Cases of Abdominal Surgery

ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS: A REPORT OF 32 CASES

Abdominal tuberculosis is still a prevalent problem of underdeveloped countries. Although its incidence has been reduced in developed countries, it is still seen in immigrants and immunodeficient patients frequently. In Iran, even though it's incidence has been reduced, we are still confronted with undesired mortality and morbidity. In this article we have evolved new management strategies ...

Some Groups of Interesting Cases of Abdominal Surgery

which only cholecystotomy (or removal of stones from the gall-bladder) was performed, but only those in which the ducts were obstructed by stones. Group B.?Ovarian cysts burrowing deeply into the broad ligament, and therefore without a pedicle. Group C.?Cases in which collections of pus within the peritoneal cavity have been evacuated through that cavity, i.e., cases in which the general cavity...

Evaluation of 228 Cases of Thyroid Surgery

Medical records of 228 patients who had undergone thyroid surgery were studied. There were 179 females and 49 males with mean age of 33-8 years. Pre-op. diagnosis was cold nodule in 4. 4 %. Pathology diagnosis was simple goiter in 54%, adenoma in 23%, thyroid cancer in 15% and colloid cyst in 5.3% of the patients. Among carcinomas 68% were papillary, 29% follicular and 3% medullary. There were1...

Cases of Abdominal Wounds

instantly, and the peritoneum being ruptured, a large portion of the small intestine, about two feet long, protruded. She was brought to me almost insensible at 5 p. m. of tliat dav, when, with careful manipulation, I replaced the protruded gut, which was cedematous and distended with gas, but not much discolored. The wound, which was circular, rather constricted, and measured about an inch in ...

Abdominal Surgery