Mohamed Ballouch, Djogbe Rogelli Michael Gnide, Imade El Azzaoui, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui, Mountassir Moujahid & Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Aims: Textiloma (gossypiboma) denotes the inadvertent retention of a surgical sponge or gauze within a body cavity following an operation. It is a rare but clinically significant entity with protean manifestations and serious medicolegal implications. We report an exceptional cas...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i2422
Mohamed Ballouch, Walid Chair, Imade El Azzaoui, Mehdi Karami, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui, Mountassir Moujahid & Sidi Mohamed Bouchentouf·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Aims: Trichobezoars are rare, compacted hair masses that most often form in the stomach of young females with trichophagia associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Double localisation—simultaneous gastric and intestinal trichobezoars—is exceedingly rare and poses dist...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i2420
Mohamed Ballouch, Djogbi Rogelli Michael Gnide, Imade El Azzaoui, Mohamed Bouzroud, Hakim EL Kaoui & Mountassir Moujahid·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Background: Amyand’s hernia (AH) is defined by the presence of the vermiform appendix within an inguinal hernial sac. Its incidence is approximately 1% of all inguinal hernias, whereas the complicated form—involving acute appendicitis, perforation, or abscess formation—occurs in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i2419
Soufiane Khelloufi, Amina Babana El Alaoui, Mohamed Ballouch, Youssef Ouazzani Touhami, Mouad Chamssi, Yahya Zein EL Abidine Khedid, EL ABSI Mohamed, El OUNANI Mohamed, ECHARRAB El Mahjoub, EL ALAMI EL FARICHA EL Hassan & Fatimezehra Benmoula·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2026
Adult intussusception is uncommon and differs clinically from paediatric disease because most adult cases are associated with an identifiable pathological lead point. Idiopathic adult intussusception, particularly in the small bowel, remains incompletely understood, and managemen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2026/v9i2829