The Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Experience in Somali Women: Their Wishes, Knowledge and Attitude.

Background: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a common sociocultural practice in many communities in Africa. Unfortunately, what females are forced to accept because they are helpless, in order to be an individual in social life and in the country they live in, is an important health issue that is not only harmful to the human body but also against human rights.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the wishes, knowledge and attitude of Somali women regarding FMG/C.

Effects of cerium oxide supplementation to laying hen diets on performance, egg quality, some antioxidant enzymes in serum and lipid oxidation in egg yolk.

This study was conducted to determine the effects of dietary cerium oxide levels (0, 100, 200, 300 or 400 mg/kg) on the laying performance, egg quality, some blood serum parameters and egg lipid peroxidation of laying hen. In total, one hundred and twenty 22-week-old brown Lohman LSL laying hens were randomly assigned to five groups equally (n = 24). Each treatment was replicated six times.

Hallermann-Streiff syndrome with hemihypertrophy.

We report on a five year old girl with Hallermann-Streiff syndrome and hemihypertrophy. Hemihypertrophy does not appear to have ever been associated with Hallermann-Streiff syndrome.

Gallstone ileus presenting as gastric outlet obstruction (Bouveret's syndrome): a case report.

Gallstone ileus is an uncommon condition that may result when a gallbladder or commonduct stone enters into the intestinal tract, usually as a result of an internal fistula between the gallbladder and the duodenum. It most frequently occurs in the terminal ileum. Gastric outlet obstruction syndrome due to the impaction of a gallstone in the duodenum passing through a cholecystoduodenal fistula was first reported in 1896 by Bouveret concern in 1-3% of patients with gallstone ileus.

Laparoscopic repair of acquired lumbar hernia.

Lumbar hernias are rare; approximately 300 cases have been described in the literature since their first description. They are typically subdivided by categories such as congenital or acquired and by their location. Acquired lumbar hernias may follow trauma, poliomyelitis, loin incision, and the use of iliac crest as a donor site for bone grafting.