Standardized approach to the conservative surgery of hepatic cystic echinococcosis: A prospective study.

Objective: Surgery is the mainstay of hepatic cystic echinococcosis (HCE). The conservative surgery of HCE carries a non-negligible risk of recurrence and significant morbidity, dominated by Deep Surgical Site Infections (DSSI). To address these issues, we have improved and standardized this technique, which could reduce complications and achieve better postoperative outcomes.

Predicting Waist Circumference From a Single Computed Tomography Image Using a Mobile App (Measure It): Development and Evaluation Study.

Background: Despite the existing evidence that waist circumference (WC) provides independent and additive information to BMI when predicting morbidity and mortality, this measurement is not routinely obtained in clinical practice. Using computed tomography (CT) scan images, mobile health (mHealth) has the potential to make this abdominal obesity parameter easily available even in retrospective studies.

Objective: This study aimed to develop a mobile app as a tool for facilitating the measurement of WC based on a cross-sectional CT image.

Laparoscopic repair of the broad ligament hernia: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Broad ligament hernia is a rare type of internal hernia caused by the protrusion of viscera through an abnormal defect on the broad ligament. The diagnosis is difficult and challenging. Usually, it requires an urgent laparotomy to avoid intestinal necrosis or even the death of the patient.

Primary aortoduodenal fistula presenting as a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Primary aortoduodenal fistula (ADF) is a serious life-threatening condition. Unlike secondary ADF which occurs in patients who had previous aortic prosthetic reconstruction, primary ADF is uncommon. Its diagnosis is often unsuspected until surgery or postmortem.

Emphysematous cystitis revealed by necrotizing fasciitis: An unusual presentation.

Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a severe infection of the bladder that usually affects older women with diabetes mellitus. In rare situations, EC can lead to serious complications such as necrotizing fasciitis. We report the case of a 77-year-old woman who developed emphysematous cystitis complicated with rapidly progressive, gas-producing, necrotizing inflammation located on the right lower abdominal wall.

[Predictive factors for anastomotic leakage after colon cancer surgery].

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.

Primary retroperitoneal hydatid cyst with intraperitoneal rupture: a case report.

Background: Hydatid disease is endemic in Mediterranean countries and most commonly occurs in the liver followed by the lung. A primary localization in the retroperitoneum is extremely rare.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 29-year-old Tunisian patient presenting with progressive left flank pain and skin urticaria.

Perforated jejunal diverticulitis with extensive diverticulosis: A case report.

Jejunal diverticulitis is a rare condition that almost occurs in the elderly. An extensive diverticulosis associated is exceptional and can make the treatment more challenging.

Isolated cecal necrosis: Report of two cases.

Isolated cecal necrosis is a rare variant of ischemic colitis. Diagnosis is difficult because of nonspecific clinical and radiological findings. It especially affects patients with comorbidities affecting mesenteric perfusion.

Strangulated obturator hernia: Report of two cases.

Obturator hernia is a rare condition, which can be life-threatening if misdiagnosed. We must consider the diagnosis in case of a bowel obstruction especially in elderly women.

Tailgut cyst: 2 case reports.

Tailgut cysts, or retrorectal cystic hamartomas, are rare congenital developmental lesions. It is a benign lesion, but there is a risk of degeneration, so surgical resection is necessary.

Should we treat white line hernias by laparoscopy? About a prospective study of 42 cases.

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.

Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma in children.

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.

[Complications of Meckel's diverticulum. Report of 42 cases].

Aim: Our aim was to report the main complications of the Meckel's diverticulum.

Methods: Our retrospective study concerns 42 cases of complicated Meckel's diverticulum, collected during one period of 18 active years from January 1988 to December 2005. The yearly impact is 2,33 cases/year.

[Peritoneal gelatinous ascites].

Pseudomyxoma peritonei or gelatinous ascites is a rare clinical entity, and its pathogenesis remains obscure. It most often follows a mucinous tumor of the appendix. An ovarian origin in woman has been suggested but remains controversial.

[Linitis plastica].

Linitis plastica accounts for 3-19% of gastric cancers. Its diagnosis requires morphology findings of an infiltrating stomach tumor and pathology findings including signet-ring cells and fibrous stroma. Its etiology is not known, and it has no particular features.

[Fibrocystic mastopathy and cancer of the breast. About 111 cases].

Objective: Our aim was to identify the predictive factors of degeneration of the fibrocystic mastopathy.

Methods: This work is a retrospective survey of 111 observations of isolated fibrocystic mastopathies or associated to a breast cancer among 542 women admitted for tumor of the breast during one period of 13 active years from 1991 to 2003. The diagnosis has been gotten by anatomo-pathologic exam in 95.