Minimal access awake craniotomy for drainage of cerebral abscess in a patient with severe complex cardiac defects in resource-limited country: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Brain abscess is an uncommon but potentially fatal infection of the brain parenchyma that can affect 5 % to 18.7 % of people with uncorrected complex congenital heart defects. In management of patients with complex cardiac defects, the main concern is that they are prone to develop perioperative complications.

Primary cervical hydatid cyst: A rare case report.

Introduction And Importance: Hydatid cyst is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosis. Occurrence in the head and neck is quite uncommon even in endemic areas. The diagnosis of an isolated cystic neck mass is still a challenge due to the presence of similar congenital cystic lesions and benign tumors in the neck.

Sclerotherapy for the management of venous malformations: Experience from a single institution in Afghanistan.

Sclerotherapy is a convenient modality for the treatment of venous malformation. Ethanol as a sclerosing agent is easily available and cheap. Sclerotherapy for venous malformations has both functional as well as aesthetic outcome.

Successfully separated conjoined twins at French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children Kabul Afghanistan.

Conjoined twins are a rare malformation and few cases have been reported in the literature. There are different types of conjoined twins and the most common type is the thoracopagus. Prognosis is related to the type of conjoined twins and the organs they share.

Surgical outcomes and socio-demographic pattern of hypospadias patients treated in a tertiary care center in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Introduction: Hypospadias is a congenital anomaly of male external genitalia and is the second most common congenital anomaly of male newborns after cryptorchidism. Although its prevalence in Afghanistan is unknown, anecdotal evidence shows that hypospadias is an important clinical and psychosocial problem in Afghanistan. There is no data available regarding the socio-demographic pattern of the disease and age at the time of surgery in Afghanistan context.

Computed tomography features and surgical treatment of superior mesenteric artery syndrome: A case report.

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is described as compression of the third part of the duodenum between SMA and aorta with resultant obstruction and dilatation of proximal duodenum and stomach. Virtually, any condition associated with weight reduction may predispose the patient to SMA syndrome. A 17-year-old boy complaining from persistent vomiting, dull abdominal pain, anorexia, and weight loss for long time presented to the pediatric surgery department.