The most common cause of a pneumoperitoneum is a perforation of a hollow viscus and the treatment is an exploratory laparotomy; nevertheless, not all pneumoperitoneums are due to a perforation and not all of them need surgical intervention. We hereby present a case of pneumoperitoneum due to a diaphragmatic defect, which allowed air from a pneumothorax to escape through the diaphragmatic hernia...

Research suggests that women who are abused use health care services at higher rates than those who are not abused. Few studies have examined the association between women's history of victimization and surgical intervention. A secondary analysis of quantitative data obtained originally from primary care practice records of 110 women was conducted. The relationship between women's history of vi...

case presentation we describe a case of a previously healthy child who presented with sepsis due to varicella gangrenosa. while she initially responded well to a conservative antibiotic and acyclovir treatment, her subsequent rapid deterioration required urgent and repeated debridement. conclusions this report highlights the significance of prompt diagnosis and early surgical intervention for m...

OBJECTIVE To determine the survival rates of dogs and cats that underwent surgical treatment for traumatic diaphragmatic hernia within 24 hours of admission and determine whether timing of surgery affected perioperative survival rate. DESIGN Retrospective study. ANIMALS 63 dogs and 29 cats treated surgically for traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. PROCEDURE Medical records were reviewed to ev...

BACKGROUND Seven clinical metrics of metabolic derangement (MD7) have improved the timing of surgical intervention in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). We compared surgical NEC outcomes based on MD7 at our center (unit S) with a similar center (unit B) that based its intervention on abdominal radiograph. STUDY DESIGN Premature infants undergoing surgical care for NEC were evaluate...

Sigmoid diverticulitis is a common benign condition which carries significant morbidity and socioeconomic burden. This article describes the management of sigmoid diverticulitis with a focus on indications for surgical intervention. The mainstay of management of uncomplicated diverticulitis is broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. The old surgical dictum that two episodes of sigmoid diverticulitis...

BACKGROUND Neonatal Tuberose sclerosis complex may be associated with symptomatic cardiac rhabdomyomas. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the most common cardiac tumours. The symptoms include haemodynamic instability and life threatening arrhythmias usually requiring early surgical intervention. RESULTS We report a case of a 32 week gestation newborn diagnosed with a right ventricular outflow tract ma...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a treatable neurological condition characterized by dementia, gait disturbances, and urinary incontinence. This case study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of surgical intervention in treating NPH associated with spinal cord tumors. A patient suffering with NPH underwent a spinal tap procedure and surgical resectioning of three neurinomas on the cauda e...

Purpose: No methods for the generation and comparison of statistical ‘mean’ surgical patient treatments are available. Such models might be beneficial for the advanced assessment and evaluation of surgical strategies, surgical instruments, devices and assist systems, optimization protocols, and for educational purposes. The availability of ‘mean’ surgical intervention courses of a patient popul...