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Number of Articles: 21
DIABETIC FOOT: CORRELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL ABNORMALITIES AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 0-0
Abstract
Diabetic foot ulceration is a serious and expensive complication with considerable morbidity that affects up to 15% of diabetic patients during their lifetime and 80-85% of amputations are preceded by foot ulcers. The aim of this work is to study the correlation between severity of clinical abnormalities ... Read More ...INDEPENDENCE, INTERDEPENDENCE, OR BOTH (ITS UP TO YOU TO CHOOSE)
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 1-1
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Read More ...THE EFFECT OF 2 AND 14 DAY TREATMENT WITH ASPIRIN, DICLOFENAC AND THEIR COMBINATION ON FRACTURE HEALING IN RABBITS
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 2-8
Abstract
The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) continues to expand at a remarkable rate due both to their broad spectrum clinical applications. NSAIDs are particularly important to patients with a variety of musculoskeletal conditions and injuries. With mounting evidence that NSAIDs do in fact ... Read More ...DRUGS AND FRACTURE HEALING: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE��
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 9-19
Abstract
racture healing is a physiological process by which bone regenerates itself following injury. It occurs through five stages: haematoma, inflammation, callus formation, consolidation and remodeling1,2. These stages are not sharply demarcated and that two or more stages may be seen at same time in different ... Read More ...NON-OBSTETRIC /GYNAECOLOGIC ABDOMINAL SURGERY DURING PREGNANCY
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 20-31
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Pregnancy is the only physiologic condition that is treated in the hospital environment. All other medical conditions that are treated in such a setting are pathologic. When a pregnant patient develops a pathologic condition that requires surgical intervention, it is imperative to remember that the lives ... Read More ...ELECTRO-CAUTERY VERSUS SCALPEL INCISION IN ABDOMINAL SURGERY
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 31-37
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Electrocautery is used increasingly for tissue dissection; fears of excessive scaring and poor wound healing curtailed its use for skin incisions. This study compared electrocautery incision with traditional scalpel incision for abdominal operations in general surgery. Two groups of 62 patients in each ... Read More ...THE CLOSED TECHNIQUE IN THE TREATMEMT OF PILONIDAL SINUS GIVES SUPERIOR RESULTS TO THE CONVENTIONAL OPEN TECHNIQUE; A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 38-42
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The aim of this study is to compare between excision followed by primary closure as the first type of treatment and excision with laying the tract open, to heal by granulation, as a second type of treatment of pilonidal sinus. Seventy three patients were included in the study. They were divided randomly ... Read More ...ANESTHESIA USING LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY FOR INTRA-NASAL SURGERY; A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 43-49
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The purpose of the study was to compare the suitability and safety of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), for intranasal surgery (INS) anesthesia, with endotracheal tube (ET) anesthesia. we studied 65 patients (ASA grade I and II, according to American Society of Anesthesia classification), aged (18-39) ... Read More ...LIPID PROFILE CHANGES IN PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 50-59
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We tested the hypothesis that the plasma lipid and lipoproteins concentrations are increased markedly in women with pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) relative to women with uncomplicated pregnancy and that these lipids decrease postpartum and to clarify the relation of lipid profile changes with the ... Read More ...EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF BURN INJURIES IN BASRAH
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 60-66
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This is a retrospective analytic study of the data collected from inpatients admitted to Basrah Teaching hospital during the period 1992 �1998. They were 1726 patients (not include those treated as outpatients) classified as males & females, adults and children ( Read More ...ENTERAL TUBE FEEDING AFTER SURGERY FOR UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCIES
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 67-72
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Patients with major upper gastrointestinal (UGI) resections that were made nil by mouth for 7-10 days postoperatively with pre-existing weight loss and depleted energy reserves in addition to increased metabolic rate needs nutritional support which serves to shorten the postoperative recovery phase and ... Read More ...ENTERAL TUBE FEEDING AFTER SURGERY FOR UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCIESIVE STUDY0
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 67-72
Abstract
Patients with major upper gastrointestinal (UGI) resections that were made nil by mouth for 7-10 days postoperatively with pre-existing weight loss and depleted energy reserves in addition to increased metabolic rate needs nutritional support which serves to shorten the postoperative recovery phase and ... Read More ...ADDICTION AND ANAESTHESIA
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 73-82
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Significant numbers of patients are seen for surgery and anesthesia with a history of chronic substance abuse. However, little is known about how these substances influences anesthetic physiology and pharmacology. Abuse of substances may involve a socially acceptable drug (e.g., alcohol, tobacco), a ... Read More ...RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF RENAL TUMOR IN SULAIMANIYA GOVERNORATE
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 83-88
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Fifty seven patients with renal tumor were analyzed in terms of incidence, age, sex, histopathological type, clinical presentation and risk factors regarding renal carcinoma. This study was conveyed in Chwarbakh Surgical Hospital, Sulaimaniyah Teaching Hospital, Shorsh Teaching Hospital and the private ... Read More ...AGE DISTRIBUTION OF FEMALE BREAST CANCER IN BASRAH 10 YEARS STUDY
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 89-93
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This study was conducted to determine the age distribution and mean age of female. Breast cancer patients from 1991-2000. Reports of breast lumpectomy and mastectomy were reviewed. About 648 reports of patients with breast cancer were found and reviewed for age only. Most patients were in the age group ... Read More ...EMERGENCY THORACOTOMY FOR CARDIAC OR GREAT VESSEL INJURIES : A REPRT OF 5 CASES.
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 100-109
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The different modes of injury to the heart extend from motor vehicle accidents to penetrating injury by a pencil tip1. The incidence of penetrating cardiac injuries appears to be rising, presumably because of an increase in civilian violence2. Penetrating cardiac injuries are still a challenge for surgeons ... Read More ...HAND PROBLEMS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 110-115
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This present study was conducted on 436 diabetic patients, hand disorders were detected in 135 patients (180 hands). The incidence of Dupuytren�s contracture was the highest 34%, carpal tunnel syndrome was diagnosed in 21% of the patients, flexor tenosynovitis in 19%, limited joint mobility in about ... Read More ...REFASHIONING OF AMPUTATION STUMP
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 116-123
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This is a prospective study was done on one hundred patients with late complications of the amputated stump between may 2001-2004 in Vincent Orthopedic center in Sulaimanya. There were eighty men and twenty women, their age range from seventeen to sixty years. Fifty patients with infected stump range ... Read More ...FASCIOLA GIGANTICA INFESTATION: A CASE REPORT
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 124-126
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Fascioliasis is one of the zoontic infestations which become world wide in distribution in the last twenty years. Clinical awareness of this entity of infestation is so important as it may masquerade as liver abscess and or infected liver cysts as hydatid as well as it is potentially reversible treatable ... Read More ...HUGE COMMON BILE DUCT STONE;REPORT OF A CASE`
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 127-129
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CASR REPORT SEE TEXT Read More ...Obituary : Dr. Falih Mohammed Hasan Al-Obaidi 1943-2004 Dr. F M Al-Obaidi, who unfortunately died suddenly in 2004, was a graduate of Baghdad College of Medicine in 1966. He had the degree of Diploma in Surgery from Baghdad university and the Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1979. He was appointed in Tikrit General Hospital, Ministry of Health and moved to join us in Basrah in 1979 were he was appointed as a lecturer, department of Surgery, Basrah College of Medicine. He also worked at Basrah General Hospital at first then he moved to Basrah Teaching Hospital in 1980 as a consultant in General Surgery where he was involved in both under and postgraduate teaching. His sincere interest in patients and colleagues quickly gained him the respect of all who met him. He was energetic and enthusiastic in all tasks he undertook. Dr. Falih worked for a period as a head of department of surgery in Basrah Teaching Hospital as well as he was the registrant of the department of surgery at Basrah College of Medicine for years. He was not only an excellent teacher but also a great asset to all. We always relied on him as he was known for his thorough, prompt and fair responses. In 1996 he moved to Baghdad and was appointed as Assistant professor in the department of surgery, Medical College of Baghdad University and Senior Consultant Surgeon in the Medical City Teaching Hospital. He was a man whose kind words, hearty laugh and personal warmth endeared him to all. We shall miss his good humour and quick wit. He is survived by his wife, his daughter and his son Adnan Y. Abdul Wahab
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2005, Page 130-130