Introduction: De Quervain tenosynovitis (De Quervain’s Disease, DQD) is a common affection, renowned by its false benignity, wich can compromise the function of the hand especially in manual workers and be a source of non attendance at work. Surgical treatment represents a radica...
Introduction: The loss of skin tissue from the heel often poses a problem of coverage. The neurocutaneous flap of the sural nerve enriches the therapeutic arsenal in terms of management of these defects. The aim of our study is to better understand the operating technique, indica...
Introduction: Fournier gangrene is a rapidly extensive necrotizing fasciitis of high morbidity and mortality despite the progress of therapeutic means, it is a medical and surgical emergency requiring multidisciplinary management. The aim of our work was to study the epidemiologi...
Introduction: Large defects of the hand pose a coverage problem. Several procedures are available, the flap of Mc Gregor or groin flap still retains an important place in the management of these skin defects. Materials and Methods: It is a retrospective study of 50 patients prese...
Sbai Mohamed Ali, Sboui Ines, Bellila Senda, Bouzouaya Hela, Sbai Faten, Mahfoudhi Mohamed Sami & Riadh Moalla·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2025
Introduction: Carpal tunnel syndrome is predominantly idiopathic, with secondary causes being rare and anatomical etiologies being exceptionally uncommon. Variations of the thenar motor branch are rare, and its origin from the ulnar border of the median nerve is exceedingly rare....
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2025/v8i1271
Purpose: compression of the ulnar nerve at the elbow is the second nerve entrapment syndrome of the upper limb, often idiopathic, neurofibroma of the ulnar nerve is an exceptional cause of this syndrome. Case Report: A 55-year-old man presented with progressive numbness and weakn...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the nail bed is a rare tumour, several risk factors are incriminated in the genesis of this tumour: microtrauma, x-rays, arsenic, dyskeratoses and infections (HPV). It is a slow-growing local tumour, often neglected and considered as an onychomycosis le...
Electrical burn injuries of the scalp carry a high risk of extensive tissue destruction and neurological complications. We report the case of a 50-year-old woman who sustained a high-voltage electrical burn to the scalp following a domestic accident. The injury progressed to scal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2025/v8i2336
Sbai Mohamed Ali, Mejri Chiraz, Sboui Ines, Sbei Feten, Mahfoudhi Sami, Bellila Senda, Amri Raja & Maalla Riadh·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Echinococcosis or hydatidosis is an anthropozoonosis following the development in humans and certain animals of the larva of a cestode transmitted by dogs: Echinococcus granulosus. The soft parts of the limbs represent a rare location of this parasite. As a result, diagnosis may...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i1344