Volume 29 (2023)
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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)
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CURRENT THOUGHTS AND APPROACHES OF THE ‎MANAGEMENT TO THE INJURED SPLEEN

Majeed H Alwan

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 9-23

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57508

Abstract
  The spleen is not considered any more to be dispensable1. By the end of the last century, virtually ‎none of the dogma believed to be unequivocally true 25 years earlier in the management of the ‎injured spleen was practiced. In this review several changes in the management of injuries to the ‎spleen, ...  Read More ...

HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES OF LIGAMENTA FLAVA IN ‎LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION AND SPINAL CANAL ‎STENOSIS

Hatem A Hatem; Khalida K Jbara; Thamer A Hamdan

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 24-37

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57509

Abstract
  ‏ ‏Samples of ligamenta flava were obtained after surgical operations from 50 patients with a ‎lumbar disc herniation, another 50 patients with a lumbar canal stenosis, and 25 patients with ‎spinal fractures who were used as control group. ‎ ‎ Ligamenta flava from control patients aged ...  Read More ...

THE TREATMENT OF OPEN & CLOSED TIBIAL ‎FRACTURES BY PRIMARY EXTERNAL FIXATION & ‎BONE GRAFT

Mohammad S Al-Edany; Thamer A Hamdan

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 38-44

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57510

Abstract
  ‎ We prospectively studied 64 patients with fracture shaft tibia, 23 patients with closed tibial fracture and ‎‎41 patients with open type. All fractures were stabilized by external fixation device AO/ASIF type after ‎failed manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) to restore the osseous alignment. ...  Read More ...

ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSIES VERSUS BRUSHING ‎CYTOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VARIOUS GASTRO ‎INTESTINAL LESIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ‎GASTRIC TUMOURS

Jasim M Al-Diab; Fatah Abdul Sahib; Sarkis K Strak

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 50-54

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57514

Abstract
  This study aimed to correlate the diagnostic efficiency of brushing cytology versus endoscopic biopsies ‎in the diagnosis of various gastro-intestinal lesions with especial reference to gastric tumours.‎ ‎ Eighty three patients who had visible mucosal lesions were studied. All lesions were brushed ...  Read More ...

A COMPARISON OF FOUR METHODS OF RIPENING THE ‎UNFAVORABLE CERVIX

Fouad Hamad Al-Dahhan; Ali Falih Al-Asadi

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 55-63

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57517

Abstract
  This study aimed to compare the efficacy of four clinical methods used for ripening unfavorable cervix in ‎Basra Maternity Hospital. ‎ ‎ A prospective study was conducted to compare four methods of ripening the unfavourable cervix : ‎Foley's catheter with extraamniotic saline infusion, Foley's ...  Read More ...

TREATMENT OF CLOSED UNSTABLE TIBIAL SHAFT ‎FRACTURE BY A UNILATERAL UNIPLANER EXTERNAL ‎FIXATION. IS A SECOND OPERATIVE STEP NECESSARY?‎

Mubder A Mohammad-Saeed

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 64-70

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57518

Abstract
  This is a prospective study was conducted in Basrah University Hospital from January 1996–‎January 2001.‎ ‎ Thirty patients with thirty closed tibial shaft fractures were treated until healing with a unilateral ‎uniplaner external fixation device that permits fracture site compression with ...  Read More ...

CHANGES IN THE AETIOLOGICAL FACTORS PATTERN ‎OF BREAST CANCER IN BASRAH; A PROSPECTIVE ‎STUDY

Mazin Hawaz Al-Hawaz; Zaidoon Khalaf Dahoos

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 71-78

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57520

Abstract
  This is a prospective case control study conducted over a period of two years to evaluate the risk ‎factors of breast cancer in Basrah.‎ ‎ One hundred and ten female patients with carcinoma of breast were admitted to the general surgical ‎department in three main referral hospitals in Basrah ...  Read More ...

REVIEW OF MALIGNANT AND BENIGN FINDINGS OF ‎COMPRESSION VERTEBRAL FRACTURES ON MRI

Kalid AL-Daod

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 85-90

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57521

Abstract
  ‎ The aim of this review is to establish the correct diagnosis of malignant and benign compression ‎vertebral fractures by MRI to determine treatment and prognosis. ‎ ‎ Over 5 months period all the MRI examination of fractured vertebrae reported by the radiology ‎department at KHMC were reviewed. ...  Read More ...

IDENTIFICATION OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION IN ‎PATIENTS WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES, ‎AND ITS ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITY

Saad Sh Hammadi

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 97-101

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57524

Abstract
  H.pylori is the cause of duodenal ulcer, and a lot of other gastrointestinal diseases, the aim of this study ‎was to see the extent of this microorganism in our patients and to study its antimicrobial sensitivity. The ‎study included 283 patients(148 males and 135 females) with upper gastrointestinal ...  Read More ...

THE PREVALENCE OF RETINOPATHY AMONG PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL ‎DISEASE

HAMDI S ABDUL-KHADER; KHALID I AL-MEARAJ; SARKIS K STRAK

Volume 11, Issue 2 , December 2005, Page 102-107

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2005.57526

Abstract
  Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder characterized primarily by chronic hemolytic anemia ‎and vaso-occlusive crises. It affects millions of people throughout the world. There is no tissue or ‎organ spared from injury by sickling disorder including the retina. ‎ ‎ ...  Read More ...