Background: Rectal foreign body is not an uncommon presentation in the surgical emergency. Its incidence is increasing especially in the Asian urban population. Patients are embarrassed and reluctant to seek medical care thereby delaying management. They have a varied presentatio...
A strangulated inguinal hernia is a common diagnosis in patients presenting with a painful groin mass. The sac of inguinal hernia mostly contains omentum or the small bowel. However, It may sometime contain an unusual content that affects surgical management. This is a rare case...
We report the case of a 62-year-old female patient with no medical or surgical history, admitted for gastric adenocarcinoma. Its extension assessment was negative. She received 3 pre-operative chemotherapy courses and sent for total gastrectomy. Surgical exploration revealed a re...
Isolated penetrating neck injuries involving cervical trachea are rare. Cervical tracheal transection is life-threatening and may result in immediate death due to asphyxiation. Early recognition and maintenance of the airway followed by definitive repair are essential for surviva...
Transverse testicular ectopia (TTE) is a rare congenital anomaly, in which both gonads migrate towards the same hemiscrotum. Other abnormalities such as persistent Müllerian duct syndrome, true hermaphroditism, inguinal hernia, hypospadias, pseudohermaphroditism, and scrotal anom...
The bodypacking is a drug delivery that is growing, especially since the events of September 11, 2001 from which were reinforced customs controls of baggage or packages. This mode of transport may cause, digestive or toxic complications whose management requires special care and...
Endometriosis is described as the presence of functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Scar endometriosis is a rare disease, and is difficult to diagnose. The symptoms are nonspecific, typically involving abdominal wall pain at the incision site at the time of m...
Post traumatic loss of segment of the tendon of extensor expansion Zone 2 level is common in crush injury of the hand. Extensor tendon zone 2 level forms the inherent part in the dynamics of extensor expansion mechanism. When a segmental loss occurs, usually the reconstruction of...
Gossypiboma is the term used when a surgical sponge is left unknowingly in the patient’s body after a surgical procedure. It is a grave but preventable complication of surgery which can lead to serious medico-legal complications. It may either present early with/without lump form...
The ‘Koebner’s phenomenon’ is a rare clinical response that occurs in patients with pre-existing cutaneous diseases like psoriasis. The phenomenon is triggered by skin incisions, causing an acute development of isomorphic pathological lesions along the lines of the skin trauma in...