Publications by authors named "Montacer Kacem"
Introduction: Surgery remains the basic treatment of hepatic hydatid cyst (HHC). However, it is associated with significant morbidity. The aim of our study was to evaluate mortality and morbidity of surgery of the HHC and to highlight the risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The hepatic artery is prone to numerous anatomic variations dictated by certain variables of the organogenesis. Aim : To research study the anatomic variations of the hepatic artery as well as their implications within surgical practice.
Methods: Study of a post-mortem series of 33 cases of dissection of the hepatic pedicle with fresh corpses (deaths amounting no longer than 24 hours), carried out in conditions that are quite close to those met with the living ones.
Background: An uncommon event in the natural course of Crohn's disease is the spontaneous perforation. It's the most serious intestinal complication.
Aim: To report the incidence of this complication and to discuss the mechanism of the perforation.
Gallbladder agenesis is a rare malformation, that can lead to an unnecessary and dangerous surgery. We report a case of gallbladder agenesis in a 27-year-old woman who had a right upper abdominal pain described as intermittent without fever neither jaundice during 1 year and half. The Physical examination was normal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the epidemiological clinical features and herapeutic results of gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST).
Patients And Method: This retrospective study concerned 25 cases of gastrointestinal stromal tumour from January 1993 to December 2002. All patients have been operated and the diagnosis of GIST has been confirmed by histological and immunohistochemical study of pieces of resection or biopsies.