Objective(s): Appendicitis remains the most common condition in the pediatric population requiring emergency abdominal operation. Management of acute simple appendicitis is well described but controversy remains as to the optimal treatment of complicated appendicitis. Common complications of acute appendicitis include: localized peritonitis and abscess formation, flegmon and general perito...

OBJECTIVE Complications associated with wound healing after abdominal tumor operations continue to be a significant problem. This study aimed to determine the significance of retention sutures in preventing these complications. For this purpose, early and late term results of patients who underwent application of polydioxanone (PDS) and additional retention sutures for abdominal closure were re...

a prospective, randomized trial on 416 consecutive cases of appendicectomies was carried out in which half of the cases had simple ligation of the stump and the rest had invagination of the stump in addition. the two groups were matched for age, sex, state of personal hygiene and nutrition. the incidence of wound infection, and early and late post-operative complications remained comparable bet...

Background: Modified radical mastectomy is commonly performed surgery for breast carcinoma. The present study was conducted to compare intra-operative and post-operative surgical outcomes by using monopolar electrocautery ultrasonic shears in MRM. Methods: A randomized prospective with a sample size of 60 patients who were into two groups. One group underwent MRM (Group A) the other one B). Int...

Aim and objective: The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of Platelet Rich Fibrin with or without 2% Metronidazole in mandibular third molar surgery by assessing the postoperative pain, swelling, wound healing (by wound infection and dehiscence ) comparing the quantity of bone healing at various time intervals Materials and Methods: Twenty patients aged 20-40 years who visited the Dep...

Our previous meta-analysis (Wu et al., 2017) evaluated broadly the available evidence and confirmed that pro-/synbiotics supplementation is effective in preventing or controlling the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) after a surgical procedure, yet subgroup analyses indicated the primary outcome was influenced by various factors (Figure 1), which might affect the robustness of the co...