Acute Cholecystitis
Acute Cholecystitis is a condition characterized by acute abdominal pain, fever and positive Murphy’s sign
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Early Physiotherapy May Help Prevent Lymphedema After Breast Cancer Surgery
“”Efforts have been made to reduce the risk of secondary lymphoedema by preoperative and postoperative counselling and education and by early detection.” The goal of this study was to assess the efficacy of early physiotherapy in reducing the risk for secondary lymphedema after surgery for breast cancer. At a university hospital in Madrid, Spain, 120 [...]
Feb 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Evaluating routine diagnostic imaging in acute appendicitis
The present study shows that, in the majority of patients, appendicitis acuta can be diagnosed without the aid of imaging studies. In all these cases, high diagnostic accuracy rates and low morbidity rates were achieved.
Jan 13, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
APPENDICITIS IN PREGNANCY
Diagnosis appendicitis in pregnancy is challenging task for all surgeon. Features such as nausea and vomiting may be thought to be those normally seen with pregnancy, and abdominal pain may be thought to be due to false labor or Braxton Hicks contractions.Even laboratory findings of elevated white blood cells in acute appendicitis occurs in normal pregnancy.The typical [...]
