Publications by authors named "Hossam Salem"
Background: Lateral epicondylitis of the elbow is a common degenerative disorder in middle-aged patients. Surgery is reserved for patients who do not respond to nonoperative treatment.
Purpose: To evaluate hand-grip strength and return to heavy manual activities in patients engaged in work requiring heavy lifting after arthroscopic release of refractory lateral epicondylitis.
Local experience on the combined technique of endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by endo: scopic balloon dilation is scarce. This study clarified whether this crombined technique will offer any advantages, with respect to therapeutic outcome and complications rate, as compared with endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) and endoscopic balloon dilatation (EBD) alone for the extraction of large and/or multiple common bile duct stones. For a total of 76 patients, extraction of large and/or multiple common bile duct (CBD) stones during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effect of H₁ and H₂ receptor antagonists on melanogenesis.
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
April 2016
Article Synopsis
- Histamine stimulates melanin production through H2 receptors in skin cells, leading to increased pigmentation after UVB exposure.
- Topically applied H2 antagonists effectively reduce this post-irradiation pigmentation, unlike H1 antagonists or placebo.
- The study highlights the mechanism by which H2 antagonists not only inhibit melanin production but also impair the transfer of melanin-containing organelles called melanosomes.
Objectives: To evaluate the acceptance of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive devices (PPIUCD) among the inhabitants of Assiut governorate, Egypt and to study the factors that influence this acceptance.
Subjects And Methods: Contraceptive counseling was given to 3,541 clients: 1,880 and 1,661 during the antenatal visits and postpartum hospitalization, respectively. Acceptors during antenatal counseling were to receive IUCDs via postplacental insertion in the case of vaginal delivery or transcesarean insertion in case of abdominal delivery.