Preferences, Career Aspects, and Factors Influencing the Choice of Specialty by Medical Students and Interns in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background and objective Choosing a medical specialty is one of the most critical career decisions medical students and interns make. However, little is known about the factors these graduates consider when choosing their specialty. Our study assessed factors that medical students and interns consider when determining their specialty.

Rates and Causes of Readmission Within 60 Days Following Hysterectomy in a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: Unplanned readmissions are frequent, costly, and perhaps avoidable. We aim to identify the rate, causes, and predictive factors of hospital readmission after hysterectomy within 60 days post-discharge at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH).

Methods: Retrospective record review of all patients who underwent hysterectomy for benign and malignant conditions from January 2017 to December 2022.

Assessment of the Possible Correlation between the Presence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Hairy Tongue Lesion in a Group of Patients in Syria: A Cross-Sectional and Pilot Study.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between the presence of hairy tongue and infection in patients referring to their blood test based on the serum levels of anti- IgG antibodies.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Oral Medicine, University of Damascus Dental School, between February 2021 and January 2022. The sample size of 40 patients (23 males, 17 females), whose ages ranged from 20-79 years with a mean age of 41.

The Attitude of Physicians Towards Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery.

Introduction Female genital cosmetic surgery (FGCS) is a trending topic in the field of gynecology practice. It is defined as any genital procedure that is not medically indicated but is designed to improve the appearance of the genitals. With the increasing demand for FGCS, little is known about the attitudes of physicians, especially gynecologists, toward FGCS.

Hymen Restoration: An Experience From a Moroccan Center.

Background: Hymenoplasty is one of the least described vulvovaginal procedures in plastic surgery without any surgical standard that attempts to restore the hymen's ability to bleed during sexual intercourse on a couple's wedding night.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to report outcomes from a Moroccan retrospective study of a series of 529 patients who underwent either a hymenorrhaphy or a hymenoplasty.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of 529 patients who underwent hymen restoration at a center in Morocco between April 2010 and April 2019.

Clitoral Reconstructive Surgery After Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Anatomy, Technical Innovations and Updates of the Initial Technique.

Introduction: Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or any other injury of the female genitalia that is performed for nonmedical reasons. FGM is classified into 4 types. Surgical clitoral reconstruction was first described by Thabet and Thabet in Egypt and subsequently by Foldès in France.

Immediate vaginal reconstruction following pelvic exenteration using the pedicled vertical Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) flap: A technical note.

Immediate vaginal reconstruction is usually offered following pelvic exenteration for recurrent cervical cancer in women previously treated with radiotherapy or with severe radiation-induced fistulae. Introduction of muscle-sparing flaps, such as the pedicled vertical deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap, provides viable tissues for vaginal reconstruction and is associated with reduced donor-site morbidity. This report describes the surgical technique, which is one of the procedures of choice for vaginal reconstruction.

Carbon dioxide laser treatment for vulvovaginal atrophy in women treated for breast cancer: Preliminary results of the feasibility EPIONE trial.

Background And Objective: Quality of life preservation after anti-cancer therapy is a major challenge for breast cancer survivors. Approximately 42-70% of patients who receive systemic therapy for breast cancer, including endocrine therapy, will develop vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA). For these patients, the commonly proposed gel-based treatments for topical applications are restrictive.

Postoperative Complications and Patient Satisfaction After Abdominal Etching: Prospective Case Series of 25 Patients.

Introduction: Conventional liposuction has provided good outcome for years. Abdominal etching (or abdominal high definition liposuction) allows the surgeon to shape and enhance the abdominal muscles by removing specific grooves of subcutaneous fat. The aim of this study is to describe the technique and the complications and to assess patients' satisfaction rate.

Efficacy and satisfaction of surgical treatment for hidradenitis suppurativa.

Background: Surgery is a radical treatment for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and may be considered as the only one potentially curative.

Objectives: To characterize HS recurrence in patients after surgery and assess the risk factors of recurrence.

Methods: We conducted a monocentric retrospective cohort study.

Failure of laparoscopic Vecchietti procedure in a woman with androgen insensitivity syndrome.

The authors describe a case with androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) who underwent the laparoscopic Vecchietti procedure for creation of a neovagina. Postoperatively, the patient achieved anatomic success, with a vaginal length of about eight cm, and she was advised to use vaginal dilators after discharge. The patient reported improved sexual function, but presented about six months later for shortening of her vagina and difficult vaginal intercourse.

Experience of assisted reproductive technology at King Abdulaziz University Hospital.

Aim: To present the authors' experience with assisted reproductive technology (ART) at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of data collected from the charts of 264 women who were undergoing their first cycle of ART between September 2013 and March 2014. All the women were treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist protocol.

Prevalence of endometriosis at a university hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis in women who had gynecologic laparoscopy at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Materials And Methods: The hospital records were reviewed to identify all women who had undergone gynecological laparoscopy between January 2008 and December 2013.

Results: A total of 190 gynecologic laparoscopies were performed.

Evaluation of premalignant and malignant lesions by fluorescent light (VELscope).

Aim: The purpose of this study was the early detection of premalignant and malignant oral soft lesions by fluorescent light (VELscope).

Materials And Methods: A total of 748 patients were evaluated through clinical and fluorescent light analysis of the entire oral cavity. Any lesion that was detected underwent a surgical excision biopsy as the golden standard for the detection of the lesion's histology; then a comparison was made between the results to assure the efficacy of the fluorescent light analysis outcome.

Phalangeal osteosonogrammetry age-related changes and assessment of a Lebanese reference population.

This study was aimed to assess age changes in quantitative ultrasonometry (QUS) of the phalanx in a sample of Lebanese women to determine a reference data for the Lebanese population. Velocity of ultrasound (amplitude-dependent speed of sound; AD-SOS) and the interpretation of the ultra sound signal (ultrasound bone profile index; UBPI) were measured in 211 women with a mean age of 50 years (range 20-79 years) using a DBM sonic Bone profiler device. Women were randomly selected and asked to participate in a nation-wide screening program.

[Two-year follow-up study of postoperative rehabilitation, return to work, and athletic activities of 111 Lebanese patients after coronary bypass].

The goal of this paper is to study the progress of the first phase of rehabilitation of a Lebanese population treated by coronary artery bypass surgery, as well as to follow long-term socioprofessional reinsertion and resumption of physical activity in these patients. 111 patients operated in our hospital of coronary artery bypass in 1997 have been studied retrospectively two years after the surgery. The analyzed parameters are socioprofessional demographic data, physical and sports activities before and after the bypass surgery as well as the applied rehabilitation program.