Late meningitis and a nonabsorbable stent in recurrent Rathke's cleft cyst: illustrative case.

Background: The management of recurrent Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) remains challenging. The off-label application of steroid-eluting bioabsorbable or nonabsorbable intracystic stents has been recently described. Early outcomes and complications of this treatment have been described as well, but long-term data are lacking.

Combined tracheoesophageal transection following a life-threatening clothesline-type blunt neck trauma: A case report.

Introduction: Blunt neck trauma is an uncommon, life-threatening injury that may result in tracheoesophageal transection. The manifestations of these traumas are rather vague and nonspecific; therefore, the injury may be missed, if a careful attention is not paid.

Case Presentation: A 23-year-old young man presented with complete transection of the trachea and concurrent esophageal injury, caused by clothesline-type blunt neck trauma, while riding a motorcycle.

Successful management of a giant retroperitoneal ancient schwannoma mimicking malignant tumors: A case report and literature review.

Introduction And Importance: Schwannomas, originating from Schwann cells surrounding nerve sheaths, tend to be slow-growing. Among these, giant ancient schwannomas are remarkable for their rare occurrence and their capacity for substantial growth and regressive changes. Furthermore, the expansiveness and flexibility of the retroperitoneal space often conceal the symptoms of retroperitoneal schwannomas, leading to delayed diagnosis and allowing these tumors to grow significantly and become large and long-standing before detection.

Evaluation of the Spiral Chest CT Scan Findings in Patients with Multiple Trauma.

Objective: To evaluate the spiral chest computed tomography (CT) scan findings in patients with multiple trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This retrospective study was performed on multiple trauma patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in the north of Iran in 2020. All patients with multiple trauma who had undergone a chest spiral CT were included in this study.

Duodenal dislodgement of an ingested sharp foreign body by mucosal unfolding "Gilan maneuver"; A novel surgical approach.

Introduction And Importance: Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common challenge for pediatric health care providers globally. Although endoscopic approach for FB extraction is recommended, surgery remains life giving specifically in developing countries. We presented a novel surgical approach called 'Gilan maneuver' for removal of FB which lodged in duodenal loop.

Intercostal or ulnar nerve: Which donor nerve is to be used for reanimation of elbow flexion?

Background: In total brachial plexus injury, intercostal nerves (ICNs) are used as donor nerves to restore the elbow flexion; albeit in upper brachial plexus injury (BPI), ulnar nerve provides a source of motor axons for this purpose. The present study set out to compare the restoration of elbow flexion by using these two donor nerves.

Methods: Between 2010 and 2013, 24 adult patients with upper-middle BPI and 15 patients with total BPI undergoing elbow flexion restoration surgery were studied.

Orem's Self-Care Model With Trauma Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

To examine if the application of Orem's self-care model could improve self-care knowledge, attitudes, practices, and respiratory conditions of trauma patients with chest tubes, a quasi-experimental study was conducted. The participants were assigned to two groups-namely, Orem's model and routine care. Although the patients' self-care knowledge, attitudes, and practices were improved in both groups over the course of 3 days since the initial assessments, there was a greater degree of improvement in the experimental group than that in the control group.