Publications by authors named "Hamid Ur Rehman"
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) pose significant challenges in healthcare, leading to prolonged hospital stays, increased morbidity, and economic burden. Understanding the interplay between risk factors, preventive measures, and management strategies is crucial for effective infection control in general surgery. This study aimed to comprehensively assess the impact of various risk factors, preventive measures, and management strategies on surgical site infections in the context of general surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols were progressively implemented to advance postoperative results in various surgical specialties. However, their effectiveness in general surgical patients remains underexplored. This study intended to assess impact of ERAS protocols on postoperative results in general surgical patients at Jinnah International Hospital Abbottabad (JIHA).
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- Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare inflammatory disease of the mesentery that can be hard to diagnose due to its varied symptoms and unknown causes.
- A case study of a 50-year-old woman revealed that she had abdominal pain and weight loss, with imaging showing a mesenteric mass confirmed by a biopsy indicating IgG4-related sclerosing mesenteritis.
- Treatment with thalidomide and prednisolone led to significant improvement, emphasizing the need to consider this condition when diagnosing abdominal masses and highlighting the need for further research on its causes and treatment.