Publications by authors named "Safiya Al-Masrouri"
This case report details a rare instance of a colosplenic fistula following splenic embolization in a patient with sickle cell disease. The patient, a 29-year-old female, presented with symptoms of left hypochondrial pain and fever. Imaging revealed a splenic abscess characterized by an air-fluid level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Given its short procedure time and low morbidity, there is enthusiasm to perform sleeve gastrectomy (SG) in an outpatient setting. However, most relevant studies include an overnight stay at a medical facility (≤ 24-h). Hence, we investigated the feasibility and safety of a same-day discharge (SDD) protocol for laparoscopic SG.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The literature on long-term impact of bariatric/metabolic surgery on incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with obesity and metabolic syndrome is still lacking. We aimed to evaluate the long-term relationship between metabolic surgery and MACE in such patients.
Methods: In a population-based cohort study, we compared all patients with obesity, diabetes mellitus (DM) and/or hypertension (HTN), who underwent bariatric surgery in Quebec, Canada during 2007-2012, with matched controls with obesity.
Background: The true incidence of, and risk factors for, readmission for treatment failure after nonoperative management of acute diverticulitis remain poorly understood.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence and risk factors for readmission for treatment failure after nonoperative management of acute diverticulitis using a large national database.
Design: This was a retrospective cohort study.