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Introduction: Compartment syndrome as a complication during intramedullary nailing of closed tibia fractures was first documented as early as 1980.

Case Report: We report a case of a 19-year-old young man victim of a road accident (motorcycle accident) causing an uncomplicated closed fracture of 2 bones of the left leg. The patient underwent centromedullary nailing of the tibia.

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Introduction And Importance: Epidural abscess is a rare but serious infection. Although more commonly seen in men over 50, our case is notable for its occurrence in a pediatric patient, highlighting the unusual nature of this abscess at such a young age, particularly in conjunction with septic arthritis of the hip.

Case Presentation: A 10-year-old child was admitted to pediatrics for investigation of a prolonged fever.

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Introduction: Irreducibility is a rare complication of pure posterior hip dislocation requiring surgical intervention.

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 22-year-old female with posterior hip dislocation following a motor vehicle accident. Despite unsuccessful closed reduction attempts, open surgical reduction successfully released the incarcerated muscles and achieved reduction.

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Introduction And Importance: The ulnar's nerve compression at the Guyon's canal is not a frequent entity add to it that vascular lesions are rarely involved as a causative agent of this syndrome.

Case Presentation: We report a case of a young male patient admitted in our department for a Guyon's canal syndrome due to an aneurysm of the ulnar artery and underwent a surgical decompression. Post-operative course was uneventful and the patient was satisfied with the result.

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Introduction And Importance: Bilateral combined fractures of the greater tuberosity with anterior internal shoulder dislocation are extremely rare, presenting challenges in treatment due to their uncommon occurrence and lack of standardized management protocols.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 22-year-old patient who experienced bilateral anterior shoulder dislocations with associated fractures of the greater tuberosities following a seizure-induced fall. Clinical Discussion: The unique aspect of our case is the unusual mechanism of injury.

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Introduction And Importance: Tibial exostosis (osteochondroma) represents a prevalent benign bone tumor typically identified in young adults. Uncommonly, vascular complications can emerge, encompassing vessel perforation, thrombosis and arterial thromboembolic events. Rare instances of popliteal vein thrombosis resulting from tibial osteochondroma have been documented.

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The aim is to evaluate laparoscopic cholecystectomy safety based on American Society of Anesthesiologists score for acute cholecystitis in patients with comorbidities. This is retrospective study of patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis between 2003 and 2021. According to their respective ASA-score, patients were divided into group 1: ASA1-2 and group 2: ASA3-4.

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Introduction And Importance: Bone hydatidosis is a rare parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus, with a frequency of 1-2 %, it has a high morbidity and mortality rate due to its long clinical latency and lack of symptomatic specificity. This often leads to delayed diagnosis and discovery, usually at the stage of complications.

Case Presentation: We present a case of sacral hydatidosis in a 71-year-old patient with no prior medical history.

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Tibial exostosis, also known as osteochondroma, is a common benign bone tumor found predominantly in adolescents and young adults. Vascular complications associated with this tumor, such as arterial occlusion and pseudoaneurysm formation, are rare but can lead to significant morbidity if not promptly diagnosed and managed. We present a case of a 25-year-old patient who presented with thrombosis of the left popliteal vein and a painless swelling in the popliteal fossa.

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Introduction And Importance: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a common phenomenon of the proximal femur in adolescents with an unclear etiology. It is more common in boys than girls and there does seem to be some predilection to race, weight, and age (Lehmann et al., 2006 [7]).

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Introduction And Importance: Lipoblastomas are rare benign tumors that arise from embryonic white fat and almost always occur in babies and children.

Case Presentation: Here, we report a case of a giant gluteal lipoblastoma in a 24-month-old girl that was successfully treated via complete resection.

Clinical Discussion: The gluteal location as in this case is an exceptional location.

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Introduction: Eighty-five per cent of uterine inversions are puerperal. Non-puerperal uterine inversion is usually caused by tumours that exert a traction force on the fundus of the uterus. This causes the uterus to be partially or completely inverted.

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Bilateral acetabular fractures (case report).

Int J Surg Case Rep

March 2024

Ibn El Jazzar Hospital of Kairouan, Department of General Surgery, University of Sousse, Tunisia.

Introduction And Importance: Bilateral acetabular fractures are very rare. They are usually seen in the context of multiple trauma patients. This type of fracture poses a problem and difficulty in therapeutic management, sometimes resulting in serious sequelae and significant morbidity.

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Hepatitis A infections still represent a major global health concern. During the past years, a transition pattern of the hepatitis A epidemiology was noted in many parts of the world. In Tunisia, there is not a recent survey on age-specific hepatitis A virus seroprevalence.

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