Outcome of open Tenckhoff catheter insertions: 5 years experience in a major tertiary centre in central Saudi Arabia.

Background: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) has become a popular and established form of renal replacement therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The objective of this study was to analyse the outcome of open Tenckhoff catheter insertions in patients with ESRD in term of catheter related complications.

Methods: From December 2006 to November 2011, 337 Tenckhoff catheters were placed in 305 patients with ESRD for CAPD, by general surgeons in King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Role of postoperative antibiotics after appendectomy in non-perforated appendicitis.

Objective: To determine the role of postoperative antibiotics in reducing the surgical site infections (SSIs) after open appendectomy in patients with non-perforated appendicitis (NPA).

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Place And Duration Of Study: The Department of Surgery, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from January 2010 to July 2011.

Abdominal wall abscess following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: an unusual late complication of lost gallstones.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is associated with a significant risk of gallbladder perforation with spillage of bile and stones into the peritoneal cavity. The retrieval of the spilled stones is not always possible by laparoscopic technique. Majority of these cases do not have any problem in future but sometimes the lost stones lead to serious complications.

Excision with or without primary closure for pilonidal sinus disease.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of excision with or without primary closure in the management of chronic pilonidal sinus (PNS) disease.

Methods: Between July 2002 and November 2006, a randomized trial was conducted in the Department of General Surgery, Riyadh Medical Complex, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. All the patients who presented with chronic natal cleft PNS disease were included in the study.

Outcome of surgery for bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Lahore General Hospital experience.

The objective of this study was to describe the management and outcome of repair in patients who sustained bile duct injuries (BDI) following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). This study was conducted in the department of surgery, Postgraduate Medical Institute/Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, over a period of 5 years from April 1999 to March 2004. Twelve patients of BDI following LC were managed during this period.

Outcome of primary repair in penetrating colonic injuries.

Objective: To assess the outcome of primary repair in penetrating colonic injuries in terms of regional/local morbidity (suture line breakdown, intra-abdominal abscess) and mortality.

Design: Prospective, interventional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Surgical Unit II at Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, over a period of 3 1/2 years from June 1999 to December 2002.