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 14 (2008)
Volume 13 (2007)
Volume 12 (2006)
Volume 11 (2005)
Volume 10 (2004)
Volume 9 (2003)
Volume 8 (2002)
13-LAPAROSCOPIC LIVER HYDATID ENDOCYSTECTOMY (INITIAL EXPERIENCE OF FOURTEEN CASES)

Abdulhadi M MohamadIL; Salim M AL-Bassaml; Hamed Boserwel

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 0-0

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55619

Abstract
  This study demonstrates the effectiveness and safe outcome of the treatment of hydatid disease by laparoscopic approach in selected cases. This is an experimental prospective study. Fourteen cases of liver hydatid (11 men & 3 women), properly selected were subjected to laparoscopic hydatid endocystectomy ...  Read More ...

2-MEDICAL ERRORS AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PHYSICIAN

Thamer A Hamdan

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 3-9

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55594

Abstract
  LEADING ARTICLE The physician is an active member of the society. He interacts with it, influences and takes care of it. His duty is not only to cure patients, but also to take the necessary procedures to reduce errors and to lessen the harm resulting from these errors on the health of the patient. ...  Read More ...

NUTRITION IN GASTROINTESTINAL SURGICAL PATIENTS

Majeed H Alwan

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 10-15

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55595

Abstract
  Despite important advances in surgical care and minimized surgical trauma, postoperative complications are still of great concern. Nutritional depletion has been demonstrated to be a major determinant in the development of postoperative complications. Nutritional status of gastrointestinal surgical ...  Read More ...

OPEN ABDOMEN, WHAT IS NEW IN ITS SURGICAL MANAGEMENT?

Ghassan AA Nasir

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 16-19

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55597

Abstract
  Open abdomen is a concept that the abdomen is left open after laparotomy especially when it was done as emergency for traumatic abdomen or reopens the abdomen when signs of increase intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) causing abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). This open abdomen must be covered temporarily ...  Read More ...

IS IT SAFE NOT TO LIGATE THE INFERIOR THYROID ARTERY DURING SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY?

Ahmed D Chiad; Mazin H Al-Hawaz

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 20-33

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55600

Abstract
  Thyroid surgeries are common operations with an extremely low mortality. It is associated with specific morbidities which are dramatically decreased due to the rapid progression in operative techniques which helped to make the thyroid surgery less feared and better understood than it once was. Inferior ...  Read More ...

6-THE ROLE OF CONVENTIONAL ULTRASOUND IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THYROID NODULES IN AL-SULAIMANYIA TERRITORY$

Amer A M Ali; Abdulkadir H HasanARRAG; Tahir A Hawrami

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 34-44

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55604

Abstract
  A palpable thyroid nodule is a common clinical problem; the ultrasonography (US) and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) are its main diagnostic tools. This article aimed to study the reliability and advantages of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid in predicting malignancy in thyroid nodules and to reduce ...  Read More ...

7-CAN CYSTIC ARTERY CAUTERIZATION BE SAFELY PRACTICED IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY?

Falih M Ali; Safwan A Tahasam; Adnan Y Al-Adab

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 45-48

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55607

Abstract
  This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cystic artery cauterization in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (Lap.Chole.) and to outline possible complications and limitations that might arise from adoption of such approach. Cauterization of the cystic artery was adopted as the principal mean ...  Read More ...

8-AURICULAR RECONSTRUCTION BY COSTAL CARTILAGE GRAFT IN BASRAH PROVENCE

JABIR R HAMEED

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 49-55

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55611

Abstract
  Auricular reconstruction represents a meticulous reconstructive and aesthetic problem to the plastic surgeon. One of the greatest challenges in facial plastic surgery is total ear reconstruction. The ability to reconstruct a fully satisfactory complete external ear has for centuries been an elusive ...  Read More ...

9-EMERGENCY PERIPARTUM HYSTERECTOMY: EXPERIENCE AT BASRAH MATERNITY AND CHILDREN HOSPITAL

Haifa Al-Shaheen

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 56-63

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55612

Abstract
  To estimate the incidence, indications, risk factors and complications associated with emergency peripartum hysterectomy, we analyzed retrospectively all cases of emergency peripartum hysterectomy performed at Basrah Maternity and Children from 1st of January 2005 to 31st of December 2007. Emergency peripartum ...  Read More ...

10-NON RADIO OPAQUE FOREIGN BODIES IN ORTHOPAEDIC PRACTICE

Jasim Hasan Amarah

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 64-68

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55613

Abstract
  Orthopaedic surgeons often remove foreign bodies from the extremities. If the foreign body is radio-opaque, it can be located using conventional radiographs or fluoroscopy. However if the foreign body is a radiolucent object, it may not be detected by radiograph leading to serious complications. The ...  Read More ...

11-HEMOSTASIS WITH SURGICEL FOR TONSILLECTOMY: A PILOT STUDY

Abdulmohsen E Hussain; Yaseen H Ali

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 69-71

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55615

Abstract
  This study aimed to evaluate the use of surgicel as the primary hemostasis method in tonsillectomy. It is a cross-sectional prospective study included 211 patients who underwent tonsillectomy alone or with conjugation with adenoidectomy over a period of 4 years in a tertiary centre. The surgeon used ...  Read More ...

12-INFLUENCE OF BODY MASS INDEX ON THE INCIDENCE OF PRETERM LABOUR

Khilud Salim Al-Salami; Zaineb T Alyasin; Ragad Nasir HussainSAINN

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 72-77

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55617

Abstract
  Nutritional status of the women has been considered as an important prognostic indicator of pregnancy outcome and risk of preterm birth. Few studies have evaluated the patterns of body mass index in developing regions where malnutrition and poor weight gain as well as maternal obesity have significant ...  Read More ...

14-MANUAL PHACOEMULSIFICATION IN BASRAH; THE FIRST SERIES FROM IRAQ

Sajid Al Assadyd

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 81-87

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55621

Abstract
  This prospective study includes 80 eyes of 78 patients with cataract, who had manual phacoemulsification operated upon by the same surgeon at Basrah Hospitals between Feb, 2006 and Jul, 2007. They were 35 males and 43 females, 2 of them (females) have cataract in both eyes. The age of patients range ...  Read More ...

15-EVALUATION OF THE CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LABIAL MUCOCELE

Ali Darweesh AL Sarraj; Riad G Al-Taee

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 88-92

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55622

Abstract
  The objective of the present study is to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of labial mucocele. Eighteen cases of labial mucocele were studied, a special protocol was designed and clinical & histopathological variables were recorded. Only one mucocele occurred in the upper lip, the rest ...  Read More ...

16-COMBINED THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF LARGE AURICULAR KELOID

Zuhair F Fathallah

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 93-96

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55625

Abstract
  Tendency to heal with an abnormal scar7. The external ear is most prone to unfavorable wound responses such as keloids8. Earlobe keloids are common response to ear piercing, especially in females and darker skin individuals9. Keloids on the ears present several therapeutic challenges. They are common ...  Read More ...

17-FOREQUARTER AMPUTATION FOR RECURRENT EWING'S SARCOMA OF THE HUMERUS (CASE REPORT)

Jasim Hasan AmarahACH

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 97-99

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55626

Abstract
  A 27 year old male, known case of Ewing's Sarcoma of the right lower third humerus since July 2002, he was treated by combined therapy. After 3 years, he presented with pain, pathological fracture of the upper end of the right humerus and soft tissue mass around the right shoulder. Forequarter Amputation ...  Read More ...

18-ACUTE ERYTHRO-LEUKEMIA (DI GUGLIELMO SYNDROME) IN A YOUNG ADULT IN BASRAH CITY

Thya Al-Saadiat; Zuhair Al-Barazanchi

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2009, Page 100-103

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2009.55627

Abstract
  Introduction Giovanni Di Guglielmo first described erythroleukemia, a leukemia composed of purely erythrocytic precursors in 1926, and the disorder is often still referred to as acute Di Guglielmo syndrome. It is classified as an M6 subtype of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in the French- American-British ...  Read More ...