Original article English A. Khamage, TVM Murthy, H. Elsheiby Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 18. 1995-1997: 11-16 Abstract This is a study of 24 cases of intestinal injuries sustained among 316 children admitted with abdominal trauma from January 1986 to December 1992. Road traffic accident was the cause in majority of the cases (58.3 %) followed …
Original article English YM Gassar El-Fateh Children Hospital, Benghazi Libya, Holder of a Libyan scholarship at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 18. 1995-1997: 17 -22 Abstract Steroids show marked modulation in inflammatory processes in experimental meningitis, but their use in the clinical field remains controversial (6,7,9,11). This study deals with 186 …
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Original article English KMS Abdulwahab, A. Karim Dept. of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis Univ., Benghazi, Libya Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 18. 1995-1997: 29 -31 Abstract In-patients records from Hawari Teaching Hospital, Benghazi, the main referral center in the Eastern part of Libya were reviewed for gallbladder disease, multinodular goitre, gastrointestinal malignant tumors and breast …
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Review English A. Obead, N. Rajpurohit. Garyounis Medical Journal Vol.19. 1998-2002: 6-25 Abstract It is now more than a century since the causative organism of tuberculosis, the tubercie bacillus, has been identified by Dr. Robert Koch in 1882. Although highly potent antitubercular drugs and nearly 100% curable drug regimens have been available for more than …
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Original article English I.M. Kashbur 1, Othman A. Kadiki 2, Abida M. Malik 2, Leila A. Bilal 2 1-Department of Microbiology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya 3-Diabetic Clinic, Benghazi, Libya Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 11, No. 1-2 . January 1988: 60-64 Abstract This prospective study in adult Libyan diabetic patients showed covert bacteriuria in 12.7% …
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Review English A.S.M. Giasuddin Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J. Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 11, No. 1-2 . January 1988: 65-76 Abstract Dental caries (tooth decay) is an infectious multifactorial disease manifested by progressive destruction of enamel, den tine and cementum of tooth. Several approaches, have been made to develop effective prophylactic …
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Case report English R.K. Gang and S.A. Makhlouf Department of Surgery (Orthopaedic), Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J. Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 11, No. 1-2 . January 1988: 77-80 Abstract We report a case of intra-uterine amputation of all the four fingers without any associated constriction rings or annular grooves — The possible pat ho genesis …
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Case report English D.B. Gahukamble Department of Surgery (Paediatric Division), Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J. Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 11, No. 1-2 . January 1988: 81-83 Abstract This paper reports an unusual complication of hydatid cyst of the liver in a young boy. The slow leak from the hydatid cyst lead …
Case report English R.A. Harisha, S.K. Nath Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al Fateh University, Tripoli, S.P.L.A.J. Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 11, No. 1-2 . January 1988: 84-86 Abstract A case of high biliary stricture (Bismuth grade III) following cholecystectomy is presented. A sutureless mucosal graft hepatico-jejunostomy was performed with a percutaneous stent. The …
High Benign Bile Duct Stricture Following Cholecystectomy – (A Case Report) Read More »
Original article English M. A. Gad, 1 A.S.M. Giasuddin 1, S.S. Ablees 2 1-Department of Laboratory Medicine Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, S.P.L.AJ. 2-Department of Surgery,Al-Arab Medical University S.P.L.A.J Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 14, No. 1-2. January/July 1991: 16-21 Abstract In an attempt to correlate the chemical composition of renal stones with urinary tract infections (UT!) …
Urolithiasis: Microbiological and Biochemical Studies of 107 Cases in Benghazi, Libya Read More »