Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Nocturnal enuresis (NE) is defined as uncontrollable bed-wetting for at least three consecutive months in children over 5 years. Sleep could be dramatically altered in children with primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE); consequently, this helps to confirm the assumption that PNE appears to modify sleep structure, or it might be the result of an irregul...
Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the spine surgeon had to deal with some new challenges in treating emergency spine cases. This paper aimed to report our experience with spine emergency surgery during the pandemic, with already limited resources for surgery. This was a retrospective, single-center study, involving all patients admitted to our hospital...
Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) have opened new doors, improving the quality, and increasing the duration of life by providing support of heart rate, atrioventricular and interventricular synchrony, thereby preventing sudden cardiac death. Nevertheless, these devices can pose some risks to the patients, including pacemaker-mediated c...
Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Surgical methods have profited from the exchange of knowledge among different specialties. Endoscopy which was introduced by gynecologists, surgeons, and internists is used now by all disciplines, and most of yesterday's laparotomies have now endoscopic alternatives. However, laparotomies are still needed, and there is no agreement among surgeons a...
Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Tumors of the retromolar trigone area represent 12% of neoplasms of the oral cavity, and of which squamous cell carcinoma represents the main histological type. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the accessory salivary glands is a rare entity, representing less than 5% of head and neck cancers, and 10% of all salivary gland tumors; its biological ch...
Published in Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Published in Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Background COVID-19 is a new disease that appeared in December 2019. Millions of people have been infected and died from this infection. Until today, the pathophysiology and treatment of this infection remain unknown, but a lot of studies are trying to solve the mystery. The trail of inflammation remains the most convincing, especially the Interleu...
Published in Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Background The clinical symptoms, blood laboratory data, O2 saturation and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings are critical factors in diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Methods In this study, 105 hospitalized patients suspected of having COVID-19 were evaluated. Finally, the laboratory and HRCT and related factors data of 83 confirme...
Published in Annals of Medicine and Surgery
• For the past 10 years there've been an increase in number of cases of proximal stomach and gastroesophageal junction cancers. • Double tract reconstruction can restore normal metabolic functions at the remote postoperative period. • Double tract operation can give the opportunity for free access to the major duodenal papilla by the preservation o...
Published in Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Spontaneous gas effusion unrelated to assisted ventilation is a newly recognized complication of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The objective of the present study was to examine the incidence, risk factors and the outcomes of Spontaneous gas effusions. 610 cases were analyzable, with 3 patients developing spontaneous ...
