Background: Laparoscopy is not an accepted procedure for complicated appendicitis in children for most pediatric surgeons. This procedure is associated with a higher incidence of postoperative abdominal abscess reported in some studies. Objectives: In this study, we investigated the security, efficacy and complications of laparoscopy in children with complicated appendicitis in Mofid Children's...

Amcebic abscess of the liver when not properly treated tends to increase in size and often ruptures into the adjacent tissues, viz, lung, pleura, peritoneum, pericardium or abdominal wall, and less commonly into the stomach, duodenum or hepatic flexure. An effusion may occur into the pleural or peritoneal cavities as a result of direct spread of the inflammation from the advancing abscess. Absc...

Prostatic abscesses are usually related to gram-negative bacilli. However, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as a substantial cause of prostatic abscesses in recent years. Herein, we report the case of a 31-year-old man with a history of orthotopic liver transplantation 10 years ago who presented with acute onset dysuria and abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a M...

Eight patients with cystic fibrosis had chronic abdominal pain and the other features of distal intestinal obstruction syndrome. Coexistent abdominal pathology was shown in six patients. Two had a small bowel volvulus, and the others had Crohn's disease, a small bowel fistula, appendix abscess, and an ovarian dermoid. Opiate abuse exacerbated symptoms in two other patients.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the values of Computed Tomography (CT) in diagnosing postoperative pancreatic surgeryabdominalinfection and its efficacy and to provide a reasonable method for the diagnosis of abdominal infection. METHODS Seventy-two patients who were confirmed as resectablepancreatic carcinoma by physical examination, CT, positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, endoscopic retrograde ...

recording. On the subject of abscess of the spleen, Kelly and Noble in Gynaecology and Abdominal Surgery say "the formation of abscesses in the spleen in cases of py?3mia is a common occurrence, but such abscesses are usually small, and not recognizable during the life of the patient. Primary abscess iu the spleen is rare. I)ouglas gives a resume of seven cases reported by Kessel Hagen and adds...