Publications by authors named "C H Kefalas"

Background: Bladder rupture is more frequently encountered in blunt pelvic trauma, but can also be spontaneous or iatrogenic. Laparoscopic repair has been widely used during the last few years as a treatment for intraperitoneal bladder perforation. The bladder is the genitourinary organ most often affected by iatrogenic injury.

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Introduction: And importance: The most common postoperative complications after inguinal hernia repair are hernia recurrence, hematoma, seroma, wound infection, chronic pain, numbness and swelling. The aim of this case report is to present a rare complication of inguinal hernia repair, a large scrotal abscess that was caused by an inoculated scrotal hematoma 3 months after Transabdominal Preperitoneal bilateral inguinal hernia repair.

Case Presentation: An 84-year-old patient presented to the emergency department complaining about fever, pain and progressive swelling of the left hemiscrotum.

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Objective: To investigate the state of knowledge on emotional intelligence (EI) education in pre-registration nursing programmes.

Design: Integrative literature review.

Data Sources: CINAHL, Medline, Scopus, ERIC, and Web of Knowledge electronic databases were searched for abstracts published in English between 1992-2014.

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