRHOIDECTOMY: NEW MODIFICATION

Haytham Al-Najafi

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 164-166

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55570

Abstract
  This is a prospective study designed for the evaluation of the results of a modified surgical technique for the treatment of third and forth degree hemorrhoids in comparison with the classical milligan Morgan procedure. It was conducted during the period from January 1996 to January 2002 at Alzahrawi ...  Read More ...

SERUM CREATINE KINASE ACTIVITY IN THYROID DYSFUNCTION

Yasin A. Baqir

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 167-170

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55571

Abstract
  The serum activity of creatine kinase was determined in 52 patients with hypothyroidism (19 males and 33 females), 110 patients with hyperthyroidism (27 males and 83 females) and 187 control subjects (47 males and 140 females). The creatine kinase activity in patients with hypothyroidism was on the average ...  Read More ...

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF ULTRASOUND IN INFANTILE HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS

Nawfal S Daood

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 171-174

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55572

Abstract
  Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis was described for the first time at the end of the 19th century, yet, its etiology and pathogenesis are largely obscure to date. This study retrospectively investigates 35 children who presented to Baghdad Central Teaching Hospital for Children with upper gastrointestinal ...  Read More ...

EFFECT OF CIPROFLOXACIN ON SEMEN ANALYSIS IN HUMAN HEALTHY VOLINTEERS

Sofik V. Vartan

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 175-178

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55573

Abstract
  The effect of ciprofloxacin treatment on semen analysis was studied. Six apparently healthy volunteers with age ranging from 30-51 years were included in this study. Ciprofloxacin tablet (500 mg) was given to each volunteer twice daily for 14 days. Semen analysis was performed for them before ciprofloxacin ...  Read More ...

MEDICAL LESSON FROM THE OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

Thamer A Hamdan

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 179-184

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55575

Abstract
  A critical prospective analysis was conducted for the missile injuries of the extremities in Basrah University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the time of operation Iraqi Freedom (20th of March – 20th of April 2003). The wounds were classified into four grades according to the severity of the ...  Read More ...

WOUND INFECTION FOLLOWING CESAREAN SECTION

M. AL-Sabbak

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 185-190

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55576

Abstract
  A Retrospective case-control study conducted in Basrah maternity and child hospital during the period from December 2001 till September 2002. It aims at evaluating cases of wound infection in Basrah Maternity and Children hospital and comparing them to different variables, like, age, parity, medical ...  Read More ...

LOCAL-FOCAL NECROTIZING HAEMORRHAGIC ACUTE PANCREATITIS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Mahmood A.H. Salih

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 193-196

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55578

Abstract
  A rare case of a twenty-six years old male, presented to emergency department of Mosul General Hospital in Mosul, as acute abdomen, on exploration, acute local- focal necrotizing pancreatitis was found, presented as a tumour like swelling related to the distal part of pancreas, treated by necrosectomy ...  Read More ...

GIGANTOMASTIA WITH PREGNANCY, A CASE REPORT AND A REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Zuhair F. Fathallah

Volume 9, Issue 2 , December 2003, Page 197-200

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2003.55580

Abstract
  Gigantomastia or “Gravidic macromastia” during pregnancy is a massive diffuse enlargement of the breast during gestational period. It is a rare condition of undetermined aetiology, which may be due to hormonal excess, or hypersensitivity of the target organ to normal hormonal level. Histologically ...  Read More ...