a prospective, randomized trial on 416 consecutive cases of appendicectomies was carried out in which half of the cases had simple ligation of the stump and the rest had invagination of the stump in addition. the two groups were matched for age, sex, state of personal hygiene and nutrition. the incidence of wound infection, and early and late post-operative complications remained comparable bet...

Abstract Introduction/Objective Benchmarking establishes baseline laboratory utilization patterns across health systems. Nicholas et al. (2021) recently evaluated the use of test volume ratios to identify intervention targets at VA hospitals. We aim investigate potential differences reported with those non-VA Methods/Case Report Using Vizient® Clinical Data Base permission from Vizient, Inc. (A...

Epitheloid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is an uncommon angiocentric neoplasm of intermediate malignant potential. This tumor is frequently seen in the lungs and liver, but its presentation in the oral cavity is rare. In the oral cavity, gingival region is the common sites of occurrence. We report a rare case of epitheloid hemangioendothelioma in a 48-year-old male, presenting as a growth in the u...

Context Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the pancreas is an increasingly diagnosed neoplasm that rarely penetrates adjacent organs. Case report A sixty-year-old asymptomatic male was seen for evaluation of iron deficiency anemia. Patient was found to have a mucin secreting tumor during esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Computed tomography scan showed an enlarged pancreas with numerous focal...

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical and histological nature of benign adnexal masses managed surgically. METHODS A retrospective descriptive study in a teaching hospital in Oman of all the women who had surgical management of benign adnexal masses from January 2008 to May 2012. Data pertaining to age, parity, presenting symptoms, imaging and tumor markers performed and the surgical intervention d...