Surgical outcomes and prognostic factors associated with emergency left colonic surgery.

Background: Mortality from emergency left-sided colorectal surgery can be substantial due to acuteness of the presentation and the urgent need to operate in the setting of a limited preparation in a morbid patient.

Objectives: Determine the 30-day postoperative outcomes and identify risk factors for complications and mortality following emergency colorectal operations.

Design: Retrospective SETTINGS: Three tertiary hospitals in three countries.

Post-thyroidectomy complications in southwestern Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study of a 6-year period.

Background: Thyroidectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland for non-neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid diseases. Major postoperative complications of thyroidectomy, including recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, hypocalcemia, and hypothyroidism, are not infrequent.

Objective: Summarize the frequency of surgical complications of thyroidectomy.