BACKGROUND Reservation of blood leads to blood wastage if the blood is not transfused. Therefore, in some centers only blood type and screen are evaluated. In this study, the efficacy of a blood crossmatch-to-transfusion ratio was measured and then compared with the standard levels. METHODS This prospective study was conducted during one year in a university hospital. During this period, 398 ...

Laparoscopy has many advantages over open surgery including less post-operative pain, earlier return of normal bowel function, shorter hospital stay, and recovery. Bowel injury is a serious complication gynecological laparoscopy. The most common site the small bowel, followed by large stomach. This in agreement with recent systematic review which shown that incidence gynecologic laparoscopy 1 7...

Textiloma is an inflammatory mass containing surgical sponges that are unintentionally left behind in a surgical wound. This complication has been most commonly described by abdominal and gynecologic surgeons. However, the occurrence of textiloma after intracranial procedures especially under the temporalis muscle has not been documented. The author reports a rare case of textiloma of the pteri...

General surgeons are often asked to evaluate acute abdominal pain which has an expanded differential diagnosis in women of childbearing age. Acute appendicitis accounts for many surgical emergencies as a common cause of nongynecologic pelvic pain. In some rare instances, acute appendicitis has been shown to occur simultaneously with a variety of gynecologic diseases. We report a case of concurr...

• General fatigue, exhaustion, apathy, lethargy and sleep disturbances • Central Nervous System headache, lightheadedness, fainting, forgetfulness, • Impaired memory, difficulty concentrating, confusion, irritability • Musculoskeletal pain in joints, neck and low back and muscle tenderness • Face and Pharynx sore throat, dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, atypical pain • Dermatologic – itching, ...

The diagnosis of acute right lower quadrant pain in a pediatric population is challenging. Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of an acute surgical abdomen. The common mimics of acute appendicitis are acute gastrointestinal and gynecologic diseases. This article reviews the sonographic findings of the spectrum of common acute abdominal emergencies in children with a focus on imaging clu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The number of laparoscopic surgeries performed is increasing every year and in most cases the pneumoperitoneum method is used. One alternative is the abdominal wall lifting method and this study was undertaken to evaluate changes of functional residual capacity during the abdominal wall lift procedure. METHODS From January to April 2013, 20 patients underwent laparos...

Peritoneal tuberculosis (TBP) is a very rare condition, accounting for about 1–2% of all cases. The diagnosis TBP can be easily mistaken advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) or peritoneal carcinoma because overlapping laboratory and clinical findings. We reported the ultrasound characteristics case in 67-year-old woman who presented to our institute with 1-month history intermittent lower abdominal pa...