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BARIATRIC SURGERY; RISK AND BENEFIT

ISSAM MERDAN

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 4-18

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56197

Abstract
  Obese patients loss more weight with bariatric surgery than with medical weight loss treatment. ‎The laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure results in more short term weight loss ‎than laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, but the latter has fewer postoperative ‎complication and lower ...  Read More ...

HOW TO EQUIP AN AMBULANCE‎

SALAM N ASFAR

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 19-23

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56208

Abstract
  Almost four decades ago, the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of ‎Surgeons (ACS) developed a list of standardized equipment for ambulances. Since 1988, the ‎American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has published a similar list. Both of those ‎organizations collaborated on ...  Read More ...

BLOOD METALS LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH RETAINED MISSILE

Thamer A Hamdan

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 24-29

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56209

Abstract
  Our aim is to investigate the levels of blood lead, serum copper, zinc and iron in patients with ‎retained missile. Blood lead, serum copper, zinc and iron concentrations were measured in 54 ‎patients with retained missile and compared with 60 control apparently healthy individuals by ‎flame atomic ...  Read More ...

THE PATTERN OF OSTEOSARCOMA IN SOUTHERN PART OF IRAQ

LAMIA JARRALLAH

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 35-41

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56731

Abstract
  Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor of mesenchymal cells characterized by the direct formation of bone or osteoid tissue by the proliferating malignant tumor cells. Grading of tumor is a good prog¬nostic indicator. It constitutes a basic factor of the current Enneking osteosarcoma staging system. The ...  Read More ...

IDIOPATHIC SCLEROSING ENCAPSULATED PERITONITIS (ABDOMINAL COCOON) A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

EMAD AL-EBRAHIM

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 42-46

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56733

Abstract
  Sclerosing encapsulated peritonitis or abdominal cocoon is a rare disease that is characterized by a total or partial encasement of the small bowel by a thick and fibro tic membrane. Thirty eight cases were reported since it was first described. It occurs primarily in adolescent females in tropical and ...  Read More ...

FACTORS INFLUENCING POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER PROSTHETIC "MESH" REPAIR OF INCISIONAL HERNIA (A prospective study)

Mazin Hawaz Al-Hawaz

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 47-54

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56735

Abstract
  Incisional hernia is frequently met by the general surgeon, its frequently complicate (3.8-11.5%) of patients after abdominal surgery. Repair of large incisional hernia is a difficult surgical problem with recurrence being a common. Numerous methods of repair have been described simple opposition in ...  Read More ...

OPEN MIDLINE INTERNAL SPHINCTEROTOMY (WITH FISSURECTOMY) IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ANAL FISSURE

Safwan A Taha

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 55-58

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56736

Abstract
  Anal fissure represents one of the most common diseases of the ano-rectum in which there is denuded epithelium of the anal canal overlying internal sphincter. In this study 110 patients underwent posterior midline sphincterotomy as the treatment for their chronic anal fissures. Mean operating time was ...  Read More ...

MATERNAL HYDRATION FOR INCREASING AMNIOTIC FLUID VOLUME IN OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS

KHILUD S AL-SALAMI

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 59-62

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56737

Abstract
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acute maternal hydration on amniotic fluid volume in pregnancies with third tri¬mester olighydramnios. The study was done at Al-Basrah General and Al-Basrah Maternity and Child Hospitals. A prospective case control study in which amniotic fluid volume ...  Read More ...

GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOUR, PRESENTATION OF CASES AND OUTLINE OF THE DISEASE AND ITS MANAGEMENT

Majeed A Alwan

Volume 13, Issue 2 , December 2007, Page 63-72

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2007.56739

Abstract
  Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumour of the gastrointestinal tract. Although GIST has been clinically recognized for almost 20 years, a standard definition has only recently been clarified. These tumours were frequently classified as leiomyomas, leiomyosarcomas, ...  Read More ...