Trends in bariatric surgery and incidentalomas at a single institution in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study and literature review.

Background: Data are lacking on trends in bariatric surgery and the frequency of incidental findings in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: Report on trends in bariatric surgery as well as our experience in incidental findings along with a literature review (mainly on gastrointestinal stromal tumor).

Design: Retrospective chart and literature review.

Incidence of symptomatic cholelithiasis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and its association with rapid weight loss.

Background/aim: The worldwide prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically over the past years. In the Arab region, 66%-75% of adults and 25%-40% of children are either overweight or obese. Bariatric surgery has become the most effective approach for managing obesity and its co-morbidities.

Effect of motor vehicle pollution on lung function, fractional exhaled nitric oxide and cognitive function among school adolescents.

Objective: Motor vehicle emission is a major cause of environmental pollution, which threatens human health. This study aimed to investigate the effect of motor vehicle pollution on lung function, fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), and cognitive function among students studying in a school located in a traffic-polluted area.

Subjects And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, students were recruited based on their apparent healthy status, same age, gender, height, weight, ethnicity, and homogenous educational, socio-economic status, and living backgrounds.

Chronic Reducible Scapholunate Ligament Dissociation: A Simple Surgical Technique for a Complex Injury.

Purpose: Report the outcomes following chondrectomy of scapholunate (SL) joint, temporary stabilization of the SL joint using Kirshner wires and extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) transfer to dorsal scaphoid pole to restore normal SL gap and correct dorsal intercalated ligament instability deformity.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective case series of 11 patients with a mean age of 45 years were treated by the senior author 7 months after SL injury. The SL joint cartilage was removed, the SL joint was stabilized temporarily with 2 Kirshner wires for 8 weeks and ECRL tenodesis to scaphoid dorsally.