Malrotation in an Adult Patient With Pneumoperitoneum Following Nissen-Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Case Report.

Intestinal malrotation is typically encountered in the first year of life and is rarely seen in adult populations. Herein, we present the case of a 48-year-old woman with a surgical history of laparoscopic Nissen-sleeve gastrectomy before 11 months who was referred to the general surgery service after presenting to the emergency department with acute epigastric abdominal pain for one-day duration. Radiography and a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen revealed a large pneumoperitoneum.

Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease at a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients who received abdominal imaging and to assess the clinical and metabolic characteristics of NAFLD.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 500 family medicine patients (aged 18 years and older) who completed abdominal imaging at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from January 2016 through June 2020.

Results: The patients enrolled had a mean age of 49.

Failure of ciprofloxacin to eradicate brucellosis in experimental animals.

Ciprofloxacin is a quinolone that penetrates well intracellularly. It was shown to be active against Brucella melitensis in vitro. In this study, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline were used to treat B.

Therapeutic ultrasound and the liver in vivo: action and possible mechanisms.

This paper reports on the effects of therapeutic ultrasound upon the liver in vivo. Exposure of the liver of rats to therapeutic ultrasound at a frequency of 0.87 MHz results in intravascular haemolysis which is dependent upon the product of the intensity and the exposure duration (energy deposited within the liver).