hemangiomas are the most common benign liver masses with a frequency of 0.4-7.3% at autopsy. they are usually discovered incidentally and a few require surgery. spontaneous or traumatic ruptures are among indications of surgery for hemangiomas. we report a case of giant hepatic hemangioma presenting as hemoperitoneum following use of the slimming belt that underwent an emergent laparotomy. abdo...

BACKGROUND Tennis elbow is a common disorder of the upper extremity. It can be treated conservatively in the majority of patients, but some resistant cases eventually can be treated by percutaneous release with good functional outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS This non-randomized control trial was conducted at the Department of Orthopaedics Surgery in a tertiary care hospital from July 2015 to J...

The aim of the present investigation is to develop topical gel and cream formulations of psoralen for enhancing its transport through the skin, with the goal to shorten the delay between drug application and UVA irradiation. In our first studies, oil-in-water (O/W) creams of psoralen (0.05% concentration) were prepared using Apifil (PEG-8 Beeswax) and Plurol Stearique WL 1009 as emulsifying age...

BACKGROUND Left ventricular function and infarct size are strong predictors for prognosis after acute myocardial infarction (MI). Anterior MI is associated with greater reduction of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and worse prognosis. Our objective was to study whether the impact of infarct size on global LVEF is dependent of infarct location. METHODS We analyzed 888 patients treate...

AIMS The aim of this study was to report a single surgeon series of consecutive patients with moderate hallux valgus managed with a percutaneous extra-articular reverse-L chevron (PERC) osteotomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 38 patients underwent 45 procedures. There were 35 women and three men. The mean age of the patients was 48 years (17 to 69). An additional percutaneous Akin osteotom...

The available minoxidil formulations for topical application suffer with major drawback and requires repeated application. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of microemulsions and microemulsion based hydrogel-systems (MEHs) for increased percutaneous penetration of minoxidil. Minoxidil microemulsions were developed by conventional titration method using oleic-acid as oil, twe...

Background: Over the years, open surgery has been primary treatment for trigger finger, a prevalent issue among hand illnesses. There some resistance to technique's routine use, despite fact that percutaneous release of triggers provides quicker recovery than surgery. As result, study proposed technique outperforms surgery. The objective this was...