normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : adhesions, as abnormal scared tissue, are common following gynecological operations and can cause chronic pelvic pain, infertility, poor outcomes of future surgeries, and intestinal obstruction. oxygen free radicals are known as one of the main causes of adhesion formation. this study is to evaluate the effect...

Background: There are a large number of patients with penetrating abdominal trauma who have normal vital signs and negative abdominal examination when referred to trauma centers. A great deal of controversy exists between authorities about screening these patients for emergency explorative laparotomy. Many references have reported more than 90% sensitivity for DPLas a diagnostic method to deter...

the patient was a 67-year-old female who presented with severe rectal bleeding since three days prior to hospital admission. she complained of mild abdominal pain. rectal examination revealed the presence of fresh blood and a clot. she had a normal upper endoscopy. a colonoscopy showed a large clot with bloody secretions up to the cecum, with no obvious origin. because of the severity of bleedi...

background: ovarian pregnancy is a rare form of the non-tubal ectopic pregnancy. it ends with rupture before the end of the first trimester. one of the important risk factors for ovarian pregnancy is in the use of intra uterine devices (iud). case:  we report here one such uncommon case of ovarian ectopic pregnancy. our patient is a 30 years old multiparous woman with two previous cesarean sect...

PURPOSE Trauma team activation (TTA) has been shown to have fundamental impact on trauma patients' outcomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term outcomes of use of a new TTA protocol in the management of major trauma patients who underwent exploratory laparotomy. METHODS The medical records of trauma patients who had been treated by the new TTA protocol (NT) over 18 month...