Publications by authors named "Eman Zakarneh"
Background: The optimal timing for ileostomy closure remains controversial, most of the surgeons are closing ileostomy after two to three months, although ileostomy closure considered a simple procedure, it can cause significant morbidity; this study aims to clarify any relation between the post-closure complications rate and the time from its creation to the repair.
Method: From January 2010 to December 2017, data retrieved for a 405 patients who had protective ileostomy closure after rectal cancer surgery, our sample has been enrolled into two arms, the first arm includes whose ileostomies closed at or before three months, and the second arm involved whose ileostomies closed after three months from the index surgery, statistical analysis was performed and compared in both arms, RESULT: The overall post-closure complications in our hospital was 23.7%, there was no significant difference between the overall complications rate for both early and late closure groups (26.
Purpose: Locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is managed by chemoradiotherapy (CRT), followed by surgery. Herein we reported patients with metastases during or after CRT.
Methods: Data of patients with LARC who received CRT from 2008 to 2017 were reviewed.
Introduction: Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a congenital disorder in which the visceral organs are mirrored from their normal anatomical position. Diagnosis and management of cholelithiasis in patient with SIT poses a challenge due to the underlying anatomical variation.
Presentation Of Case: We report a case of a 40-year-old male patient who presented with an intermittent history of epigastric and left upper quadrant pain for one month.