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 15 (2009)
Volume 14 (2008)
Volume 13 (2007)
Volume 12 (2006)
Volume 11 (2005)
Volume 10 (2004)
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Volume 8 (2002)
THE DISTRIBUTION OF ABO BLOOD GROUPS AMONG BASRAH GOVERNORATE POPULATION

Zuhair A ALBarazanchi; Talib A Al-Buslimy; Dhamia K Suker

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 0-0

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55453

Abstract
  ABO blood grouping is currently considered as one of the essential immunological tests done before many clinical interventions; on the top of them are clinical blood transfusion procedures. In a period of 14 months, 620 blood samples were collected from normal individuals including 294 males & 326 ...  Read More ...

A REVIEW OF THE USES OF LASER IN GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT

Ghassan A A Nasir

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 12-15

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55434

Abstract
  LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation), is a mechanism of emitting electromagnetic radiation typically light as a process of stimulated emission. Common light sources(electric light bulb)��Emit photons in all directions, usually over a wide spectrum of wavelengths. Host ...  Read More ...

THE LEARNING CURVE OF FIRST ONE HUNDRED LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Jassim H Salim; Hashim S AL-Khayat

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 16-20

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55435

Abstract
  Laparoscopic cholecyctectomy became gold standard for treatment of symptomatic gall stone disease. Analysis of the first hundred patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy to study the learning curve and complications. The highest number of patients underwent completed laparoscopic cholecystectomy ...  Read More ...

DOES NON-PERFORATED APPENDICITIS NEED ANTIBIOTIC COVER IN CHILDREN?....

Khalaf L Hajem; Adnan Y AL-Adhab

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 21-25

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55436

Abstract
  This is a Prospective study to evaluate the effects of whether to use antibiotics or not in the treatment of non-perforated acute appendicitis in children. One hundred & two children with acute appendicitis were operated upon by emergency open appendicectomy in AL-Sadir Teaching Hospital, Basrah Child ...  Read More ...

SONOGRAPHY TO PREDICT CONVERSION IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Gazwan M Khadim; Zaki A Al-Faddagh

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 26-37

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55438

Abstract
  Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard in the treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis. Several preoperative variables have been identified as risk factors that are helpful in predicting the probability of conversion to laparotomy for safe and successful removal of the gallbladder. This ...  Read More ...

COMPARISON OF TWO SURGICAL APPROACHES IN CLUBFOOT: SINGLE POSTEROMEDIAL RELEASE VERSUS COMBINED POSTEROMEDIAL AND LATERAL RELEASES

Alaa Abdulemmam Barrak; Ouday Falih Al-Ali

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 38-45

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55440

Abstract
  This comparative prospective study was conducted to assess surgical outcome and postoperative complications in 70 children with 115 idiopathic clubfeet treated at Basrah General Hospital. Children up to age of 5 years were included. There were 49 males and 21 females. Male to female ratio was 2.3:1. ...  Read More ...

A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON MASTALGIA IN SULAIMANIA, IRAQ

Nizar MT Hamawandi

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 46-54

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55441

Abstract
  Mastalgia is one of the most common breast symptoms. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical, pathological, ultrasonographic and mammographic features of this common symptom in Sulaimania, Iraq. A prospective study done over a period of 1 year, between 1st Sept 2007 and 30th Aug 2008, during ...  Read More ...

SUBCUTICULAR WITH INTERRUPTED SUTURING; TECHNIQUE FOR ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE

Mazin H AL-Hawaz; Mushtaq CH Abu-alhail; Sabah S Jabir

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 55-61

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55443

Abstract
  Closure of the wound after surgery is a routine procedure and one of the first things that a surgeon in training should learn. A surgeon will successfully closes a thousand of wounds during his career, but the problem of wound infection remains challenging. This study was conducted to compare between ...  Read More ...

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATE BURN COMPLICATIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF 100 CASES

Jabir R Hameed

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 62-67

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55445

Abstract
  Deep partial or full thickness burn if untreated, neglected, infected or managed conservatively can develop sever deformity & scar contracture in the joint with significant reduction in patient activities. In this study, the patients who underwent excision and grafting had significantly shorter hospital ...  Read More ...

EVALUATION OF PATIENT'S OUTCOME AFTER ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY

Hiwa A Abdulkareem

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 68-77

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55446

Abstract
  Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common problem worldwide that results in significant impairment of quality of life. Endoscopic surgery aims at maintaining physiological function and anatomical structure. This study aimed to assess the outcome after functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) for chronic rhinosinusitis ...  Read More ...

THE VALUE OF CORONAL IMAGE IN DETECTING EXTRA SPINAL LESION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE SPINE

Ibtisam Nasir Ahmed; Assal B Shindi; Mubder A Mohammed Saeed

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 78-83

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55447

Abstract
  This study aimed to evaluate the clinical impact of coronal image of the spine at initial presentation for magnetic resonance imaging of the spine. Images were evaluated by two experienced radiologists, the added value of the additional sequence was assessed. Correlation was made with surgery or clinical ...  Read More ...

HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS, THE ROLE OF NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO IN ITS DIAGNOSIS

Hewa B Muhamad; Kamal A Saeed; Besaran K Fatah

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 84-88

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55449

Abstract
  Acute appendicitis is one of the commonest surgical emergencies. The diagnosis is still doubtful in a number of cases. Neutrophil/Lymphocyte ratio (N/L R) is a simple, applicable hematological test which carried out to find if there is any relationship between this ratio and acute appendicitis and ...  Read More ...

SERUM CALCIUM, INORGANIC PHOSPHATE, URIC ACID, COPPER, ZINC AND MAGNESIUM IN OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS

Jamal Ahmed Abdul Barry; Madhat Mahdi; Lubna D Jafer

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 89-94

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55450

Abstract
  This study aimed to know the effect of serum calcium(Ca), inorganic phosphate(P), uric acid (UA), copper(Cu), zinc(Zn) and magnesium(Mg) on osteoarthritic (OA) patients who are having pure OA of knee & those having diffuse OA (knee and spine), and to clarify the relationship of those parameters with ...  Read More ...

COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ORCHIDECTOMY ALONE AND ORCHIDECTOMY WITH HORMONAL THERAPY (COMBINED ANDROGEN BLOCKADE) FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE

Firas Shakir Attar

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 95-101

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55451

Abstract
  Worldwide, prostate cancer incidence and mortality vary significantly between countries and regions and are highest in African American men. In the USA, prostate cancer is the most common visceral malignant neoplasm in men and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Bilateral orchidectomy ...  Read More ...

DIAGNOSTIC VALUES OF COPPER, ZINC AND COPPER/ZINC RATIO COMPARED TO HISTOPATHO-LOGICAL EXAMINATION IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST TUMORS

Nazar S Haddad; Hanaa H Haddad; Wassan M Al-Elwee

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 107-110

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55455

Abstract
  Trace elements copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) have a role in many biochemical reaction as micro source, their metabolism are profoundly altered in neoplastic diseases and since breast cancer rank the first of female cancers, this study aims to evaluate the diagnostic significance of copper/zinc ratio in ...  Read More ...

DAY CASE SURGERY FOR SACROCOCCYGEAL PILONIDAL SINUS USING EXCISION AND PRIMARY MIDLINE CLOSURE

Nizar Hamawandi

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 111-117

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55456

Abstract
  Sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus (PNS) is a common disease. There are different lines of treatment but the best surgical technique is still controversial. The aim of this study is to show the effectiveness of treatment of sacrococcygeal PNS with excision and primary midline closure as day case surgery. ...  Read More ...

SPLENIC TORSION, AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF ACUTE ABDOMEN

Hashim S Alkhayat; Jasim D Saud

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 118-121

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55458

Abstract
  Wandering spleen is a clinical rarity, torsion of a wandering spleen is a rare cause of an acute abdomen. The etiology of wandering spleen is not precisely understood and this clinical condition presents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Available treatment options include splenectomy. This is ...  Read More ...

THE IMPACT OF POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM

Majeed H Alwan

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2010, Page 122-126

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2010.55460

Abstract
  Delirium is a common complication after surgery, especially among critically ill patients. The etiology is multifactorial and the condition is frequently identified after major complicated surgery. It is associated with prolonged hospital stay and increased morbidity and mortality. This paper present ...  Read More ...