- Disaster Response and Management
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Ureteral procedures and complications
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
Damascus University
2020-2024
Penetrating abdominal trauma is one of the injuries that could affect civilians in wartime. This retrospective study investigates commonly injured organs, and impact multiple organs on mortality.We reviewed operating room (OR) logs patients who presented to surgical emergency department (SED) at Al-Mouwasat University Hospital with war-related penetrating requiring exploratory laparotomy between April 1, 2011 December 31, 2017.Of 7826 traumatic injuries, 898 (11.5%) required laparotomy. Of...
Bladder exstrophy (BE) is a rare congenital anomaly in which the anterior wall of bladder absent. In females, sexuality and fertility may be negatively affected with association pubic diastasis, dysplasia pelvic floor muscles, clitoris bifurcated, short vagina or narrow introitus.