Families facing the growing demand for organ removal from their loved ones are questioning the possible suffering of the brainstem dead patient.A frequent question they ask to coordinating doctors is:Are you sure he w...
Esophageal atresia is an extreme neonatal surgical emergency whose mortality remains high in our country. We report 8 cases collected over 7 years in a tertiary hospital in Abidjan, C?te d’Ivoire. The purpose of the ...
The introduction of laparoscopy in the surgeon’s armamentarium was in fact a “revolution in the history of surgery”. Since this technique involves insufflation of carbon dioxide it produces sev...
Background: The aim was to evaluate safety aspects of patient-controlled sedation and analgesia (PCS) for extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) and PCS to be handled by non-anaesthesiology doctors. Methods: Thir...