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Original article English Mohamed Mansouri1and Jacek Szmidt2 1) Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya; 2) Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 192-196 Abstract Drug therapy may control blood pressure in some cases of renovascular hypertension (RVH), but ineffective in others. Early …

Extra-anatomical bypass procedure in the surgical treatment of renovascular disease Read More »

Original article English Ehtuish F Ehtuish and Anuj Mishra National Organ Transplant Program, Tripoli Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 197-201 Abstract Objectives – Review of the angiographic data of 118 live related kidney donors was done to assess the renal vessel anatomy, compare the findings with the per operative findings, …

The pattern of renal vessels in our live related potential donors Pool:A multislice spiral C.T. Angiography Read More »

Original article English Amira Shabash1, Asthma Shagleb1, Rabia Gwedar1, Meloda Rajab2 and Fauzi Sagher1 1) Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, TMC; 2) Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Elfateh University, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 202-205 Abstract In order to determine the frequency of cow’s milk protein intolerance in …

Cow’s milk protein intolerance; Hospital based study Read More »

Original article English Mohamed Elkabir and Khalifa Elbakkush 1-Oral and Maxillofacial surgery department Tripoli Medical Centre. 2-Tripoli Eye Hospital JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 206-210 Abstract Trauma to the face can result in fracture of facial bones such as the mandible, maxilla zygomatic complex, nasoethmoid and/or orbit. Orbital fracture depending on the severity and …

Management of orbital floor fractures TMC experience Read More »

Short communication English Khaled A Youseif, Rabia M Gwedar, and Fauzi A Sagher Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Tripoli Medical Centre. Faculty of Medicine, Elfateh University, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 211-214 Abstract Objectives: Ten patients with hyper-ammonia were revised to improve early recognition and management of this potentially lethal …

Clinical presentations of infantile hyper-ammonia syndrome Read More »

Short communication English Suliman Mohamed Eldurrija and Fatheia Ahmed Elrishy Misurata Central Hospital, Misurata- Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 216-218 Abstract Objective:The purpose of this prospective study is to evaluate the efficacy of the extra-amniotic Foley catheter balloon as a method of cervical ripening. Study design: Pregnant women admitted for induction of labour …

Use of foley catheter as a cervical ripening agent prior to induction of labour Read More »

Short communication English Abdulmutaleb Issa, Abdulhamid Alkout*, and Samia Alkouail* Intensive Care Unit and *Mediacl Labortory Department, Abe salim Trauma Hospital, Tripoly – Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 219-220 Abstract Thrombocytopenia is associated with trauma of variable degrees. The underlying cause of thrombocytopenia is of variable pathophysiology. The aim of this pilot study …

Traumatic thrombocytopenia is not affected by dexamethasone Read More »

Short communication English Sabah El-Dressi and Abir Benamer Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty Of Medicine, University Of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya JMJ Vol.4 No. 3 (Winter) 2005: 221-222 Abstract Aim: Vitreous loss is a serious complication of cataract surgery. Following vitreous loss it is common practice to perform a primary implantation of an anterior chamber lens (AC-IOL). …

Anterior chamber lens after vitreousloss and its complications Read More »

Original article English Hassan A. Maghur, Abdul-Matloub A. Ben-Musa, Salah S. Abuzakhar, Mohamed E Salim Cardiothoracic Department, Misillata Hospital, Libya JMJ Vol. 1, No. 1 (June 2001): 17-20 Abstract Background: Since 1992 we started performing the modified Blalock-Taussing shunt (MBTS) for cyanotic children in Libya. This retrospective study reviews our results, comparing them with those …

Misillata Hospital Experience with the Modified Blalock-Taussing Shunt Read More »

Original article English Issam M Hajjaji, Hasna Kattab Faculty of Medicine, El Fateh University, Tripoli JMJ Vol. 1, No. 1 (June 2001): 21-23 Abstract Phospholipids, and in particular sphingomyelin, are involved in atherosclerosis, cancer and certain genetic diseases. As the incidence of the first two increases with age, we studied changes in the sphingomyelin fraction …

The effect of Age On Sphingomyelin Fraction In Healthy Libyan Individuals Read More »