Editorial
Saudi Medical Journal for continuous improvement and operational excellence
Ali AlBarrak and Fahdah Alokaily
Brief Reports
The cost of dental caries in Saudi Arabia. Putting numbers into context
Abdullah A. Marghalani, Yaser A. Alsahafi, and Ehab N. Alshouibi
Quality of undergraduate critical care medical education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Where do we stand?
Mariam A. Alansari
Case Reports
Salmonella bacilli negative image recognized on Diff-Quik stain from pleural fluid cytology
Zahrah H. Al-Faraj, Hoda A. Hassan, Baha A. Abdalhamid, and Mousa A. Al-Abbadi
Maxillary sinus nodular fasciitis
Abdulmalik S. Alsaied and Mohammed A. Lotfy
Letter to the Editor
Comment on biomedical research in Saudi Arabia
Huseyin Bayramlar, Remzi Karadag, and Jamal Albishri
Research Articles
Effectiveness and complication rates of tension-free vaginal tape, transobturator tape, and tension-free vaginal tape-obturator in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence in a medium- to long-term follow up. Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Pan-Feng Tan, Lu-Lu Yang, Ru-Biao Ou, Ping Tang, Wen-Jun Yang, Jie-Bin Huang, Wei Wei, Xing-Hua Wei, Bin Wang, and Ke-Ji Xie
Comparison of herbal-based and synthetic hemostatic agents for efficacy on a rat partial nephrectomy model. Experimental study
Murat Bagcioglu, Emre Huri, Mumtaz Dadali, Hesna M. Astarci, Mustafa F. Sargon, and Muzaffer Eroglu
The rates of sputum conversion among new smear positive open pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated under directly observed treatment, short course strategy
Liaqat A. Chaudhry, Ali S. Al-Shamri, Asirvatham A. Robert, Shehab Al-Solaiman, and Abdulaziz H. Al-Nwasser
Determination of the median effective dose for motor block of intrathecally administered different concentrations of bupivacaine in younger patients. The influence of solution concentration
Ming-Quan Chen, Chun Chen, and Qi-Bin Ke
Transpedicular intracorporeal grafting for patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures
Da-Peng Li, Hui-Lin Yang, Yong-Hui Huang, Xiao-Feng Xu, Tai-Cun Sun, and Lang Hu
Central corneal pachymetry in Yemeni patients undergoing refractive surgery
Mahfouth A. Bamashmus, Mahmoud F. Saleh, Ahmed Mousa, Mohamed Abdulrahman, and Mohamed Fawzi
Self-reported comfort with tracheostomy tube care. Cross-sectional survey of non-ear, nose and throat health care professionals
Salma Al Sharhan, Momena Sohail, Khabir Ahmad, and Moghira I. Siddiqui
Poor vitamin D supplementation in infants. Cross-sectional study of maternal practices and awareness of vitamin D supplementation in infants in Al-Ahsa, Eastern Saudi Arabia
Abdullah M. Alramdhan and Ahmed G. El-Zubair
Relationship between head posture and anterior-posterior skeletal patterns in a group of female patients
Laila F. Baidas
Community pharmacists' knowledge of isotretinoin safety
Adel A. Alrwisan, Thamir M. Alshammari, Khalid W. Tahir, Faisal M. Aleissa, and Hisham S. Aljadhey
Review
Update on colistin in clinical practice
Wafa A. Alfahad and Ali S. Omrani