Volume 38 Issue 2
Published: 2012-12-01
Contents
Article
The application of laparoscopy in abdominal trauma at Al-Jumhoori Teaching Hospital in Mosul
Muthanna Asaad, Khalid A. Al-Dabbagh, Mohammed S. Ali, Saad M. Attash, Muzahim K. Al-Khyatt
Objective: To evaluate laparoscopy as a diagnostic and therapeutic method in selected cases in abdominal trauma, and its value in avoiding unnecessary laparotomies at Al-Jumhoori Teaching Hospital...
Laparoscopic management of impalpable testes in pediatric age group
Muataz A. Al-ani, Bassam K. Al Abbassi
ABSTRACT Aim of the study: The purposes of our study are to evaluate the role of laparoscopy in localizing impalpable testes and the management strategy for both unilateral and bilateral impalpable...
Childhood ocular trauma in Mosul city
Azzam A. Ahmed
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the epidemiology of ocular trauma in children 15-years and younger living at Mosul city and its periphery who underwent evaluation for a two year period from...
Comparison of two ophthalmic viscosurgical devices used in Phaecoemulsification
Muna M. Ahmed, Azzam A. Ahmed
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the effect of two ophthalmic viscosurgical devices OVDs (DisCoVisc, Alcon, Fort Worth, Taxes), and (Appavisc, Appassamy ocular devices PVT. LTD.), that currently used...
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of psoriatic patients attended dermatology clinics in Mosul city
Bassam Abd Al-Mobdi Al-Neema, Salah Ali Al-Ashow
ABSTRACT Background: Psoriasis affects 0.5-0.7% of Iraqi people making it one of the significant dermatological problems. Despite the extent of this problem, little information regarding its...
Clinical and epidemiological patterns of ano-genital warts among male patients in Erbil city, Iraq
Sherzad A. Ismail, Abdul-jabbar M. A. Al-Soudani, Khalis B. M. Ali
ABSTRACT Background and objectives: Ano-genital warts consist of epidermal and dermal papules or nodules on the perineum, genitalia, crural folds, and anus. Up to the researchers' knowledge, no...
Urinary tract infections among pregnant women in Mosul city
- -, A. Al-Jawadi
ABSTRACT Objectives: To determine the prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI) among pregnant women in Mosul city and to classify the infected women according to their trimesters of pregnancy....
Types of urinary stones in Duhok Province
Khalis Sabri Ammo
ABSTRACT Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the biochemical composition of urinary stones in Dohuk Province. Patients and methods: A prospective study done at Azadi-Teaching Hospital in...
Nerve conduction and electromyography in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a case - control study
Hakki M. Majdal, Shakir M. Sulaiman, Mohammed E. Sulaiman
ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aims to assess peripheral nerve conduction and electromyographic function abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Subjects and methods: One hundred...
Study of pervasive developmental disorders among students in Mosul city
Sahar K. Omar
ABSTRACT Objective: To detect cases of pervasive developmental disorders among a sample of primary school students in Mosul city. Design and method: A descriptive study including 137 students boys...
Oxidant / antioxidant status and thyroid function tests in hypertensive patients treated by captopril or valsartan
Imad A. Thanoon, Shamil H. Othman
ABSTRACT Objectives: To assess, the oxidant / antioxidant status and thyroid function tests in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients and the effect of therapy with captopril or valsartan for 2...
Liver function tests in toxoplasmosis
Muthear N. Dawood, Nadwa A. J. Mahmood
ABSTRACT Objective: To highlight the possible effects of toxoplasmosis on serum activities of liver enzymes. Methods: Sixty serologically toxoplasmosis positive women referred to the Public Health...
P53 expression in ovarian tumors: (an immunohistochemical study)
Shuaib H. Saleem, Elaf Abdul-Wahab Hamdi
ABSTRACT Objectives: The aim of this study, first, to evaluate the frequency of immunohistochemical expression of p53 in different types of ovarian tumors, second, to correlate p53 expression with...
Osteoporosis in steroid-dependent asthma patients in Mosul
Wadhah M. Hammo, Muna M. Ahmad, Dhaher J. S. Al-Habbo, Talal M. Al-Saegh
ABSTRACT Objectives: To examine the prevalence of osteoporosis in steroid dependent asthma. To compare it with non-asthmatic patients who use steroid for different diseases and with a third group...
Bilateral genu varus (bowlegs) at early childhood in Mosul
Mahmood A. Aljumaily, Yakdan Z. Alsaleem
ABSTRACT Background: Genu varus deformity (bowlegs) is deviation of leg distal to knee toward midline, it is very common in early childhood. No data is available in apparently healthy Iraqi...