BACKGROUND The pericardium both limits cardiac distension and accentuates ventricular interdependence. Although this effect appears minimal under normal circumstances, the pericardium markedly restricts acute cardiac enlargement. Animal studies have demonstrated gradual pericardial adaptation and expansion in chronic volume overload and cardiomegaly, but the pericardial response in humans with ...

INTRODUCTION Whilst pericardial effusion is a known complication of abdominal pathology, it is rarely reported following ruptured appendicitis and even more rarely requires drainage in that situation. This work has been reported in line with the SCARE criteria (Agha et al., 2016). PRESENTATION OF CASE We report a 14-year-old male who developed extensive right hepatorenal and right paracolic a...

purpose: to evaluate the diagnostic signs, intraoperative complications and postoperative outcomes in children with congenital cataract and pre-existing posterior capsule defect (ppcd). methods: this interventional case series was conducted on 14 eyes of 7 patients who underwent lensectomy-anterior vitrectomy for congenital cataract with ppcd. all children had bilateral cataract. preoperative d...

ObjectiveThe study objective was to explore the feasibility and safety of totally endoscopic resection a left ventricular tumor through small chest incisions without robotic assistance.MethodsFour patients with (1 papillary fibroelastoma, 1 lipoma, 2 myxomas) underwent surgery peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass. The mean age 58 ± 15 years. There were 3 female male patient. Through 3-port in righ...

background: tibial avulsion fractures of the posterior cruciate ligament are not infrequent. however, controversies exist between the fixation of the fragments and their reconstruction in the cases with small bony fragments. this prospective study was undertaken to study the results after fixation of the fragments by the malleolar screw and the pull through suture techniques.   methods: from ju...