objective: to determine the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in type 2 diabetic patients and to assess its possible risk factors. materials and methods: two hundred and seventy two (186 females and 86 males) diabetic patients were studied. liver ultrasound was performed along with the measurement of such labratoary tests as alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, al...

Background and Aim. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of demographic characteristics, biochemical parameters, amount of blood transfusion, and trauma scores on morbidity in patients with solid organ injury following trauma. Material and Method. One hundred nine patients with solid organ injury due to abdominal trauma during January 2005 and October 2015 were examined retrospe...

OBJECTIVE To analyze our experience and the outcome of operative management of liver trauma, and to suggest ways to improve the management of such patients. METHODS This retrospective study was conducted on patients admitted with liver trauma to King Saud Medical Complex, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 1997 and December 2006. Only patients who underwent operative management w...

Objective: To study the spleen and liver injuries in patients of blunt trauma abdomen. Material methods: This was a cross sectional which conducted at Department Surgery Loralai Medical College from May 2021 to November over period 6 months. Total 130 aged 18-50 years either gender with abdomen were recruited for this study. Spleen their grading studied. Results: abdominal recruited. Age range ...

Acute liver failure (ALF) is an acute medical emergency which carries high mortality without liver transplantation. Various hepatotropic viruses, drug induced liver injury, auto immune hepatitis, and metabolic liver diseases are the commonly implicated etiologic agents. Liver involvement in dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is quite common, but acute liver failure is its rare complication. Neurolo...

Blunt liver trauma is commonly managed by non-operative measures. We report a case of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grade III liver injury and its complications, successfully managed by a combination of minimally invasive interventions.

background non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is a common liver disease in the western population and expanding disease in the world. pathological changes in fatty liver are like alcohol liver damage, which can lead to end-stage liver disease. the prevalence of nafld in obese or overweight people is higher than general population, and it seems that people with high body mass index (bmi) ...

BACKGROUND Although nonoperative management (NOM) has become standard care, optimal treatment of liver injuries in children is still challenging since many of these patients have multiple injuries. Moreover, the role of angiography remains poorly defined, and a high index of suspicion of complications is warranted. This study reviews treatment and outcomes in children with liver injuries at a m...

the effects of aflatoxin (af) (0.0 and 0.5m g kg-1) and high grade sodium bentonite (hgsb) (5, 7.5 and 10 g kg-1) were tested in an in vivo study including 8 dietary treatments with three replicates of 14 birds per diet per replicate, using a total of 336 broiler chicks up to five weeks. results showed that chicks receiving af contaminated feed had significantly (p≤ 0.05) suppressed body weight...