Objective: To evaluate the laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedure in cases of acute cholecystitis. Study Design: Cohort study Place and Duration Study: Department Surgery, Surgical Unit-1, SIMS/Services Hospital Lahore from 1st January 2021 to 30th June 2022. Methodology: One hundred ninety eight which suffered cholecystitis were enrolled. The age was within 35-60 years. divided into 3 groups; ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the patient's history and physical examination information to find out risk factors associated with complicated appendicitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two hundred patients who were admitted with complicated appendicitis (including abscess, phlegmon, and generalized peritonitis) were retrieved from our database. Two hundred patients with non-complicated acute appendicitis ...

Résumé Affections gravissimes à pronostic très réservé particulièrement dans notre contexte de sous médicalisation et de pauvreté. Notre but en initiant ce travail est de déterminer les étiologies de ces urgences et discuter de leur prise en charge thérapeutique. Étude de type rétrospective et descriptive sur 05 ans, au total 52 dossiers cliniques ont été inclus. Ces infections ont représenté 0...

BACKGROUND Unexpected inflammatory cecal masses of uncertain etiology, encountered in the emergency surgical departments can be indistinguishable, and appropriate operative management of these cases is a dilemma for the surgeons. METHODS Over a 30-months period between January 2009 and June 2011, a series of 3032 patients who live in sub-urban underwent emergency surgery for clinical diagnosi...

BACKGROUND Pancreatic involvement of angiosarcoma is extremely rare. METHODS We herein report a rare case of angiosarcoma associated with chronic lymphedema (Stewart-Treves syndrome) with pancreatic metastasis that was diagnosed using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)/fine needle aspiration (FNA). RESULTS A 43-year-old woman with a history of radical hysterectomy with bilateral inguinal lymphaden...

To cite: Chhabra L, Abraham GM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013010450 DESCRIPTION A 28-year-old woman with a history of snorting heroin and cocaine was admitted with facial cellulitis secondary to a dental phlegmon. She reported rhinolalia, occasional nasal regurgitation of food and a burning sensation in her nose and throat while eating. She ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to determine which clinical symptoms/signs and computed tomography (CT) signs can help in distinguishing ruptured from simple appendicitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records and CT findings of 202 consecutive patients with surgically proven acute appendicitis were retrospectively reviewed and compared between 2 groups with and without appendiceal r...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and the patterns of postoperative spinal infection according to the passage of time. METHODS Institutional review board approval was obtained, and informed consent was not obtained for the retrospective review of patients' medical records. A total of 43 patients (27 men and 16 women; mean age, 64) diagnosed with postoperat...