Advanced ovarian dysgerminoma infiltrating both ovaries and uterus in a 7-year-old girl.

Introduction. Ovarian dysgerminoma is a rare malignant ovarian germ cell tumor with its peak incidence in young women. Abdominal pain, abdominal distention, and the presence of a palpable mass are common symptoms at presentation.

Postoperative analgesia in children after propofol versus sevoflurane anesthesia.

Objective: Postoperative analgesia remains a problem, especially in pediatric patients. We hypothesize that patients anesthetized with sevoflurane have more postoperative pain than with propofol.

Design: Randomized, prospective, double-blind study.

A pin in appendix within Amyand's hernia in a six-years-old boy: case report and review of literature.

Introduction: Presence of vermiform appendix (non-inflamed or inflamed) in inguinal hernia is called Amyand's hernia in honor to surgeon C. Amyand who published the first case of perforated appendicitis within inguinal hernia in a boy caused by ingested pin. This presentation of foreign body Amyand's hernia appendicitis is very rare, and here we present such a case.

An unusual location of retroperitoneal epidermoid cyst in a child: case report and a review of the literature.

We report the case of a 4-year-old girl presenting with the retroperitoneal epidermoid cyst. The lesion presented as an intra-abdominal cyst on physical examination and was followed up with more specific investigations by ultrasound and computed tomographic scanning. The final diagnosis was obtained only after laparotomy where the cystic mass was completely excised and pathological examination was done.

Evaluation of trauma care using TRISS method: the role of adjusted misclassification rate and adjusted w-statistic.

Background: Major trauma is a leading cause of death worldwide. Evaluation of trauma care using Trauma Injury and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) method is focused in trauma outcome (deaths and survivors). For testing TRISS method TRISS misclassification rate is used.