previous abdominal surgery

We report a patient with pain, abdominal palpable mass and a history of previous open renal stone surgery. Imaging studies showed a right pelvic kidney with multiple calyceal stones. We describe the successful management through laparoscopic assisted percutaneous nephrolithotomy with ultrasonography (PCNL) in ectopic pelvic kidney, stressing that this method is a minimally invasive therapeutic...

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History-taking and the Usefulness Index in the diagnosis of functional dyspepsia.

Journal: :The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ 2014

Matti Eskelinen Tuomas Selander Pertti Lipponen Petri Juvonen

BACKGROUND The primary diagnosis of functional dyspepsia (FD) is made on the basis of typical symptoms and by excluding organic gastrointestinal diseases that cause dyspeptic symptoms. However, there is difficulty reaching a diagnosisin FD. OBJECTIVES To assess the efficiency of the Usefulness Index (UI) test and history-taking in diagnosing FD. METHODS A study on acute abdominal pain condu...

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ovarian torsion in postmenopausal women and risk of malignancy

Journal: :journal of midwifery and reproductive health 0

zohreh yousefi professor, department of obstetrics and gynecology, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran fellowship of gynecology oncology. marjaneh farazestanian fellowship of obstetrics and gynecology, department of obstetrics and gynecology, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran mansoureh mottaghi fellowship of obstetrics and gynecology, department of obstetrics and gynecology, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran nasrin pourmoghadam resident of obstetrics and gynecology, department of obstetrics and gynecology, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran

background & aim: ovarian torsion is one of the most common causes of emergency surgery in gynecology, with a tendency to occur in postmenopausal women. the aim of this study was to provide information concerning the clinical presentations, surgical management, pathological findings and risk of malignancy in postmenopausal women with ovarian torsion. methods:in this cross-sectional study, the r...

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effect of lung manual hyperinflation (mhi) on oxygenation of patients following abdominal surgery and t-tube support

Journal: :evidence based care 0

javad malekzadeh evidence based care research centre, instructor of nursing, instructor of medical-surgical nursing, school of nursing and midwifery, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran mahboube yazdani ms in nursing, school of nursing and midwifery, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran alireza sedaghat associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care, school of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran seyed reza mazlom evidence based care research centre, instructor of nursing, instructor of medical-surgical nursing, school of nursing and midwifery, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran

background: postoperative pulmonary complications (ppc) are of the major reasons for death. prolonged mechanical ventilation (pmv) and delayed extubation are leading to the incidence of more seriously complications. the effect of hyperinflation has not been investigated in control of these complications in patients who have been weaned from mechanical ventilation and are undergoing t-tube suppo...

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An investigational study about the conversion risk factors of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery

Journal: مجله دانشکده پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران 2021

Ahmad Kachoie, Enayatollah Noori, Farrokh Savaddar, Mohsen Eshraghi, Mostafa Vahedian, Neda Minaei,

Background: Knowing the conversion risk factors of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery, helps the surgeon to plan for surgery accordingly. This study aimed to determine the risk factors for converting laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery. Methods: In this analytical study, the case information of 1104 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Shahid Beheshti Hospi...

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