Publications by authors named "Ahmed Zanaty"
Background: The high recurrence rates in pediatric urolithiasis indicate the need for none invasive or a minimally invasive treatment such as SWL. Therefore, EAU, ESPU and AUA recommend SWL as a first line treatment for renal calculi ≤ 2, and RIRS or PCNL for renal calculi > 2 cm. SWL is superior to RIRS and PCNL as it is inexpensive, outpatient procedure, and it has a high SFR in well selected cases specially pediatrics.
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- A decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a surgical method used to treat severe intracranial pressure after traumatic brain injuries, and this study investigates its link to post traumatic hydrocephalus (PTH).
- A review of data from a neurosurgical center included 65 patients with severe TBI, monitoring for evidence of PTH, defined by symptoms like ventricular dilation and the need for a shunt.
- Results showed that younger patients were more likely to develop PTH, with cerebellar hematomas being a significant predictor of this condition following DC.
Background: Prior studies have shown that decompressive craniectomy may be an independent risk factor for the development of post-traumatic hydrocephalus (PTH). It is upon this background that we chose to conduct our single-center retrospective study to establish the possibility of an association between decompressive craniectomy and PTH.
Methods: A retrospective review involving a database of all patients with traumatic brain injury was undertaken.
Background: This study evaluated the current pathways for dealing with patients admitted for surgery to address spinal metastases.
Methods: In this retrospective analysis (2016-2021), the following variables were studied admission, demographics, length of stay, critical care admission, hospital costs, primary cancer, and average survival.
Results: There were 306 patients admitted from 2016 to 2021; 66 were planned admissions, 203 were emergency admissions, and 37 were day case admission.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that function as post-transcriptional gene expression regulators. The expression profiling of miRNAs has already entered into cancer clinics as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers to assess tumor initiation, progression and response to treatment in cancer patients. Recent studies have opened the way for the use of circulating miRNAs as non-invasive diagnosis and prognosis of Acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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