Publications by authors named "Abdulrahman H Alashkar"
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- Leishmaniasis is a protozoal infection that can manifest in three forms: cutaneous (CL), mucocutaneous (MCL), and visceral, with CL being the most common, but it can be hard to diagnose when lesions are diffuse.
- A 54-year-old man with a history of MCL, systemic lupus erythematosus, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presented with widespread skin lesions, leading to the diagnosis of MCL with cellulitis after biopsy and PCR tests confirmed the presence of leishmania.
- Despite having reliable diagnostic tests and treatment options like intravenous liposomal amphotericin B, the clinical suspicion for leishmaniasis can be challenging since its symptoms often mimic other
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a commonly performed procedure. One of its most feared complications is esophageal injury (EI). There is no standard approach on how to treat these injuries.
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- * It presents a case study of a 56-year-old man with no previous health issues who developed neurological deficits due to UCEA, but after a two-stage surgical intervention, he achieved full motor recovery three months later.
- * The authors suggest that diabetes screening is important for patients with spinal epidural abscesses, and emphasize that surgical treatment is usually necessary, especially for UCEA, due to the potential for joint instability.
Objectives: To analyze the clinical and echocardiographic changes in individuals with morbid obesity who underwent bariatric surgery.
Methods: In total, 59 obese patients with body mass index >35 kg/m were prospectively enrolled. We assessed baseline pre-operative and a 6-month post-operative lipid profile, hemoglobin A1c, echocardiography, lifetime, and a 10-year risks of atherosclerotic disease for all patients.
Objective: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one of the most commonly performed bariatric procedures. Some surgeons still perform routine post-sleeve gastrografin (RSG) study believing that it would detect post-LSG complications, especially leak. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of RSG by considering the cost of the study, length of hospital stay and complications-related costs RSG could prevent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo investigate the indications of first (non-repeated) cesarean deliveries, to categorize those indications into absolute and relative according to established guidelines of cesarean deliveries, and to compare the women with absolute and relative indications by demography and pregnancy-related attributes. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of delivery data between September and October 2018, at the Maternity and Children Hospital, Buraidah, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Indications for cesarean deliveries of 200 primary cases were abstracted and were categorized into 'absolute' and 'relative' according to the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany guidelines.
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