Background: Giant acute extradural hematoma following titanium mesh cranioplasty is very rare. Case Report: We report a giant post-cranioplasty which required surgical evacuation and removal of implant. The was done for post-craniectomy defect from right sided decompressive craniectomy fronto-temporo-parietal subdural (aSDH) contusion. On evacuation, patient recovered. Later on repeat with no c...

Background & aim: Cesarean section (CS) accounts for 35% of all surgical operations in Iran. Post cesarean ileus is a complication of CS. There are various pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical ways for the treatment of this condition. Given the fact that the non-pharmaceutical approaches are better tolerated and often inexpensive, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of chewi...

Abstract Aims Hypocalcaemia is a common complication after parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and often the cause of prolonged hospital stay post operatively. Although there no current guidance on targets total SHPT, recommends day-case rate 90% patients undergoing surgery primary hyperparathyroidism. Our centre has developed safe protocol which allows us to perform para...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Small emboli arising from a friable plaque during carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stent placement (CAS) constitute a potentially important cause of periprocedural ischemic complications. To evaluate the frequency and significance of cerebral ischemic lesions of embolic origin after CEA and CAS, we examined patients with moderate to severe carotid stenosis ...

INTRODUCTION Post-mastectomy seroma, with an occurrence of up to 59%, is a major complication in modern oncological surgery. While drain placement is a common tool in dealing with this complication, some patients may either be incapable or unwilling to accept this course of action, requiring an alternative option for seroma prevention. A recent study using a lysine-derived urethane adhesive nam...

BACKGROUND Ascending aortic dissection (AAD) is a rare and serious complication of aortic valve replacement. Multiple risk factors such as connective tissue disease, aortic wall thinning, aortic diameter, calcification of wall, structural features of aortic wall and associated diseases have been considered as a predisposing factor for the occurrences of AAD. Preoperative recognition of these va...

radiation induced sarcoma is a rare but recognized complication of radiotherapy and is associated with poor prognosis, frequently occurs 5 years after completion of treatment. we report radiation-induced sarcoma in a 42 years old male, involving the left parietooccipital scalp region following treatment of brain tumor with craniotomy and post-operative radiation with 60co machine. diagnosis of ...

Backgrounds: Post-operative complications in pediatric surgery are important issues, especially that after major abdominal for preterm infants: sometimes lead to mortality/morbidity even though the surgical procedures were successful. We here attempted demonstrate and record post-operative infants surgery. This is a secondary analysis of our cohort (n = 594) previously reported regarding postop...

Coronary artery dissection is a quite unusual but eventually lifethreatening complication, and most cases occur as an immediate adverse event after cardiac catheterization [1, 2]. Mostly, it affects the right coronary artery, due to its anatomical disposition [3]. Rarely it can affect the LMCA (1% of all procedures), as happened in the case reported, and it can have fatal consequences if the ad...

abstract background: the most common complication of lumbar puncture (lp) occurring in over thirty percent of patients is headache. the position after lumbar puncture, needle type and size, and volume of the extracted cerebrospinal fluid (csf) have been evaluated as contributory factors in occurrence of post lumbar puncture headache (plph), but the position before lumbar puncture has not been e...