Association Between Internet Addiction and Dietary Habits Among Omani Junior College Students.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between internet addiction and dietary habits among Omani junior college students.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, among junior college students surveyed in November 2020. The Compulsive Internet Use Scale and a dietary habits questionnaire were used.

Factors associated with anxiety-related symptoms in children and adolescents during COVID-19 in Oman: a cross-sectional study.

Reports from different parts of the world suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown and social distancing measures have heralded unprecedented mental health challenges among children and adolescents. To date, there is a dearth of studies emerging from the Arabian Gulf, where the majority of its population are children and adolescents. The study aims to examine the prevalence of anxiety-related symptoms and their covariates among children and adolescents in an Arabian Gulf country, Oman.

Lead Exposure Survey Tool (LEST): A methodological approach to highlight the invisible lead poisoning.

Lead is the most common heavy metal found in the Earth's crust. Lead has been widely dispersed and incorporated in the natural world since prehistoric times. In the majority of wealthy countries, the amount of lead entering the atmosphere has been significantly reduced.

The evolution of surgical hip dislocation utilization and indications over the past two decades: a scoping review.

Purpose: To assess the evolution of surgical hip dislocation (SHD) utilization over the past 20 years, concentrating mainly on the patients' population (adults vs. paediatric), the hip conditions treated using this approach, and reporting on complications of this procedure.

Methods: This scoping review was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines.

Safety and efficacy of surgical hip dislocation in managing femoral head fractures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Femoral head fractures (FHFs) are considered relatively uncommon injuries; however, open reduction and internal fixation is preferred for most displaced fractures. Several surgical approaches had been utilized with controversial results; surgical hip dislocation (SHD) is among these approaches, with the reputation of being demanding and leading to higher complication rates.

Aim: To determine the efficacy and safety of SHD in managing FHFs by reviewing the results reported in the literature.

Gastric bezoar.

Gastric bezoar is an accumulation of indigestible masses in stomach. Depending on the composites of these masses, descriptive names are given like tricobezoar if the mass contains hair. Most of the patients have psychological issues that result in their desire to eat hair which predispose them to have gastric tricobezoar.

A comparative study between haemocoagulase and adrenaline in type 1 tympanoplasty.

Introduction: Haemostasis is a critical component of ear surgeries, which can be achieved by topical methods including simple manual pressure with gauze or cotton balls soaked with adrenaline, administration of haemostatic agents or vasoconstrictive materials.

Objective: To compare efficacy of haemocoagulase and adrenaline in attaining middle ear haemostasis in type - 1 tympanoplasty with or without cortical mastoidectomy. To study the effect of haemocoagulase in middle ear.

Complete Right Ovarian Vein Thrombosis Extending to the Inferior Vena Cava during Early Postpartum Period in a Low Risk Patient.

Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis is rare but life-threatening complication of puerperium. It predominantly occurs in the right side of the abdomen, mimicking various other conditions like acute appendicitis, ureteral stones or tubo-ovarian abscess. It is imperative to envisage the possibility of this rare disease even in an uncomplicated pregnancy.

A case of craniopagus parasiticus: an antenatal diagnosis by ultrasound screening at 16 weeks of gestation and a literature review of recently reported cases.

Al Yaqoubi HN, Fatema N, Al Fahdi BS. A case of craniopagus parasiticus: an antenatal diagnosis by ultrasound screening at 16 weeks of gestation and a literature review of recently reported cases. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 941-945.

A Case of Sirenomelia Associated with Hypoplastic Left Heart with a Healthy Co-Twin: A Rare Entity.

Sirenomelia is a rare developmental malformation and is incompatible to life. The incidence of sirenomelia, as recorded in the literature, is estimated to be approximately between 1.5 and 4.

A Postmenopausal Woman with Giant Ovarian Serous Cyst Adenoma: A Case Report with Brief Literature Review.

Giant (>10 cm) ovarian cyst is a rare finding. In the literature, a few cases of giant ovarian cysts have been mentioned sporadically, especially in elderly patients. We report a 57-year-old postmenopausal woman with a giant left ovarian cyst measuring 43 × 15 × 9 cm.

Meckel Gruber syndrome associated with anencephaly-an unusual reported case.

Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MGS) is a rare and lethal ciliopathic disorder, with the incidence ranging between 1 in 13 000-400 000 live births. MGS is characterized by multisystem developmental malformations with the classical features of renal cystic dysplasia, occipital encephalocele and post-axial polydactyly. Except for occipital encephalocele, the CNS abnormalities associated with MGS that are less frequently reported include hydrocephaly, anencephaly or malformation of cerebellum.

Obstructed Hemivagina and Ipsilateral Renal Anomaly (OHVIRA) Syndrome.

Obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal anomaly (OHVIRA) syndrome is a rare congenital abnormality of the female urogenital tract. We reported OHVIRA syndrome in a 15-year-old girl, who was referred to King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, due to hematocolpos and an imperforate hymen. The patient was diagnosed as having an absent right kidney since childhood.

Risk factors and prognosis of intravesical recurrence after surgical management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma: A 30-year single centre experience.

Objective: To review the incidence, predictors and prognosis of bladder cancer recurrence after management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC).

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients who were surgically treated for UTUC from 1983 to 2013. The tumours were categorised according to the 1997 Tumour-Node-Metastasis (TNM) staging and the three-tiered World Health Organization grading systems.

Successful Vaginal Delivery of Naturally Conceived Dicavitary Twin in Didelphys Uterus: A Rare Reported Case.

Didelphys uterus, or double uterus, is an embryological developmental malformation of the müllerian ducts with the incidence of approximately 8.3% of all müllerian duct abnormalities (MDAs). Didelphys uterus accompanying dicavitary twin gestation is encountered as a very rare entity with overall incidence of about 1 in 1,000,000.

Crescent fractures of the pelvis treated by open reduction and internal fixation: a critique of Day's guidelines.

Introduction: Day's classification and treatment guidelines are considered the gold standard in crescent fractures of the pelvis. The objective of this study was to retrospectively evaluate 10 surgically treated crescent fractures of the pelvis in the context of Day's recommendations.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study.

Pancreatic and Hepatic Metastasis of an Undiagnosed Choriocarcinoma: An Exceptional Cause of Haemoperitoneum in Young Women - Report of a Rare Case.

Haemoperitoneum in women of reproductive age usually suggests either ruptured ectopic pregnancy or ruptured ovarian cysts. Metastatic choriocarcinoma is considered the least common cause of haemoperitoneum in women of childbearing age. We report a rare case of pancreatic and hepatic metastasis of choriocarcinoma in a young, 30-year-old female who had delivered 10 months prior at term gestation with no previous history of gestational trophoblastic disease or molar pregnancy.