Case Report: Successful R0 resection in locally advanced retroperitoneal sarcomas.

We present a case series of three successfully resected tumors in our center at Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem, Palestine, all of which primarily involved or invaded adjacent structures and needed a multidisciplinary approach to achieve R0 resection. Our first patient is a 42-year-old previously healthy female with intermittent attacks of dull aching abdominal pain. Her tumor was a leiomyosarcoma that involved major vessels and other adjacent vital structures.

Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and estimated glomerular filtration rate in type 2 diabetic patients in Palestine: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference (IABPD) and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), as well as chronic kidney disease (CKD), in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 189 Palestinians diagnosed with T2DM. Data were collected through personal interviews, medical records and three separate blood pressure measurements from both arms.

Delayed splenic rupture presenting 8 days following blunt abdominal trauma due to a motor vehicle accident.

Introduction: Hemodynamic instability in previously stable trauma patients carries rather not a wide differential diagnosis. Delayed Splenic Rupture is certainly not on the top of the list.

Case Presentation: We present a patient with delayed splenic rupture eight days after a blunt abdominal trauma caused by a motor vehicle accident.

Transthoracic resection of hyperplastic parathyroid gland via a uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery technique.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery has grown in popularity in recent years, becoming the treatment of choice for minimally invasive resections of mediastinal lesions. The many advantages of video-assisted thoracic surgery, including decreasing postoperative pain, morbidity and length of hospitalization, have increased its utilization for optimal patient care. In our case, this approach was used on a 55-year-old female patient who presented with a retrotracheal mass protruding through the thoracic inlet.

Thoracic surgery in Palestine.

Thoracic surgery in Palestine ran across a significant shift in the past couple of years, moving from performing all surgeries by open thoracotomy incision to the current rate of more than two-thirds of surgeries being conducted using Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Thoracic surgeons most commonly deal with lung cancer, followed by chest trauma, inflammatory or infectious diseases, and congenital malformations of the chest. One of the most prominent strengths that Palestinian thoracic surgeons have is their extensive experience in managing trauma and hydatid cyst patients.