Preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain associated with cataract surgery under local anesthesia.

Introduction: Although cataract surgery is a routine outpatient surgery, anxiety and pain remain two significant concerns seen in patients.

Aim: To describe preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain related to cataract surgery under local anesthesia and identify the factors determining their occurrence.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical, study which included patients who underwent cataract surgery for the first eye in the ophthalmology department of Habib Bourguiba University Hospital in Sfax-Tunisia.

Spontaneous perforation of primary gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Primary gastric malignant lymphoma is a rare tumor. The complications associated with lymphoma are perforation, bleeding, or upper gastrointestinal stricture. While it is well known that perforations in gastric lymphoma often occurs during chemotherapy, spontaneous perforation is extremely rare in patients who did not receive chemotherapy.

A ruptured balloon shaft during an angioplasty.

We report a case of balloon shaft rupture during percutaneous coronary intervention. Although the entrapped balloon was not yet deflated when the complication occurred, we successfully retrieved it percutaneously using a trapping technique. This case described a cheap and straightforward technique of device retrieval that helped save our patient.

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome revealed by recurrent small bowel intussusceptions in children: A case report.

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a rare but potentially life-threating syndrome. We report here the case of a young girl who presented recurrent small bowel intussusceptions. Laparotomy exploration showed many jejunal polyps leading to jejunojejunal intussusceptions.

Gastric trichobezoar: An uncommon cause of epigastric pain: A case report.

Trichobezoars are foreign and indigestible materials in the gastrointestinal tract and are usually found in psychiatric females, who often deny eating their own hair, but also at situations of gastric dysmotility and prior gastric surgery. Although rare, gastric trichobezoar should not be forgotten as a differential diagnosis in females presenting with vague epigastric pain. Its treatment well in time will prevent complications.

Duplication cyst and diverticulum of the stomach: A case report of an unusual association.

Gastric duplication cysts are uncommon findings in adult patients. Accurate diagnosis of these cysts is difficult. Presenting symptoms are often non-specific, and complications are rare.

Perforated jejunal diverticulitis with extensive diverticulosis: A case report.

Jejunal diverticulitis is a rare condition that almost occurs in the elderly. An extensive diverticulosis associated is exceptional and can make the treatment more challenging.

Protective effect of Urtica dioica in induced neurobehavioral changes, nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity after chronic exposure to potassium bromate in rats.

Background And Purpose: Chronic exposure to potassium bromate (KBrO), a toxic halogen in the environment, has become a global problem of public health. The current study aims to elucidate for the first time the effect of Urtica dioica (UD) on behavioural changes, oxidative stress, and histopathological changes induced by KBrO in the cerebellum, kidney, liver and other organs of adult rats.

Study Design And Methods: The rats were divided into four groups: group 1 served as a control received physiological serum, Group 2 received KBrO (2 g/L of drinking water), group 3 received KBrO and Urtica dioica (100 mg/kg), and group 4 received KBrO and Urtica dioica (400 mg/kg).

Screening of pharmacological uses of Urtica dioica and others benefits.

Background: Natural products, whether pure compounds or standardized plant extracts, offer unlimited opportunities for other drug sources due to the unequaled availability of chemical diversity. Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) is a unique herbaceous perennial flowering plant with stinging hairs. The leaf extract of nettle was one of the herbal remedies which the experimental, clinical and trials have complemented each other.