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Leading Article INFECTION IN ORTHOPAEDIC PRACTICE

Thamer A Hamdan

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 3-8

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55371

Abstract
  Introduction Infection continues to be a real problem in orthopaedic practice. Infection is probably the first cause of failure of orthopaedic and trauma operation, it is behind prolonged suffering for our dear patients because of the morbidity and mortality. Although there have been significant reduction ...  Read More ...

Review Article MANAGEMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER DURING PREGNANCY 9

Majeed H Alwan

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 9-13

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55372

Abstract
  MANAGEMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER DURING PREGNANCY Majeed H Alwan MBChB, FRCSEd, FRACS, FACS, Gastrointestinal and General Surgeon, Tauranga Hospital, Tauranga, New Zealand. E-mail: majeedalwan@xtra.co.nz Abstract Although cancer in pregnancy is uncommon, several types of cancer were encountered. These ...  Read More ...

ACUTE APPENDICITIS, A QUALITY OF CARE STUDY IN BASRAH GENERAL HOSPITAL

Ahmed Abdul-Razak Essa; Mazin A Abdulla

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 14-18

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55373

Abstract
  This study is designed to evaluate the parameters that indicate the quality of care in acute appendicitis. It is a prospective study in Basrah General Hospital. One hundred ten patients underwent appendectomy in the period between March and July 2010, were studied according to a data collection sheet. ...  Read More ...

THE PATTERN OF INDICATIONS FOR SPLENECTOMY IN BASRAH

Ali Jaffer Aliwi; Zeki A Al-Faddagh

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 19-24

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55374

Abstract
  Splenectomy is performed rather frequently in Basrah city, it is indicated for various disorders including abdominal trauma, hematological disorders and others. This study aimed to analyze the experience in splenectomies performed in Basrah and outlining their different indications. This is a combined ...  Read More ...

THE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF BUSCOPAN (HYOSCINE-N-BUTYL BROMIDE) ON THE DURATION OF LABOUR

Fouad H Aldahhan; Faiz A Alwaeely; Fawzia Raheem

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 25-29

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55375

Abstract
  A double-blind study included 200 women attending labour ward. They were divided into two groups; group A (cases) received Buscopan 20mg I.V and group B (controls) received placebo intravenously. Assessment of cervical dilatation was carried out every hour post injection. The duration of the stages of ...  Read More ...

THE IMPACT OF THE GALLBLADDER WALL THICKNESS ASSESSED BY SONOGRAPHY ON THE OUTCOME OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Ali Dawood Al-Hilfi; Mohammed H Al-Jawher; Safwan A Taha

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 30-36

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55376

Abstract
  Laparoscopic cholecystectomy first became popular during the late 1980s and now the procedure is consider the standard approach for symptomatic cholecystolithiasis. This study aimed to assess the value of sonography in predicting intraoperative difficulties for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy ...  Read More ...

PORT SITE INCISIONAL HERNIA AFTER MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY

Sadiq Kassim Jassim; Mazin H AL-Hawaz; Jasim D Saod

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 37-44

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55377

Abstract
  Incisional hernia is a common sequel to open abdominal surgery, affecting 5–15% of patients. The introduction of laparoscopic surgery into clinical routine more than 20 years ago has dramatically changed the field of surgery. It is commonly held that the frequency of incisional hernia has been reduced ...  Read More ...

OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE IN BASRAH

Abutalib Bader Abdullah; Zeki A Al-Faddagh

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 45-57

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55378

Abstract
  Obstructive Jaundice is a common surgical problem presenting to hospitals as it resulted from many etiological factors like choledocholithiasis or periampullary tumors especially CA head of pancreas. According to the difference in these etiological factors and their progress, symptoms and signs vary ...  Read More ...

INTERNAL FIXATION FOR UNSTABLE PELVIC FRACTURE: THE VALUE OF ANTERIOR APPROACH AND SMALL FRAGMENTS BIOSYNTHESIS

Medhat Mohammed Mahdi

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 58-63

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55379

Abstract
  Fifty patients with unstable pelvic fracture were subjected to internal fixation through anterior approach by small fragment biosynthesis over sixteen year of experience. Their age, range between 15–45 years. Forty patients were males and ten patient females. Thirty patients with type B rotationally ...  Read More ...

EFFICACY OF DIODE LASER TRANSCANALICULAR DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED NASOLACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION

Salah Zuhair Al-Asadi; Ahmed Muhammed Al-Abbasy

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 64-68

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55380

Abstract
  This study designed to determine the surgical outcome of transcanalicular dacryocystorhinostomy for the treatment of blocked lacrimal pathway. This is a prospective study of 36 patients admitted in Basrah General Hospital from March 2008 to May 2010. The age of the patients was in range from 6 to 60yrs. ...  Read More ...

ACCEPTANCE AND RELIANCE OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY AMONG MOSUL CITY POPULATION

Nashwan Kahtan Mahjob; Samer Al-Saffar

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 69-74

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55381

Abstract
  The study is designed to evaluate the confidence, reliance and the degree of acceptance of laparoscopic surgical procedures among Mosul city population after 15 years of work in this field of surgery. This is a prospective data collection study. Participants were eight hundred persons, all of them from ...  Read More ...

TRANSVERSE PREPUTIAL ISLAND PEDICLE FLAP (TPIPF) IN TREATMENT OF FAILED HYPOSPADIAS REPAIR: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Safaa A Mohssin

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 75-81

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55382

Abstract
  This is a study to review the local experience with the use of TPIPF in the repair of failed hypospadias in order to improve the results in the future. A total Number of 20 cases of failed Hypospadias was repaired during the period between 2001-2009 done in the public and private hospitals in Tikrit ...  Read More ...

THE EFFECT OF DEXAMETHASONE ON POST TONSILLECTOMY MORBIDITIES IN CHILDREN

Raid Yaqoub Yousef; Saffaa Khalaf Faleh

Volume 17, Issue 2 , December 2011, Page 82-86

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2011.55383

Abstract
  Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative single dose of Dexamethasone on postoperative morbidities in children undergoing tonsillectomy. This is a prospective study considering 90 children with chronic tonsillitis who underwent tonsillectomy between June 2010 and December 2010 ...  Read More ...