Sacrococcygeal Meningocele Antenatally Misdiagnosed as Teratoma: A Case Report.

Sacrococcygeal masses encompass a diverse range of pathologies. Prenatal ultrasound facilitates early detection of congenital sacrococcygeal masses. We present the case of a newborn of a 22-year-old woman who was identified to have a sacrococcygeal mass by prenatal ultrasound that was initially diagnosed as sacrococcygeal teratoma.

Stigma towards health care providers taking care of COVID-19 patients: A multi-country study.

Background: Health care providers (HCPs) have always been a common target of stigmatization during widespread infections and COVID-19 is not an exception.

Aim: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of stigmatization during the COVID-19 pandemic among HCPs in seven different countries using the Stigma COVID-19 Healthcare Providers tool (S19-HCPs).

Design: Cross-sectional.

Early surgical and oncological outcomes during adoption of a single port VATS lung resection in a tertiary cancer center: a retrospective analysis.

Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a safe and effective surgical approach for pulmonary resection. VATS can be accomplished with only a single incision, resulting in less postoperative pain and paresthesia, better cosmetic results, and greater patient satisfaction. Single-port VATS (spVATS) has become increasingly common for lung resection.

BRAF V600E mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma: it's relation to clinical features and oncologic outcomes in a single cancer centre experience.

Purpose: This study focuses on the oncologic influence of BRAF V600E mutations in a cohort of Middle Eastern papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients treated at a single centre. We tested the association of BRAF V600E mutation with papillary thyroid carcinoma at King Hussein Cancer Center.

Methods: Patients with histologically confirmed PTC who underwent surgical treatment between 2006 and 2015 were included in this study.

Effectiveness of Cyanoacrylate in Reducing Seroma Formation in Breast Cancer Patients Post-Axillary Dissection: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background/purpose: Seroma is a common complication after axillary dissection in women with node-positive breast cancer. We aim to determine the effect of Cyanoacrylate on reducing seroma formation in patients undergoing axillary dissection. This a randomized clinical trial.

Effect of time to breast cancer surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy on survival outcomes.

Background: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is a cornerstone in managing breast cancer. There is no defined consensus on the optimal time between NACT and surgery. We analyze the effect of time between the end of NACT and surgery on overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in breast cancer patients who received NACT followed by surgery.

The impact of a perioperative pulmonary care bundle implementation on postoperative outcomes in 1,665 surgical cancer patients: experience from a tertiary referral cancer center in Jordan.

Background: Postoperative pulmonary complications can be a major catastrophic consequence of major surgeries and can lead to increased morbidity, mortality, hospital stay, and cost. Many protocols have been tried to reduce serious adverse outcomes with effective strategies including a bundle of preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative techniques. Using these techniques maybe challenging in developing countries with limited resources even in specialized centers.

Evaluation of Awareness, Knowledge, and Attitudes Towards Basic Life Support Among Non-Medical Students at Two Academic Institutions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Cardiac arrests are a leading cause of mortality in Saudi Arabia. Prompt and quick intervention using early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be a life-saving strategy. Sufficient knowledge and awareness regarding CPR are important in initial care, particularly during an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Laparoscopic vs open insertion of feeding gastrostomy tube in adults with head and neck cancers: A case-matched comparative study.

Background: Patients with head and neck cancers may require feeding tube gastrostomy (FTG) during their treatment. Surgical gastrostomy is indicated in patients who fail or unsuitable for endoscopic or radiologic FTG insertion.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of a novel laparoscopic technique to the insertion of feeding tube gastrostomy (FTG) in patients with head and neck cancer vs conventional open surgery.

Awareness of brain death, organ donation, and transplantation among medical students at single academic institute.

Objective: To assess the knowledge of the concept of brain death, attitude, and level of awareness towards organ donation and transplantation, among medical students and interns at the University of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study via electronic questionnaire over period of 3 weeks to 2 through 6 year medical students and interns at university of Jeddah.

Results: A response rate of 113 out of 151 (74.

"Whoops" fixation of proximal humerus pathological fracture ended with forequarter amputation - Case report.

Introduction: Even with the advancement of limb salvage surgery techniques, forequarter amputation (FQA) is still used in orthopedic oncology. Even though it might pose catastrophic sequelae on the patient's lifestyle, debilitating one's ability to perform regular tasks, FQA is still considered as a treatment of last resort for huge fungating tumors of the upper extremity.

Case Presentation: We present a case of an 18-year-old male patient, who was diagnosed in Libya with left proximal humerus fracture after a trivial trauma and underwent open reduction and internal fixation using k-wires as it was thought to be a simple fracture.

A Case-matched Comparative Study of Laparoscopic Versus Open Right Colonic Resection for Colon Cancer: Developing Country Perspectives.

Background: The open approach to right hemicolectomy remains the most widely adopted, whereas laparoscopic surgery is technically more demanding with possible loss of benefit for lengthy procedures compared with open surgery. The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of the laparoscopic versus open surgery for right colon cancer resections.

Materials And Methods: Patients who underwent an elective and potentially curative right colectomy for colon cancer between 2015 and 2019 were included and those who underwent emergency surgery, palliative resection, or cytoreductive surgery were excluded.

Fungating malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising from a slow-growing mass in the forearm: a case report and review of the literature.

Background: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is a rare and aggressive form of sarcoma that arises from a peripheral nerve, mostly in association with neurofibromatosis type 1. Half of the cases were reported in the extremities, with the lungs being the most common site of metastasis. We report a rare case of successful limb salvage surgery performed for a large exophytic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the right forearm with wide surgical margins followed by split-thickness skin graft and later a flexor carpi radialis tendon transfer to extensor digitorum communis tendon.

Surgical Reconstruction Methods following Radical Excision of Distal Ulna Osteosarcoma in Both Skeletally Mature and Immature Patients.

The distal ulna has always been considered to be expendable and its removal has been advocated for a variety of post-traumatic degenerative and oncological conditions but recent studies showed that the distal radioulnar joint allows supination and protonation of the forearm and is important to one's grip strength and lifting ability. Several prosthesis models have already been made to replace the mechanical functionality of the distal radioulnar joint. We present two cases of females aged 22 and 12 years, respectively, who presented with wrist pain and swelling without any history of trauma and with terminal degree limitation in wrist movements due to tenderness and swelling.

Laparoscopic Versus Open D2 Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Case-Matched Comparative Study.

The role of the laparoscopic approach to D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer remains controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the operative and short-term oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic versus open resections. Patients who underwent potentially curative D2 gastrectomy between 2017 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed.

Factors Influencing Saudi Medical Student's Decision Towards Cardiothoracic Surgery as a Future Career, a Cross Sectional Study.

Introduction: There has been a progressive decline in students' interest to consider cardiothoracic surgery as future career in the distant regions in the world. There are many factors could explain declining interest in cardiothoracic surgery including diminished caseloads due to the expansive growth of interventional cardiology; length of training programs that influences medical student's perception. King Abdulaziz University student's interest to join the speciality explored in our study.

Survival and metastasis in muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients who present with indeterminate pulmonary nodules before treatment.

Background: Indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs) are common during initial evaluation of bladder cancer patients. Their significance is still unknown.

Objective: Determine the significance of indeterminate pulmonary nodules, including their size and number, in muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients before definitive local therapy by surgery or chemo-radiotherapy.

Patterns of management of translocation renal cell carcinoma.

Objective: Translocation renal cell carcinoma (TRCC) represents 1% to 5% of all cases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), with the highest frequency among children and young adults. Management of these tumors is ill defined. We sought to characterize clinicopathological features of TRCC and patterns of medical and surgical management in a middle eastern health institute.