Feasibility of combining oncology surgery with bariatric surgery; a two-patient case series of sleeve gastrectomy with cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC.

Patients with an oncologic disease requiring cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy may also present with morbid obesity. In some patients, it may be possible to offer bariatric surgery such as sleeve gastrectomy in combination with their cancer resection to treat both diseases concurrently. Two such cases are described where sleeve gastrectomy was done alongside the primary oncologic surgery in the same procedure.

Incidental finding of a needle in the root of the mesentery of an 11-month-old boy: A case report.

Foreign body (FB) ingestion is very common in the pediatric population. Children will have different presentations based on their age, size, type, and site of the ingested FB. Some children can present with serious complications, others can be completely asymptomatic.

Two Unusual Presentations of Presacral Schwannoma; A Case Series.

Introduction: Schwannomas are benign tumors that arise from the Schwann cells of nerve fibers. They commonly occur in the head and neck, mediastinum and extremities. However, they are extremely rare to be found in the pelvis.

Laparoscopic intrapancreatic accessory splenectomy: A case report of recurrent immune thrombocytopenia in a 33 years old male patient after 6 years of splenectomy.

Introduction: Intra-pancreatic Accessory Spleen (IPAS) is a rare benign abnormality of splenic embryology that should be considered in any patient with recurrence of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The case demonstrates that remission could be achieved if an IPAS is correctly identified and safely removed.

Case Presentation: We report a 33-years-old male patient who presented with chronic ITP relapsed 3 years post initial splenectomy.

Assessment of first-year medical students' perceptions of teaching and learning through team-based learning sessions.

Team-based learning (TBL) is an emerging teaching and learning strategy being employed in medical schools. The College of Medicine at Alfaisal University has adopted a TBL approach as an instructional method for first-year medical students. The aim of the present study was to describe the TBL method employed at Alfaisal University College of Medicine and to assess first-year medical students' perceptions of this learning modality for the anatomy- and physiology-based blocks/courses in organ systems form of curriculum.