Child abuse with multiple sharp foreign bodies penetrating the chest wall causing hemothorax and cardiac tamponade in two separate occasions: Case report.

We present a case of repeated child abuse causing left-sided hemothorax and cardiac tamponade on two separate occasions. A 14-year-old cerebral palsy male presented with left-sided hemothorax and multiple metallic foreign bodies in the chest wall managed by small limited incision, removal of the foreign bodies and chest tube. One week later, he came to our emergency department (ER) with multiple chest wall foreign bodies and tamponade managed by median sternotomy, removal of the foreign bodies, one of them was in the LAD.

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance lymphangiography of chylous leak before surgical ligation of the thoracic duct: case report.

We herein report a case of a 22-year-old male patient with an unusual presentation of recurrent chylous pericardial and pleural effusions. Lymphatic leak was suspected. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance lymphangiography (DC-MRL) was performed after ultrasound-guided intranodal injection of contrast through inguinal lymph nodes.

Respiratory-digestive tract fistula: two-center retrospective observational study.

Background Aerodigestive fistulae can be defined as abnormal communications between the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory tract. Choking after meals, coughing, feeding difficulties, tachycardia, and persistent pneumonia are the main presentations. The aim of our study was to review our experience in the management of 27 cases of acquired aerodigestive fistulae of different types, levels, and management.

Autologous Diced Cartilage in Nasal Septoplasty.

Diced rib cartilage is an acceptable option in severe nasal deformities. We present our preliminary experience in KAMC in nasal septoplasties using the autologous diced costal cartilage. This is a retrospective study of the 22 cases who needed the autologous diced costal cartilage in our centre in 4 years.

Impacted thoracic foreign bodies after penetrating chest trauma.

Background: Retained foreign bodies in the chest may include shell fragments, bullets, shrapnel, pieces of clothing, bones, and rib fragments. The risks of removal of foreign bodies must be weighed against the complications of leaving them inside the chest.

Methods: We treated 90 cases of retained intrathoracic foreign bodies in patients admitted to 3 tertiary centers in Saudi Arabia between March 2015 and March 2016.

Postsplenectomy left lower lobe bronchiectasis.

Background: Bronchiectasis has decreased significantly. I describe a new underestimated clinicopathological entity of postsplenectomy left lower lobe bronchiectasis.

Methods: This is a retrospective study on 24 patients who had a left lower lobectomy for left lower lobe bronchiectasis after splenectomy.

Post-traumatic ruptured gastrothorax mimicking chylothorax.

Introduction: The presence of the stomach in the chest is called gastrothorax. Few cases were reported. Most of them were related to congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Emergency thoracotomies: Two center study.

Introduction And Aim: Emergency thoracotomy is performed either immediately at the scene of injury, in the emergency department or in the operating room. It aims to evacuate the pericardial tamponade, control the haemorrhage, to ease the open cardiac massage and to cross-clamp the descending thoracic aorta to redistribute blood flow and maybe to limit sub-diaphragmatic haemorrhage, bleeding and iatrogenic injury are the common risk factors. We aimed to review our experience in the field of emergency thoracotomies, identify the predictors of death, analyze the early results, detect the risk factors and asses the mortalities and their risk factors.

Radiopaque foreign body inhalations.

Background: The most frequent cause of accidental household death in children under 6 years of age is inhalation of a foreign body. Delayed management is blamed for death. The absence of a recognizable penetration syndrome complicates and delays not only the diagnosis but also the treatment of foreign body inhalation.

Predictors of prolonged drainage of chylothorax after cardiac surgery: single centre study.

Unlabelled: INTRODUCTION AND AIM OF THE WORK: Chylothorax is a clinical challenge. This study aims at determination of the predictors of prolonged drainage of chylothorax after cardiac surgery in a single tertiary centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective analysis of 52 patients of chylothorax with a mean age of 30 months (range 1 month to 60 years) who developed chylothorax after heart surgery (January 2007-September 2010).

A 15 years personal experience in the management of inhaled veil pins.

I am presenting my 15 years personal Egyptian experience in the management of inhaled veil pins.

Is interrupted inferior vena cava a risk factor in cases of bilateral bidirectional Glenn?

Introduction: Bilateral superior vena cava-to-pulmonary artery anastomoses are technically challenging. Bilateral superior vena cavae (SVCs) have been thought to be a risk factor for poor outcome in children needing single-ventricle palliation.

Methods: The files of forty children who underwent bilateral cavopulmonary anastomoses (CPAs) were reviewed.