To report our experience in management of patients with substernal goitre and to define features that are likely to predict the need for sternotomy in order to improve preoperative planning and patient counseling this prospective study was conducted among patients with substernal goitre who had been surgically treated for their goitre in the period from January 2003 to January 2009 ... Read more

Objective: We present our experience with distal peritoneal catheter complications managed laparoscopically in Sohag university hospital. Retrospective analysis of records of 10 patients who underwent lap management for their distal peritoneal shunt malfunction was done. Results: All patients , except one, had successful lap revision of their complicated distal VP (8 cases) or LP shunts (2 cases). 6 patients had ... Read more

One of the greatest challenges in breast cancer management is to accurately predict the outcome for each patient. To do this at present, we rely heavily on traditional pathological variables, such as tumor size, tumor grade and lymph node status. However, despite the broad applicability of clinic-pathological indices, they are still unable, to separate the 30% node-negative patients who will ... Read more

Objective: To characterize the nature of anorectal malformation to do the suitable surgical procedures and to record the immediate and long-term outcome in girls with low imperforate anus. Patients and methods: Review of data of 23 girls with low imperforate anus operated upon by cutback anoplasty and Pott's transfer anoplasty. Results: All patients had low anomalies and anal fistulae. Cutback ... Read more

Aim of the work: * To study the different available surgical techniques for reconstruction of orofacial area after tumor excision and to address the outcome of surgery, aesthetic result and recurrence after surgery * Patients and methods: * A prospective study of 75 patients with different orofacial tumours which were operated in the period from Mars 2004 to Oct 2006 ... Read more

* Aim of the work: To describe the abnormal anatomy met with cases of distal hypospadias and to compare the results of * different techniques of its repair * Patients and methods. * 40 patients with distal hypospadias underwent surgical repair in the period from Oct 2004 to Oct 2005 Three operative procedures was used: – Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty ... Read more

We here announce the 1st record of S.intercalatum in Upper Egypt, Sohag Governate Read more

Objective: To compare the degree of the inammatory response of human peritoneum with the severity of peritonitis. Design: Clinical laboratory study. Setting: University hospital, Germany. Subjects: 15 patients with diffuse secondary peritonitis and 5 having conventional cholecystectomy (controls) had peritoneal specimens taken from the site of incision. Main outcome measures: Correlation between presence of indicators of the inammatory response: interleukin ... Read more

Objective: To test the hypothesis that different surgical procedures may lead to different degrees of activation of the human peritoneal response. Design: Clinical laboratory study. Setting: University Hospital, Germany. Material: Peritoneal specimens taken from the incision or parietal resection margins at the beginning and end of laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy, or other conventional open operations (n = 5 in each ... Read more

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that different surgical procedures may lead to different degrees of activation of the human peritoneal response. DESIGN: Clinical laboratory study. SETTING: University Hospital, Germany. MATERIAL: Peritoneal specimens taken from the incision or parietal resection margins at the beginning and end of laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy, or other conventional open operations (_n_ = 5 in each ... Read more