Background and study aim: Chromoendoscopy using indigo carmine staining significantly increased the detection rate for adenomas, flat lesions, and serrated lesions, this study aimto evaluate the role of routine chromoendoscopy using indigocarmine dye in early detection of rectosigmoid lesions. Methods: Eighty five patients were presenting to Endoscopy Unit, Internal Medicine Department; Sohag University forcolonoscopic examination, aged ≥40 years, all the ... إقراء المزيد

Purpose: Epilepsy is a major public health problem worldwide. There are many misconceptions about people’s knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy, which influence people’s behavior towards patients with epilepsy. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in Sohag University, a public Egyptian University, in Upper Egypt. We used an Arabic language designed questionnaire to assess people’s knowledge about epilepsy and their attitudes ... إقراء المزيد

Abstract: Background: Smartphone ownership had a significant association with problematic use of the internet and internet addiction. Objectives: are to determine the prevalence of problematic internet use (PIU) through smartphone among adolescents and assess the sociodemographic characteristics affecting the internet use through smartphone and the effect of misuse on family and peer relations. Methodology: analytic cross- sectional study was carried ... إقراء المزيد

Spina bifida refers to a wide range of neural tube defects (NTDs) affecting the spine and spinal cord. These defects result from the maldevelopment of the neuropore and the adjacent mesodermal and ectodermal structures during embryogenesis. Spina bifida can be classified as either open or closed type according to the presence or absence of exposed neural tissue. These are called ... إقراء المزيد

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when the brain is damaged as a result of physical trauma. TBI may be caused by a penetrating (open) head injury, in which an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue, or a closed head injury, in which the skull is not breached, and frequently results in the major long-term disability of individuals ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in the body. The WHO classifies about 400 million people around the world as obese. Obesity is the fifth leading cause for deaths all over the world. The prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled between 1980 and 2008. 65% of the world’s population lives in countries where overweight and ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Cleft of the lip and palate represent a major public health problem due to the possible associated life-long morbidity, Complex aetiology and the extensive multidisciplinary commitment required for intervention. Incidence of these defects is about 1·7 per 1000 live born babies. Epidemiologically, a known environmental and genetic risk factors, and their interaction play a role in incidence of ... إقراء المزيد

Hydrocephalus is defined as the extra cerebral accumulation of water, the commonest neurological anomalies, one of leading causes of morbidity and mortality in infants worldwide إقراء المزيد