Limitation of tube thoracostomy in treating pneumothorax in COVID-19 infected patients. A retrospective cohort study.

Background: COVID infection is caused by the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2(Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). The first outbreak of this infection was in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Since then, it has spread rapidly across the world, with more than 100000 new cases each day.

A unique case of congenital transmesocolic hernia with malrotation in a 25-year-old female: a case report.

Congenital transmesocolic hernia of the transverse colon is a very rare type of internal hernia. In addition, intestinal malrotation is very rare in adults. Most of these patients do not have clear clinical manifestations.

Superior mesenteric artery syndrome caused by weight loss in a malnourished Syrian man.

Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal obstruction in which the third part of the duodenum is compressed between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta, and the compression of the duodenum is caused by a narrowed aortomesenteric angle. We report in this case a 35-year-old patient who came with features of small bowel obstruction, weight loss and had a history of malnutrition because of war. Multi-slice computerized tomography showed a narrowed aortomesenteric angle and distance.

Jejunal intussusception in an adult due to multiple lipomas: a rare case report from Syria.

Intussusception in adulthood is an uncommon medical condition. Multiple lipomas are a very rare cause of intussusception, and the jejunum is the least common location of lipoma. We report an unusual case of a 37-year-old man presented with non-specific symptoms.

Small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar thirty years after Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy: A case report.

Introduction: We present a case of a delayed small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar in a patient with a previous surgical history.

Presentation Of Case: A 73-year-old male patient presented with vomiting and obstipation for a week. His past surgical history included a Roux-en-y gastrojejunostomy due to a surgical management for peptic ulcer disease 30 years ago.