Background and Aim: Lumbar disc degeneration is one of the most frequent causes of pain in the lower back, and lack of physical activity, overweight and obesity have been regarded as the most significant factors in its occurrence. The present study was conducted with the aim of evaluation of body mass index, abdominal obesity and physical activity level in patients registered for elective lumba...

Supravesical hernias are very rarely seen and reported as a possible cause of small bowel obstruction. The proper diagnosis which is usually made intra-operatively the preliminary despite availability advanced radiological investigations not helpful. We report case patient without previous abdominal surgery with an acute obstruction in laparotomy exploration revealed strangulatedinternalsuprave...

The incidence of colorectal cancer is constantly increasing. With the improvement residents' health need and continuous development surgery, more patients with have a history abdominal surgery. Complex adhesions put forward higher requirements for surgeons. use Veress puncture needle to establish pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic-assisted surgery leads an increased side injury.Open laparoscopy e...

We read Franko et al’s paper (Franko J, O’Connel BG, Mehall JR, Harper SG, Nejman JH, Zelbey M, Fassler SA. The influence of prior abdominal operations on conversion and complication rates in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. JSLS. 2006;10:169–175) with interest and believe it represents an important body of work. However, we have a couple of comments regarding their analysis and findings. The a...

INTRODUCTION The reoperation is considered as the access to the abdominal cavity before complete healing of the surgical wound from a previous operation within the first 60 days after the first procedure. It occurs in 0.5 to 15% of patients undergoing abdominal surgery and generates significant increase in morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing abdominal surgery. OBJECTIVES Identify t...

The evisceration of the bowel through vaginal vault is an extremely rare condition and a surgical emergency with high-reported mortality rate. Vaginal most commonly affects menopausal women hysterectomy or those previous surgery. common risk factors include triad post-menopausal atrophy, surgery enterocele. Estrogen deficiency in leads to weaker pelvic support structures thin, atrophic vagina, ...

Abstract Introduction Incisional Hernia (IH) is a common complication of colorectal surgery. Given high recurrence rates and associated morbidity, emphasis must be on prevention IH. There an association between surgeon volume outcomes in hernia surgery, yet little evidence regarding impact the experience performing abdominal wall closure (AWC) IH rate. Our aim was to assess at 1 year following ...