Publications by authors named "A al-Saigh"
Gastrointestinal ganglioneuromatosis is a rare and benign proliferation of both ganglion and Schwann cells, which may present in a variety of clinicopathological characteristics including polypoid, localized and diffuse forms. It is characterized by the presence of a large number of dysplastic ganglion cells or hyperganglionosis. The affected patients are usually children and a number of them have intestinal neuronal dysplasia type B, which may overlap with ganglioneuromatosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chest trauma in childhood is relatively uncommon in clinical practice, and has been the subject of few reports in the literature. This study was undertaken to examine our experience in dealing with chest trauma in children.
Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective study of 74 children who sustained chest trauma, and were referred to King Fahad Hospital in Medina over a two-year period.
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluates the use of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery at King Khalid University Hospital in Saudi Arabia from April 2003 to March 2004, utilizing the da Vinci system for various surgical procedures.
- Among the 42 operations performed, cardiac procedures were the most common, with a median setup time of 15 minutes; only a small percentage required conversion to traditional surgery.
- The results suggest that this advanced surgical method is safe, effective, and could play a significant role in future surgical practices.
Objective: To present our experience of carcinoid tumors of the appendix managed at a university teaching hospital. Complex symptomatology, varied biochemical affections and different surgical therapeutic modalities are discussed.
Methods: The medical records of all the patients who underwent consecutive appendectomies at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1999 were retrospectively analyzed.