Introduction. – The abdominal stab wound with omentum evisceration, represent 4 to 20% of abdominal injuries. It causes a problem of therapeutic indication between selective and mandatory laparotomy. The goal of this work is to give some answers to this dilemma. Materiel and methods. – A retrospective study from 1992 to 2000, concerning 75 patients presenting an omentum evisceration. Where ther...

BACKGROUND The histological characteristics of periosteum make it a specific tissue with a unique capacity to be engineered. Higher flexibility of the greater omentum is useful for reconstructive surgery as it facilitates not only filling of the site of infections such as myelitis, but also is effective in filling complicated defects of the soft and hard tissues, and these criteria make it suit...

BACKGROUND Acute torsion of the greater omentum is a rare cause of acute abdomen in adults. We report our experience on the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of this condition. METHOD This is a retrospective review of 9 patients who had a clinicopathologic diagnosis of acute torsion of the greater omentum and were treated at the Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethe...

Serious acupuncture-related complications are rare in infants. We experienced a case of 58-day-old infant with an umbilical hernia who received acupuncture from non-professional guardian. Upon initial examination the emergency department, omentum protruded through skin defect caused by performed on top hernia. The underwent surgery, and subsequently recovered uneventfully.