Background: Acute abdomen is a common health issue that ranges from trivial to life threatening condition thus requiring hospital admissions, correct diagnosis and treatment. Aim: To determine the etiological spectrum of surgical acute pain among patients attending emergency department at government hospital-Lahore. Study design: Cross sectional study. Methodology: Present study enrolled both g...

A 2-year-old Brazilian female child from the countryside in Bahia State presented with pain in the right flank of the abdomen, accompanied by a daily fever for about 2 weeks before admission. A large mass in the abdomen was resected by the surgical team. The biopsies revealed the mass was an intra-abdominal mucormycosis. However, the diagnosis was late, and despite treatment (amphotericin B) in...

The acute abdomen in pregnancy is a surgical emergency requiring timely diagnosis and therapy to avoid potentially high maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Ectopic pregnancy and appendicitis are 2 causes of acute abdomen in pregnancy. We present a case of concurrent ruptured ectopic pregnancy and appendicitis, and we review possible mechanisms that may underlie the pathogenesis of the s...

There are many causes of disturbed bowel habits. In this rare case of mucocele of appendix, patient presented with disturbed bowel habits of increased frequency, urgency and semisolid stool. Ultrasound of abdomen revealed fusiform cyst just below umbilicus. Differential diagnoses included mesenteric cyst, duplication cyst and mucocele of appendix. Coronal and saggital reformats of CT abdomen co...

rate, and body temperature were 100/60 mmHg, 64 beats/ min, 20 breaths/min, and 38.1C, respectively. The patient showed signs of acute abdomen, and physical examination revealed direct and rebound tenderness in the right lower Question: A 72-year old woman presented to our hospital because of severe pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and fever for one day. Her medical history did n...

Acute abdomen is a medical emergency, in which there is sudden and severe pain in abdomen of recent onset with accompanying signs and symptoms that focus on an abdominal involvement. It can represent a wide spectrum of conditions, ranging from a benign and self-limiting disease to a surgical emergency. Nevertheless, only one quarter of patients who have previously been classified with an acute ...

INTRODUCTION Current indications for open abdomen management are damage control surgery, severe intra-abdominal sepsis, abdominal compartment syndrome, abdominal wall closure under tension and mass loss of the abdominal wall. OBJECTIVE To describe the experience in open abdomen management using the MALA (mayor absorción de líquido abdominal [greater absorption of abdominal liquid]) bag at the...

In this review we look into the historical development of open abdomen management. Its indication has spread in 70 years from intra-abdominal sepsis to damage control surgery and abdominal compartment syndrome. Different temporary abdominal closure techniques are essential to benefit the potential advantages of open abdomen management. Here, we discuss the different techniques and provide a new...