BACKGROUND The frequency of foreign body retention in the abdominal cavity ranges from 1 in 100 to 1 in 3000 surgeries performed. Worldwide literature describes only a few cases of the migration of misplaced surgical gauze into the colon. CASE REPORTS The first case is a 60-year-old patient following laparoscopic cholecystectomy, who excreted (on his own) a cotton sheet 30 × 65 cm after 26 we...

Postoperative alopecia is an uncommon complication and its outcome is aesthetically drastic. Although its mechanism has not been clearly elucidated, a proposed risk factor is steep Trendelenburg positioning (30-40 degrees) that is frequently used during robotic gynecologic surgeries. We report a case of postoperative alopecia in 53-year-old female patient who had undergone robotic-assisted lapa...

An increasing number of patients who are receiving anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy require cutaneous surgery. Such pharmacotherapies are usually suspended based on experience in gynecologic, thoracic, and abdominal surgery. However, this practice may increase the risk of suffering a thromboembolic event. We review perioperative management of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy, compl...

conclusions this case showed the effect of additional anakinra on children with fmf who were colchicine resistant. case presentation herein was reported a colchicine non-responsive patient with accurate diagnosis and early treatment of fmf. she had presented with recurrent and persistent acute abdominal pain attacks and several abdominal surgeries. addition of recombinant interleukin-1 receptor...

Over the past 15 years, several randomized controlled trials, long-term follow-up studies, meta-analyses, and editorials have been published in regard to the effect of a high fraction of inspired oxygen concentration (FiO(2)) during the perioperative period on the incidence of surgical site infections. Although the evidence is not uniformly favorable for all types of surgeries, a beneficial ass...

BACKGROUND Treatment of a number of complications that occur after abdominal surgeries may require that Urgent Abdominal Re-explorations (UARs), the life-saving and obligatory operations, are performed. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the reasons for performing UARs, outcomes of relaparotomies (RLs) and factors that affect mortality. METHODS Demographic characteristics; initial ...

Background and Aim: To study compare the hemodynamic stability duration of analgesia in spinal anaesthesia among bolus versus lower fractional doses bupivacaine arachnoid block for patients undergoing abdominal surgeries specifically urologic, pelvic, limb surgeries. Methods: Interventional Randomized Comparative case-control done 70 participants to with under subarachnoid Results: sum up, we f...

abdominal wall hernias are the most common situations requiring major surgeries. in this study, we report a large incisional hernia, as an incidental finding, in a tc-dtpa scan of a renal transplant recepient. increased flow of activity in dynamic phase and relatively increased and nonuniform tracer accumulation in static phase of the study were observed.

Pelvic fluid collection can complicate a variety of abdominal surgeries and gynecological inflammations; nevertheless, it is considered rare pathological consequence after normal vaginal delivery. It characterized by wall thick fibrous tissue that delineate an area pus necrotic tissues.