Publications by authors named "Abid Bassem"

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  • A 61-year-old man was hospitalized due to abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation, with a history of epidermoid lung cancer.
  • A CT scan showed a swollen stomach and thickened bowel walls.
  • During surgery, two small-bowel metastases from the lung cancer were discovered and removed.
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Rupture of ovarian dermoid-cyst is rare case. We report the case of a woman admitted for acute post-traumatic abdominal pain due to ruptured ovarian cyst. The patient was operated and we found a very abundant peritoneal effusion with left ovarian cyst which was broken.

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Introduction: in colon cancer surgery, anastomotic fistula (AF) is considered the most feared complication. The purpose of this study was to identify predictive factors associated with anastomotic fistula after colon cancer surgical resection and to describe the impact of this complication on mortality and postoperative length of stay.

Methods: we conducted a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study in the Department of General Surgery at the Habib Bourguiba Hospital in Sfax, Tunisia from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2020.

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Dermatofibrosarcoma is a rare skin tumor. Morphological characteristics can be misleading and unknown to most of physicians. Diagnostic delay may affect patient´s management and prognosis.

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  • * An analysis of 20,584 histopathological reports revealed that the majority of patients were female (77.6%) and aged around 54, with incidental gallbladder cancers occurring in 0.8% of cases, mostly at advanced T2 and T3 stages.
  • * The findings suggest that although the rate of incidental gallbladder carcinoma is low, further investigation into granulomatous cholecystitis is needed, and clinical parameters should be considered when examining cholecystectomy specimens.
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Unlabelled: We report a prospective study of 42 cases of primary uncomplicated umbilical and epigastric hernia operated by laparoscopy with a 1 year mean follow-up. The purpose of our study is to investigate the contribution of laparoscopy in the treatment of in terms of results in the short and medium term. Early surgical morbidity was 14.

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Background: The colostomy may be terminal or lateral, temporary or permanent. It may have psychological, medical or surgical complications.

Aim: reporting the incidence of surgical complications of colostomies, their therapeutic management and trying to identify risk factors for their occurrence.

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Abdominal pain observed in Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is usually attributed to edema and hemorrhage in the small bowel wall, secondary to a small-vessel vasculitis. Pancreatitis secondary to HSP is extremely rare. Here we report a 53-year-old man presented with acute pancreatitis that developed into characteristic rashes seen during HSP at the second day of the clinical onset, together with arthritis and glomerulonephritis.

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Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with intraperitoneal haemorrhage is a life-threatening complication with a high mortality rate. The mechanism of spontaneous rupture of HCC is unknown. It may be related to venous congestion, haemorrhage, central necrosis, or trauma.

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Introduction: Anatomy teaching is newly boosted by the development of interactive three-dimensional (3D) teaching techniques. Nevertheless, their superiority as teaching aids has never been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to compare 3D and traditional chalk teaching efficiency in terms of student memorization concerning peritoneal embryogenesis.

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Context: Jejunal diverticuli are rare and usually asymptomatic. More commonly, they are seen as incidental findings on CT images, enteroclysis, or during surgery. Complications such as bleeding, perforation, obstruction, malabsorption, diverticulitis, blind loop syndrome, volvulus, and intussusceptions may warrant surgical intervention.

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Objective: Hydatid cysts of the spigelian lobe, that is, segment I of the liver, are rare. We analyzed their clinical and therapeutic particularities.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective search for the hydatid cysts of the liver treated surgically in our department from January 1, 1994, through December 31, 2005.

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