Relationship of Serum Prestin Levels to the Severity of Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Objective: Prestin is an outer hair cell (OHC) protein responsible for increasing cochlear sensitivity and has been proposed as a biomarker. We aimed to evaluate whether the serum prestin level is related to the severity of chronic sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).

Methods: Ninety subjects were recruited from the patient base at Samarra public hospitals and clinics in Iraq from January to October of 2022.

Antiphospholipid antibodies in iraqi women with recurrent mid-trimester abortions.

Purpose: Antiphospholipid antibodies are often associated with recurrent pregnancy loss, and although many studies have addressed this association in Western countries, such studies are not so frequent from developing countries. The current study aims to determine the frequency of Antiphospholipid antibodies (Anticardiolipin antibodies and Lupus anticoagulant) among Iraqi women with recurrent mid-trimester abortions and to evaluate various tests used for their detection.

Materials And Methods: Two hundred women with recurrent mid-trimester abortions were randomly enrolled from a main referral center in Baghdad-Iraq.

Evaluation of some essential element levels in thalassemia major patients in Mosul district, Iraq.

Objective: To evaluate the levels of some essential elements in thalassemic patients in Mosul, Iraq.

Methods: One hundred and five thalassemic blood transfusion dependent children, 2.5-18 years of age attending Ibn-Al-Atheer teaching hospital in Mosul City, Iraq, during 2005, were used in this study.

Intramural hydatid cyst of the abdominal aorta.

Intramural vascular hydatid disease is an extremely rare incidental finding. A unique case of vascular wall hydatid cyst simulating aneurysmal dilatation of the abdominal aorta is presented.

Cholelithiasis in infancy and childhood.

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Congenital para-oesophageal hiatal hernia in infancy.

Congenital para-oesophageal hiatal hernia (PEHH) is a rare problem in infancy, however, it constitutes a clinical entity that mandates surgical repair once the diagnosis is made. In the paediatric age group, acquired PEHH has been described as a major complication in a number of patients who were treated surgically for gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER) by Nissen fundoplication. PEHH is a frequently encountered condition in elderly patients; it accounts for 5% of diaphragmatic hiatal hernias.

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the diagnosis of choledochal cysts in children.

The objective is to present the usefulness of hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the investigation of children with suspected choledochal cysts through our experience in King Khalid University Hospital at King Saud University, Riyadh. Seven patients aged between I and 10 years (average 4.8 yrs) comprising six females and one male were investigated.

Transverse testicular ectopia: report of three cases.

Two patients who presented with a history of right inguinal hernia and a third with an impalpable left testis were found to have transverse testicular ectopia. Both testes were fixed in their own scrotum, through a modified Ombredanne operation in two patients and a subdartos pouch in one.

Transverse testicular ectopia: report of three cases.

Two patients who presented with a history of right inguinal hernia and a third with an impalpable left testis were found to have transverse testicular ectopia. Both testes were fixed in their own scrotum, through a modified Ombredanne operation in two patients and a subdartos pouch in one.

Fetal rhabdomyoma. A case report with the diagnosis suggested by intraoperative cytology.

Background: Fetal rhabdomyoma is a relatively rare tumor that occurs mainly in the head and neck of toddlers. A similar lesion can occasionally be found in the adult female genital tract. Increased cellularity may be seen in the fetal type and can lead to confusion with the well-differentiated types of rhabdomyosarcoma.

Sex reassignment: A challenging problem - current medical and islamic guidelines.

Sexual ambiguity is a complex and often confusing medical problem. In addition to the life-threatening adrenal crises which may accompany some forms, ambiguity of the genitalia may lead to incorrect sex assignment by parents and/or health personnel. Children who present to medical attention beyond the neonatal period constitute a challenging problem due to the grave consequences of this condition.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia in a referral hospital in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, pattern and clinical presentation.

Eighty-two children (30 males and 52 females) with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) were seen at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) over a 10-year period. Of these, 74 (90.2%) were Saudis and eight (9.

Surgery for appendicular mass.

Two hundred and seventy-seven patients were admitted with acute appendicitis to KKUH during a 5 year period. There were 189 males (68%) and 88 females (32%). Of these, 51 patients (18.

The management of esophageal strictures in children.

During a 10-year period from 1982 to 1992, 36 children and infants were treated for esophageal stricture. The severity of the stricture was indicated by the degree of feeding intolerance manifested by delays in growth and development and confirmed by fluoroscopy and endoscopy. Their ages ranged from one month to seven years.

Incidence of posttrabeculectomy cataract among Arabs in Kuwait.

Trabeculectomy was performed in 466 glaucomatous eyes of 342 patients. Of these eyes, 54% appeared to have lens opacities. However, 35% of these cases had the cataract preoperatively and in 19% the cataractous changes appeared to develop postoperatively.

Ambiguous genitalia: medical, socio-cultural and religious factors affecting management in Saudi Arabia.

Twenty-eight children with ambiguous genitalia were seen at King Khalid University Hospital over a 6-year period. The incidence of this disorder was 0.4/1000 live births.