Management of infectious aortic aneurysms: Short- and mid-term outcomes.

Background: Infectious aortic aneurysms (IAA) are a rare but life-threatening condition due to their rapid development. Their management is multidisciplinary. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the mortality of patients treated for AIA by different types of treatments.

A New Technique for the Treatment of Venous Popliteal Aneurysms Using the Axillary Vein: Medium and Long-Term Results.

Background: Venous popliteal aneurysms are a rare but serious disease due to the risk of pulmonary embolism (PE). Aneurysms larger than 20 mm in diameter or with an embolic episode should be treated. The classic surgical technique is the tangential resection of the aneurysm with venorrhaphy, which may raise the risk of recurrence.

Anatomical Study of Abdominal Wall Muscle Innervation to Optimize Retroperitoneal Vascular Approach.

Introduction: Different surgical approaches are used in aortic surgery. Retroperitoneal approaches can result in abdominal wall weakness and flank bulging. These approaches often require dissection of the anterolateral or anteromedial muscles of the abdominal wall.

Esophageal Injury After Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation: What Can Thoracic Surgeons Offer?

Background: The anterior approach for cervical spine surgery was introduced in the late 1950's and was then extensively used with a known considered risk for an esophageal injury.

Objective: Therefore, we designed this study to look into our institution's experience in the treatment of esophageal injury post cervical spine fixation looking at possible causes, presentation and risk factors.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of esophageal perforation cases secondary to cervical spine fixation, encountered in King Fahad hospital of the University (Eastern province, Dammam, Saudi Arabia) in between (2008-2019) were studied.

Case Report of Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma in A 15-Year-old Male.

Background: A rare form of hepatocellular cancer is called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC) which occurs mostly in young adults who are medically free, regardless of their gender. It usually presents with abdominal pain with right upper quadrant palpable mass, nausea, and weight loss associated with higher Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) in some cases.

Objective: We report a case of a 15-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with (FL-HCC), successfully treated with surgical resection and is currently free of relapses.

Abdominal cocoon syndrome (idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis): An extremely rare cause of small bowel obstruction-Two case reports and a review of literature.

Introduction: Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP) is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in which the bowel and internal abdominal organs are wrapped with a fibrocollagenous cocoon-like encapsulating membrane [1,2]. SEP is divided into two entities: abdominal cocoons (AC), also known as idiopathic or primary sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, which is of extremely rare type, and secondary sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, which is the more common type.

Case Presentation: Two male patients from India, a 26 year old and a 36 year old, presented to our hospital complaining about abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting without any history of previous surgical interventions; the patients' vitals were stable.

Iliopsoas Hematoma and Abscess Formation as a Complication of an Anterior Abdominal Penetrating Injury: a Case Report and Review of Literature.

Background: Abdominal stab wounds are common in clinical practice. However, the development of psoas muscle abscess following such an injury is extremely rare. Moreover, literature surrounding psoas muscle hematoma formation as a consequence of penetrating abdominal injury is scarce.

Combined Pull through and Balloon Anchoring Bailout Technique to Repair a Failed Bifurcated Endovascular Aortic Repair.

Background: To describe a bailout technique used to manage the left stump of a bifurcated endograft that was stuck above a narrowed distal aortic neck.

Methods: An 80-year-old man with a suprarenal aneurysm was treated with a custom-made 4-vessel fenestration endograft. During the procedure, the left stump of the distal bifurcated graft module was chased out of a narrow distal aortic neck and became stuck horizontally at the bottom of the aortic aneurysmal sac.