Weight reduction among females undergoing laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: The role of Calcium and Vitamin D3.

Objective: To evaluate the role of Vitamin-D and calcium supplementation on preoperative weight reduction in obese women before laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.

Methods: This double-blind clinical trial was conducted at the affiliated health centers of King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia from January 2021 to December 2021. It included forty-five obese women aged 24-56 years, with body mass index (BMI) of 34.

Laparoscopic Umbilical Hernia repair in male patients with abdominal obesity.

Objective: Obesity is a global health problem, and obese patients are subject to developing abdominal wall hernias. There are few prospective studies comparing the laparoscopic method of umbilical hernia mesh repair between abdominal obesity patients and normal abdominal waist patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term outcomes (operative time, early complications and hospital stay) in the patients having laparoscopic hernia repair with abdominal obesity.

Readmission after antibiotic management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis in adults: prospective study.

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical cause of acute abdomen. Many randomized studies compare between antibiotic and surgery, and such studies indicated that antibiotics might treat acute appendicitis. However, there are concerns about selection bias in previous studies.

Gastroparesis post-laparoscopic cholecystectomy in diabetic patients.

Impairment of gastric emptying is well recognized in patients with diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to investigate the influencing factors for gastroparesis syndrome development after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in diabetic patients. This is a case-control study.

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Nutrient Deficiencies: A Prospective Study.

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is being increasingly established as a definitive procedure for weight loss. The mechanism for weight loss in LSG is gastric restriction and neurohormonal changes, but there is deficient information on its nutritional effect. The aim of this prospective study was to assess vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies following LSG (whats and when) in organized follow-up visits.

Obesity Disease and Surgery.

Obesity is a medical disease that is increasing significantly nowadays. Worldwide obesity prevalence doubled since 1980. Obese patients are at great risk for complications with physical and psychological burdens, thus affecting their quality of life.

Parasitic infestation in pediatric and adolescent appendicitis: a local experience.

Objective: The relationship between parasites and pediatric appendicitis is a highly debatable issue. This study aims to investigate the role of parasitic infestation in the etiology of acute pediatric appendicitis.

Methods: A retrospective study including 1600 pediatric and adolescent patients who had undergone surgical therapy for a diagnosis of acute appendicitis over a period of ten years from Jan 2001 to Dec 2010.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in adult patients with sickle cell disease.

Summary Background Data: A gallstone is a common disease in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, and cholecystectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed in patients with SCD. We conducted this study to determine the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) as the standard surgical treatment for gallstones in adult patients with sickle cell anemia over a long period.

Patients And Methods: Data of all the SCD patients who were operated between April 1994 and December 2008 were collected retrospectively.

Laparoscopic splenectomy for massive splenomegaly in benign hematological diseases.

Background: Laparoscopic splenectomy has become the standard of care for benign hematological disease affecting the spleen; its role in massive splenomegaly remains controversial. In this study, we evaluated the outcome of laparoscopic splenectomies in terms of spleen size in a group of 83 patients of benign hematological diseases.

Methods: From July 2003 to December 2009, 83 patients underwent laparoscopic splenectomy for various benign hematological diseases.

Outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a secondary level of care in Saudi Arabia.

Background/aim: The first option for gallbladder surgery is laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The aim of this study is to analyze the outcomes for all patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a secondary level of care.

Patients And Methods: Between 2005 and 2008, 968 consecutive laparoscopic cholecystectomies were performed at King Fahad Hospital.

Appendectomy during pregnancy in sickle cell disease patients.

Background/aim: Acute appendicitis during pregnancy is the most common problem encountered in general surgery. However, limited data are available regarding acute appendicitis in pregnant sickle cell disease (SCD) patients. We aimed to study was the clinical presentation, management, and outcome in SCD patients who underwent appendectomy for suspected acute appendicitis during pregnancy.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 427 adults with sickle cell disease: a single-center experience.

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is common in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Patients with this disease have an increased risk for gallstones. Cholecystectomy is the most common general surgical procedure performed in patients with SCD.

Emergency laparoscopy for acute abdominal conditions: a prospective study.

Background: Currently, emergency laparoscopic surgery for acute abdominal conditions has become the favored surgical approach; therefore, we investigated the diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic efficacy of laparoscopy in acute abdominal pain in Saudi Arabian patients.

Patients And Methods: In this prospective study, 176 patients with acute abdominal pain (113 patients with pain localized to the right iliac region [group A] and 63 patients with generalized abdominal pain [group B] underwent emergency laparoscopy between January 2002 and December 2006. We evaluated the initial clinical diagnosis, the laparoscopic diagnosis, and the outcome in these two groups of patients.

Modified Alvarado score for acute appendicitis in overweight patients.

Objective: To find out the efficacy of Modified Alvarado (MA) scoring system in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in the overweight patients.

Methods: All the patients with suspected acute appendicitis admitted in the surgical department at King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Al-Hassa, during the period from September 2004 to December 2006 were included in the study. Patients with score of 7 or more of modified Alvarado score were included, patients with score of 6 or less were excluded.

Vascular access related infections in hemodialysis patients.

Hemodialysis (HD) patients are at considerably high risk for vascular access-related blood stream infections (VRBSI) that result in serious complications. Such severe infections are a great deal more frequent with central venous catheters (CVCs) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts than with arteriovenous fistula (AVF). Nonetheless, the CVCs, though having "undesirable" side effects, remain "unavoidable" for the patients requiring instant dialysis access, as a consequence of the unpredictable course of chronic renal disease.

Pain after inguinal hernia repair. Possible role of bowel preparation.

Objective: To evaluate the possible effectiveness of bowel preparation on pain after hernia repair.

Methods: This was a prospective randomized study, performed at King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 2000 and December 2002. The group of patient was randomly divided in 2 groups.

Osteoarthritis of knees and obesity in Eastern Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To find out the prevalence and relation between osteoarthritis of knees and obesity in Al-Ahsa region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Methods: The study included 243 male and female patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis of knees between June 2001 to March 2003. All patients were recruited from the Physical Therapy Department, King Fahd Hofuf Hospital, Hofuf, KSA.

Post hemorrhoidectomy pain. A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To compare the effect of metronidazole on post conventional hemorrhoidectomy pain in patients with third and fourth degree hemorrhoids.

Methods: Two hundred consecutive patients admitted in King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia between June 2002 and May 2004 for surgical treatment of 3rd and 4th degree hemorrhoids were randomly assigned into 2 groups. In Group 1 (100 patients) pre and postoperative metronidazole was used and in Group 2 (100 patients) no medications were given.

Accuracy of the "triple test" in the diagnosis of palpable breast masses in Saudi females.

Background: For patients who present to clinicians with palpable breast lesions, the triple test: (physical examination, mammography and fine-needle aspiration cytology) can be employed to provide accurate diagnosis. In this study, the sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of triple test components were studied separately and in combination.

Material And Methods: During the study period (from January 1998 to December 1999), 140 patients with palpable breast masses were subjected to all components of the triple test followed by confirmatory open biopsy.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children with sickle cell disease.

Background: The aim of this study was to report the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children with sickle cell disease and to compare the patients who had surgery as emergency with those who were operated as routine.

Materials And Methods: A total of 72 patients (males 48, females 24) less than 14 years of age (ranging between 6 and 14 years) underwent cholecystectomy at the King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, in the last 5 years. The records of these patients were reviewed retrospectively, comparing the outcome of surgery in emergency and routine cases.

Prevalence of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among patients at the time of admission to the hospital.

Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important agent of hospital-acquired infection. The mode of entry of MRSA in the hospital might be on admission of patients with MRSA infection or nasal colonization. The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of MRSA nasal colonization among patients on admission to hospital.

Contamination of patients' files in intensive care units: an indication of strict handwashing after entering case notes.

Background: The extent to which bedside patients' files become contaminated and the range of bacterial flora attributable to contamination in high-risk areas of the hospital are not known with certainty. The aim of the present study was to determine the degree of contamination of the patient's files and also to analyze and compare the spectrum of contaminant bacterial flora between the intensive care unit (ICU) and surgical wards, the 2 most high-risk areas for nosocomial transmission of infection.

Methods: Microbiologic samples were collected from the exposed outer surface of the patients' files kept bedside in the ICU and surgical wards with sterile swabs moistened with sterile normal saline.