years having had a pretty large number of abdominal emergencies, I have been able to put my opinion into practice. I will take the subject of acute appendicitis as an example of abdominal emergencies and because it is the commonest. Before discussing drainage I would like to write a few lines on the incision. Where the case has been diagnosed early and where pus is not present in a localised ab...

Abdominal pain causes 5% to 10% of the emergency department (ED) admissions.1-5 One-third of these problems are related to surgery. Most of the diagnoses are nonspecific abdominal pain (34%-52%) or pain with unidentified origin.3,6-8 One of the important tasks of the ED physician is to determine life threatening causes of abdominal pain among the many abdominal pain admissions as well as instit...

Down’s syndrome is associated with various congenital anomalies, musculoskeletal abnormalities and also anatomical variation in organ systems. In this report we are presenting a case of cholelithiasis Epigastric hernia 42 years Male down’s patient, on laparoscopic exploration found multiple rectus sheath defects epigastric region Moynihan hump. A rare anterior abdominal wall defects.

Rectus Sheath Hematoma (RSH) represents an unusual entity which is characterized by acute abdominal pain and tender palpable abdominal mass usually, among elderly patients receiving anticoagulant therapy. We report the case of an 81-year-old woman admitted to our department due to acute abdominal pain and oligoanuria. The patient had recently been hospitalized due to acute myocardial infarction...

endometriosis is defined as the presence of functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. endometriosis can sometimes occur in a previous surgical scar. scar endometriosis is rare and difficult to diagnose. it mostly follows obstetrical and gynecological surgeries. this condition is often confused with other surgical conditions. we are reporting one case of scar endometriosis invol...