Publications by authors named "Abdulaziz Alsaigh"
The aim of this retrospective chart review study was to examine the cost effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs); angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs); and dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (CCBs) such as amlodipine, monotherapies in the management of essential hypertension among adult patients (≥18 years) without cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease in the primary care clinics of a university-affiliated tertiary care hospital. Patients were followed up for at least 12 months from the initiation of therapy. Propensity score bin bootstrapping with 10,000 replications was conducted to generate the 95% confidence intervals (CI) for both treatment outcome (e.
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- 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.