Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2020
ReviewTrends in bariatric surgery and incidentalomas at a single institution in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study and literature review.
Data are lacking on trends in bariatric surgery and the frequency of incidental findings in Saudi Arabia. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2020
Economic impact of diabetic foot ulcers on healthcare in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study.
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are a critical complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) affecting life quality and significantly impacting healthcare resources. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2020
Multicenter StudyFactors associated with facial weakness following surgery for benign parotid disease: a retrospective multicenter study.
Facial nerve weakness is the most common and most concerning complication after parotidectomy. Risk factors for this complication following surgery for benign diseases remain controversial. ⋯ None.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2020
Automated SARS-COV-2 RNA extraction from patient nasopharyngeal samples using a modified DNA extraction kit for high throughput testing.
The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) has prompted a need for mass testing to identify patients with viral infection. The high demand has created a global bottleneck in testing capacity, which prompted us to modify available resources to extract viral RNA and perform reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) to detect SARS-COV-2. ⋯ None.