Introduction: The concept of "Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet" (WALANT) technique is gaining popularity in the field of plastic, orthopedic and general surgery owing to its benefits of reduced cost, improved ...
Mesenteric cysts have been documented as a rare occurrence in children. They are mostly renowned to be benign intra-abdominal tumors with no known etiology. The symptoms are non-specific ranging from being asymptomatic to ...
Surgical site infections (SSI) are infections occurring within 30 days of the postoperative procedure. They are common post-operative morbid complications that may cause death if not treated timely. The common causes of ...
Introduction: Tube thoracostomy is the procedure used in management of traumatic and atraumatic chest conditions. Despite its relative safety, it can still lead to potentially severe complications during or post its ...
Background: Cancer is an emerging global public health threat in low- and middle-income countries, and poor health literacy has resulted into poor outcomes due to late diagnosis and care. Fibrosarcoma is among the rare - ...
Introduction: Malnutrition is an emerging but neglected problem in hospitalized surgical patients which contributes significantly to the adverse postoperative outcomes. However, in most of our settings; patients scheduled ...
Sigmoid volvulus is the third most common cause of colonic obstruction. Men and women are not affected equally and some cases have been reported to occur during pregnancy [1, 2]. The current literatures are still devoid ...
Background: Social conflicts is one of the global challenges leading to setback of development and flourishing of human societies. Children are the most vulnerable group whenever it happens. In sub-Saharan Africa societies ...
Aims: Acute abdomen (AA) is a non-traumatic abdominal pain contributing approximately 1% of total admission, commonly treated surgically, causing common surgical emergency with significant challenges to the surgeons. There ...
Uterine Didelphys (UD) is one of the rare congenital condition which may be associated with significant complications during pregnant and during labor. It rarely affects infertility and generally is asymptomatic. 32 years ...
Post abortive Uterine-colon necrosis secondary to Clostridium perfringens infection is extremely rare of unknown incidence. The most reported cases include abdominal or uterine perforation due to C. perfringes forming ...
The ruptured splenic abscess is usually uncommon but associated with significant life-threatening. Concurrence of ruptured splenic abscess and severe anemia may lead to death if not treated effectively, especially in limited ...
Inflammatory fibroid polyp is a neoplastic condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract and particularly the gastric antrum. It is virtually a benign submucosal mass comprising mesenchymal cells and numerous small blood ...
Ileosigmoid knotting (ISK), also known as compound volvulus, is a rare surgical emergency leading to intestinal obstruction. It is extremely rare in pregnant women and
is a fatal disease due to rapid gangrene caused by ...
Karuhanga, T.A; Macha, M.E; Sakurani, B.T; Them, L; Mgabo, M; Rashidi, M; Tekie, F; Mgonja, F.R(2022-09-22)
Introduction: Burn is an injury resulting from extreme temperature, chemicals or electricity. Fire-related burns are the most cause of death for children. Infants are at high risk consisting a global rate ranging from 3.0 ...
Karuhanga, T.A; Lulengo, J.M(Clinmed International library, 2020-09-19)
Introduction: Intestinal obstruction is rare in pregnant with the incidence ranging between 1:1500 and 1:66431 deliveries whereby the sigmoid volvulus is the most cause in all causes. Early diagnosis is the most important ...