Maridi county hospital faces a critical shortage of space and staff and this study is intended to evaluate the possibility of introducing telephone calls to replace faceto- face postoperative clinic visits. We were looking at new ways of how the surgical team can decongest the physical postoperative clinic, so that they can have adequate time to assess new patients on clinic days. The mean age was 38.9 years with an equal number of male and female participants. Hernias and chronic appendicitis w...

Bladder cancer (CAB) is a urological malignancy that significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality, especially when detected late. This study highlights the challenges of late presentation and changing histological trend of the condition in a low resource region. The objectives were to establish the relationship between demographic factors, and to elucidate some characteristics of histological patterns in our region. A retrospective cohort study of all cases of bladder cancer seen at our ...

There is a high prevalence of goiter in Bisha despite more than 15 years of the national campaign for increased dietary iodine supplementation. The cause is multifactorial. It is associated with non-neoplastic and neoplastic conditions. Surgical management has evolved over many years. To describe the pathological types of goiter in Bisha along with their management and to discuss current surgical considerations. There were 339 patients, of which 280 (82.6%) were females and 59 (17.4%) males. Age...