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THE UNHAPPY TRIAD: BLOOD, SWEAT AND SORROW

Thamer A Hamdan

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 1-2

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168419

Abstract
  (It is always easy to be wise after the event. Arthur Conan Doyle) "There are three methods to gain wisdom; the first is reflection which is the highest. The second is imitation which is the easiest. The third is experience which is the bitterest. Confucius 551-479 BC"  Read More ...

NONDISCOGENIC SCIATICA SYNDROME, A REPORT ON 41 PATIENTS.

Thamer Hamdan; Daren F. Lui; Raed Jasim Chasib

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 3-11

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168420

Abstract
  41 patients with clinical features of discogenic sciatica during the last 25 years, proved later on by investigations and imaging to be a nondiscogenic in origin, The aim of the study is to inform spinal surgeons of possible differential diseases that mimic discogenic sciatica. All patients present clinically ...  Read More ...

A CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY IN SKULL BASE CENTER OF BASRAH

Mustafa Atiyah; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 12-16

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168427

Abstract
  Endoscopic Endo-nasal Trans-Sphenoidal (EETS) approach is a minimally invasive technique that has gained increased acceptability for removal of sellar and parasellar tumors. This prospective study was carried out on 50 patients in Basrah skull base center at Al-Sader Teaching Hospital between August ...  Read More ...

surgery
OUTCOME OF TRANSORAL ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY VESTIBULAR APPROACH (TOETVA) IN COMPARISON WITH OPEN THYROIDECTOMY FOR BENIGN THYROID NODULES

Sadq Kadem; Sabah Abdulsahb Mohamd; Zainab Taher Ibrahim

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 17-24

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168428

Abstract
  Open thyroidectomy; is the gold standard surgical procedure for thyroid diseases, but the incision scar in the anterior aspect of the neck due to this approach cannot be avoided and may results in a permanent cosmetic defect. Therefore, there is a need to improve postoperative quality of life, including ...  Read More ...

COMPARISON OF SURGICAL OUTCOME OF ENDOSCOPIC DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY WITH OR WITHOUT FLAP

Wissam Egab Aziz; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 25-29

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168431

Abstract
  The goals of this study were to evaluate the results of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and to compare the surgical success rates of the different procedures (with or without mucosal flap) in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. This prospective study investigated the results ...  Read More ...

medicine
RISK FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN METASTASES IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER

Hayder Hashim Abdulsamad; Mazin H Al-Hawwaz

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 30-35

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168434

Abstract
  Metastatic breast cancer is the second most common cancer associated with brain metastases;it has become a major life-limiting problem in those patients with metastatic breast cancer.This study aimed to detect early brain metastasis and intent to manage so to decrease disability and mortality in patients ...  Read More ...

orthopedic
CLINICO-RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF LEGG-CALVE-PERTHES DISEASE MANAGED BY PROXIMAL FEMORAL VARUS DEROTATION OSTEOTOMY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

AMITOSH MISHRA; AJAI SINGH; SIBANANDA RATHA; SYED AFAQUE; ANIL PANDA

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 59-65

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.129221.1002

Abstract
  Introduction: Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is a juvenile idiopathic aseptic, non-inflammatory, osteonecrosis of immature hip in which the blood supply of femoral epiphysis is not sufficient and the bone dies provisionally followed by a subchondral fracture, fragmentation, revascularization and remodeling. ...  Read More ...

CLINICO-MICROBIOLOGY OF CHOLESTEATOMA OBTAINED DURING MASTOID SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA

Marwah Abd Ali; Isam M Al-Shareda

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 36-40

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168435

Abstract
  Abstract Chronic Otitis Media (COM) is a long standing inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid, it is a common health problem. The evidence of microbiology in COM in different studies showed variable frequencies, but little studies showed the role of fungal colonization. This study aimed to identify ...  Read More ...

COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY, IS IT SUPERIOR TO COLD STEEL METHOD?

Haider Hashim; Ahmed M Al-Abbasi; Sabah Al-Urabi

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 41-44

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168436

Abstract
  AbstractCoblation tonsillectomy is a new technique that was started in 1975, it involves passing a radiofrequency bipolar electrical current through a medium of normal saline, resulting in a plasma field of highly ionized particles which in turn break down intercellular bonds and thus melt tissue at ...  Read More ...

THE EFFECT OF EARLY VERSUS LATE TRACHEOSTOMY ON DURATION OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT STAY IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS

Doaa Mudhafar Abdul-Samad; Abdul-Razzaq H Alrubaye; Duraid A Altameemi

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 45-50

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168437

Abstract
  AbstractTracheostomy is a surgical procedure that frequently performed for patients in the intensive care units (ICUs). Prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) is the main indication for tracheostomy in the ICU.This study aimed to compare the effect of early versus late tracheostomy on duration of mechanical ...  Read More ...

BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN IN BASRAH, IRAQ: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY IN BIRAD 1 & 2 SCREENED CASES

Mazin H Al-Hawwaz; Hayder Hashim Abdulsamad; Rajaa Ahmed Mahmoud

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 51-58

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168438

Abstract
  Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women around the age of menopause. With an advice from WHO, screening programs are encouraged globally for detection of the breast cancer in early stage using mammography imaging technique that is used to understand the breast health and early ...  Read More ...

STAPLES VS SUBCUTICULAR SUTURES FOR SKIN CLOSURE IN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Ali G Mohammed Redha; Adil A Jaber; Aqeel M Nassir

Volume 27, Issue 1 , June 2021, Page 66-70

https://doi.org/10.33762/bsurg.2021.168440

Abstract
  Inguinal hernia repair can be achieved by many techniques but skin closure still limited to only two methods; sutures and staples. In spite of that both have the same role in healing by approximation of skin edges; they differ in terms of cost, pain, cosmoses, wound complications,and time of wound closure.Two ...  Read More ...