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 (2012)
Zieve's syndrome (ZS) is a triad of hemolytic anemia, cholestatic jaundice and hyperlipidemia that presents in the setting of alcohol abuse and liver disease. ZS is not well known and remains underdiagnosed. We present a case of ZS in a 38-year-old female with a history of chronic alcohol abuse and pancreatitis to raise awareness of ZS. It is impor...
Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Renal involvment of Behçet disease is not usual and Ig A vasculitis complicated by Behçet disease is extremely rare. We report a case of Henoch Scholein purpura and nephritis associated with Behçet disease revealed by ophthalmic examination. Recurrent oral ulcer is not a manifestation of Ig A vasculitis which doesn't affect large or middle sized ar...
Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
The outbreak of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has a significant burden on global health and could be associated with significant mortality. Limited information exists about determinants of its fatality worldwide. Thus, this ecological study examined the association of various predictors with Covid-19 fatality. International data bases of Covid-19 st...
Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Since most hip fractures are treated surgically, it is imperative to find an optimum fracture-to-surgery time to decrease the potential complications and enhance postoperative outcomes. In comparison to the vast plethora of literature available on surgical delay and its implications on mortality, very little, if any, research is available on the im...
Published in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Hepatic cystadenoma is an urgent problem due to the high risk of malignant transformation. There are both radical and minimally invasive methods of treatment. We present a clinical case describing the successful use of microwave ablation (MWA) in a 72-year-old woman with hepatic cystadenoma. The patient was admitted to the clinic with abdominal dis...
