Publications by authors named "Thamer Altayeb"

Although Schistosoma infection in humans commonly involves the intestines, megacolon is a rare finding. We report a 47-year-old patient who was found to have chronic megacolon. After failing conservative management, he underwent extended hemicolectomy with colorectal anastomosis.

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Background: We examined the impact of tool complexity on surgeons' performance and evaluated the value of using a simulation-based program for reducing training cost.

Methods: Three pairs of surgical graspers with increasing mechanical complexity, which were designed for open, laparoscopic, and endoscopic procedures, were used in performing a simple object transportation task. Task times and mental workload of 17 surgeons were compared using all 3 variations of the graspers to test the impact of tool complexity on surgical performance.

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Background: Knowledge of the composition of a surgical team is the premise for studying efficiency inside the operating room.

Methods: To investigate the team composition in general surgery procedures, we retrospectively reviewed procedures performed by an expert general surgeon in 2007-08 at 2 tertiary hospitals. For each patient, demographic characteristics, procedure type, team members and procedure length were extracted from intraoperative nursing records.

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