Editorial
SURGICAL SITE INFECTION AND THE SURGEON'S
RESPONSIBILITY……...……….….….1
Thamer A Hamdan
Leading Article
FUNDAMENTALS OF
GOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE: THE BASIS OF PROFESSIONALISM..3
Majeed H Alwan
Original Articles
EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT
MODALITIES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD IN
BASRAH……………………………...8
Rafid A Yaseen, Thamer A
Hamdan & Haider A Alzahid
THE EFFECT OF DEXAMETHASONE
ON POST LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY NAUSEA AND VOMITING…………………………………………………………………………….20
Khalid Shakir Abdul-kareem,
Mazin H Al-Hawaz & Jasim D Saud
THE ROLE OF LEFT ATRIAL
COMPLIANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH PURE
MITRAL STENOSIS AND SINUS RHYTHM…26
Tahsin A Al-Kinani, Muhammed
Hashim & Mazin Abd Haza'a
TRANSDUODENAL
SPHINCTEROPLASTY VERSUS CHOLEDOCHODUODENOSTOMY IN MANAGEMENT OF LOWER COMMON
BILE DUCT STONES…………………………………33
Ali H Al-Azzawi, Mohammed H
Al-Jawher & Ali D Al-Hilfi
STUDY OF BILE LEAK AFTER
HEPATIC HYDATID CYST SURGERY IN BASRAH……….40
Nazar Jawad Sawady & Zaki
Al-Faddagh
Articles
EFFICACY
OF INTRAVITREAL TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETIC MACULAR
EDEMA………………………………………………………………………51
Salah Zuhair Abed Al-Asadi
TREATMENT
OF FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURES IN CHILDREN BY CLOSED REDUCTION AND EXTERNAL
FIXATION………………………………………………………………………….56
Omer A Rafiq Barawi & Saman
Hama Khursheed Sharef
TRACHEAL
INJURY DURING THYROID SURGERY……………………………………………..64
Mohammed H Saeed Al-Hijaj
& Shatha A Abdullah Al-Mansori
THE
EFFECT OF URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID AS A CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF SECONDARY COMMON
BILE DUCT STONES IN PREPARATION FOR LAPAROSCOPICAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY………………………………………………………………………………...67
Kadhim Hassan Al-Hassani
& Alaa Selman Al-Ahmed
GENDER
DIFFERENCE IN ELECTIVE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS………………………………………………………………………….75
Hiwa Omer Ahmed
TRACHEOSTOMY:
CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF INDICATIONS IN RELATION TO AGE GROUP IN AL-YARMOUK TEACHING HOSPITAL……………………………………………....80
Ammar Hadi Khammas, Haider Wahab Al-Sarhan
& Abul-Hussein Kereem
THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING IN
THE DIAGNOSIS OF
ACUTE APPENDICITIS………………………………………………………………………………………….89
Hameed R Helo & Issam Merdan
THE
EFFECT OF NOISE ON THE WORKERS OF BASRAH
PETRO-CHEMICAL FACTORY………………………………………………………………………………………………..97
Jaffer M Khalaf, Isam M Al-Shereda &
Ahmed A Al-Ansary
EFFICACY
OF SEQUENTIAL BCG AND MITOMYCIN VERSUS MITOMYCIN ALONE FOR TREATMENT OF
SUPERFICIAL BLADDER CANCER………………………………………….102
Hazim R Akal
I Read For You
MANAGEMENT OF CRISES DURING
ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY. PART III:
Bronchospasm & Laryngospasm…………………………………………………………………112
Salam N Asfar & Jasim M Salman
Obituary
Prof. Hussain Talib…………………………………………………………………………………..115
Dr. Ali Al-Sarraj……………………………………………………………………………………….116