The normal nutritional state is a metabolic situation of balance between the needs and supplies of protein for energy, vitamins, minerals, trace elements and water. The physiopathology of undernutrition can be explained by 2 mechanisms: exogenous or endogenous. In visceral surger...
Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a solution of continuity of the diaphragmatic dome which can be complicated by the intra thoracic passage of the abdominal organs. It is most often located on the left, often asymptomatic except in the case of a complication, notably a stran...
The Thyroid ectopic is a rare embryologic malformation that is defined by the presence of thyroid tissue outside of its normal position, the accessory thyroid with a thyroid gland in place is exceptional. We report a case of an elderly patient operated on for a heteromultinodular...
Fatimazahra Bensardi, Bassam Daif, Ahmed Ballati, Mohamed Ouchane, Othmane Elyamine, Mounir Bouali, Abdelilah Elbakouri, Khalid Elhattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2020
The ileo-sigmoid knot is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction, which usually requires emergency life-saving surgery. In this condition the ileum and sigmoid colon are twisted around each other in a knot, causing strangulation. We here report 2 cases with ileo-sigmoid knot. In b...