scholarly journals Ingested Magnets: A health hazard and the Role of laparoscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Ahmed H. Al-Salem ◽  
Moustafa Hamchou ◽  
Hillal Matta ◽  
Adnan Swid ◽  
Bahjat Sahari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Bowel Perforation ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Intestinal Resection ◽  
Emergency Laparotomy ◽  
Pressure Necrosis ◽  
Magnet Ingestion ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Early Surgical Intervention

Ingestion of magnets is becoming a common problem among children and teens and are known to be associated with serious complications that result from pressure necrosis and bowel perforation. We report a series of eight children with multiple magnets ingestion that resulted in complications including small bowel perforation and intestinal obstruction necessitating an emergency laparotomy and intestinal resection. The aim of this report is to raise awareness of the complications associated with magnet ingestion in children. The literature on the subject is also reviewed and early surgical intervention is recommended for multiple swallowed magnets. The role of laparoscopy in this regard is also stressed.

scholarly journals Accidental multiple magnet ingestion by an adult: a case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2050
Author(s):  
Suraj Gopal ◽  
Dubey Indu Bhushan ◽  
Junaid Ahmad Sofi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Body ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
The Other ◽  
Foreign Body Ingestion ◽  
Pressure Necrosis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Magnet Ingestion ◽  
Magnetic Foreign Body ◽  
Asymptomatic Individuals ◽  
Early Surgical Intervention

Accidental multiple magnetic foreign body ingestion although common in children is rare in adults. Multiple magnetic foreign body ingestion possess a definitive risk of causing intestinal perforation, volvulus or fistulas and requires early surgical intervention even in apparently asymptomatic individuals to prevent catastrophic complications. We report a case of an 18 year old male with a history of accidental simultaneous ingestion of two semi-circular shaped magnets along with a nail. The peculiarity of the case being that despite the magnets being simultaneously ingested, one was in the stomach and the other in the jejunum adhered to each other through the transverse colon mesentery causing pressure necrosis of the adjoining wall with the patient being asymptomatic.

scholarly journals Multiple magnet ingestion: Is there a role for early surgical intervention?

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amrollah Salimi ◽  
Soheil Kooraki ◽  
Shadi Abdar Esfahani ◽  
Mehrzad Mehdizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Magnet Ingestion ◽  
Early Surgical Intervention

The Role of Early Surgical Intervention in Civilian Gunshot Wounds to the Head

1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS S. HELLING ◽  
W KENDALL McNABNEY ◽  
C KEITH WHITTAKER ◽  
CHARLES C. SCHULTZ ◽  
MARIANE WATKINS
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Gunshot Wounds ◽  
Early Surgical Intervention

scholarly journals Case Report: Adult Right-Sided Bochdalek Hernia Complicated by Intrathoracic Bowel Perforation

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Philipp Ramspott ◽  
Stephan Regenbogen ◽  
Tarkan Jäger ◽  
Michael Lechner ◽  
Franz Mayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intestinal Ischemia ◽  
Surgical Repair ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Bowel Perforation ◽  
Pleural Empyema ◽  
Emergency Laparotomy ◽  
Bochdalek Hernia ◽  
Congenital Condition ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Right

Right-sided Bochdalek hernia is a mostly congenital condition of the diaphragm caused by a persistence of the pleuroperitoneal cavity and a rare disease in adults. As it often presents as an emergent situation, urgent diagnostics and surgical intervention are essential to reduce morbidity and mortality rates. Choosing the right surgical approach (abdominal, thoracic, or a combination of both) can be very challenging for clinicians. Here, we report a case of a 40-year-old woman, who presented with severe abdominal pain and tachypnoea. Imaging revealed a right-sided Bochdalek hernia. Emergency laparotomy was performed followed by reduction of hernia content, right-sided hemicolectomy, and side-to-side anastomosis from the ileum to the transverse colon due to intestinal ischemia and intrathoracic bowel perforation. The post-operative course was complicated by a pleural empyema. Therefore, the patient underwent thoracotomy. One year after surgical repair the patient had no recurrence. Here, we discuss feasible approaches for the surgical management of complicated Bochdalek hernias.

scholarly journals Role of early surgical intervention in outcome and prognosis of spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage with intraventricular extension

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Jemesh Singh Maharjan
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Cerebellar Hemorrhage ◽  
First Case ◽  
Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage ◽  
Poor Outcomes ◽  
The Right ◽  
Early Surgical Intervention

Spontaneous cerebellar hematomas represent 5 to 13% of all cases of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage. The main controversy involves deciding which cases require surgical evacuation of the hematoma versus other options, such as ventricular drainage only or conservative treatment. Furthermore, because the clinical course is variable in some cases, timing of such treatment should be carefully considered. The duration from the onset of hemorrhage also plays an important role in prognosis and recovery of the patient. Both the clinical presentation and subsequent course vary among cases. Unpredictable rapid deterioration in consciousness levels has been recognized. The majority of patients with such decline in consciousness experience the deterioration primarily within 72 hrs after onset⁠. Acute presentation was observed to be correlated with poor outcomes. In our report, the first case presented with sudden onset of headache in the right frontal region of head with vertigo. He came to hospital within 6 hours of onset. However, the second case had an onset of symptoms around 72 hours before the presentation.

Top-Down Processing and Visual Reorientation Illusions in a Virtual Reality Environment

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred W. Mast ◽  
Charles M. Oman
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Line Length ◽  
Perceptual Cues ◽  
Virtual Reality Environment ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Processing Mechanisms

The role of top-down processing on the horizontal-vertical line length illusion was examined by means of an ambiguous room with dual visual verticals. In one of the test conditions, the subjects were cued to one of the two verticals and were instructed to cognitively reassign the apparent vertical to the cued orientation. When they have mentally adjusted their perception, two lines in a plus sign configuration appeared and the subjects had to evaluate which line was longer. The results showed that the line length appeared longer when it was aligned with the direction of the vertical currently perceived by the subject. This study provides a demonstration that top-down processing influences lower level visual processing mechanisms. In another test condition, the subjects had all perceptual cues available and the influence was even stronger.

The future role of the psychiatrist in Europe – a UEMS perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
M. Hermans
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Future Role ◽  
Personal Opinion ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many

SummaryThe author presents his personal opinion inviting to discussion on the possible future role of psychiatrists. His view is based upon the many contacts with psychiatrists all over Europe, academicians and everyday professionals, as well as the familiarity with the literature. The list of papers referred to is based upon (1) the general interest concerning the subject when representing ideas also worded elsewhere, (2) the accessibility to psychiatrists and mental health professionals in Germany, (3) being costless downloadable for non-subscribers and (4) for some geographic aspects (e.g. Belgium, Spain, Sweden) and the latest scientific issues, addressing some authors directly.

Alignment

2016 ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Pier Giuseppe Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Enactive Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Current Context ◽  
The Subject

The subject of alignment is not new to the world of education. Today however, it has come to mean different things and to have a heuristic value in education according to research in different areas, not least for neuroscience, and to attention to skills and to the alternation framework.This paper, after looking at the classic references that already attributed an important role to alignment in education processes, looks at the strategic role of alignment in the current context, outlining the shared construction processes and focusing on some of the ways in which this is put into effect.Alignment is part of a participatory, enactive approach that gives a central role to the interaction between teaching and learning, avoiding the limits of behaviourism, which has a greater bias towards teaching, and cognitivism/constructivism, which focus their attention on learning and in any case, on that which separates a teacher preparing the environment and a student working in it.

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