Book Review
Cosmetic surgery after massive weight loss
Abdullah Al Zahrani
Brief Reports
Cause analysis and therapeutic methods of chylous leakage after pancreaticoduodenectomy
Weiping Ji, Juan Wang, Bin Song, Kailian Zheng, Hongyun Ma, Asaad Nadaf, Zhuo Shao, and Gang Jin
Does cesarean section have an impact on the successful initiation of breastfeeding in Saudi Arabia?
Afnan A. Albokhary and Jennifer P. James
Exenatide’s effect in reducing weight and glycosylated hemoglobin level in an Arab population with type 2 diabetes
Alaaeldin M. Bashier, Elamin I. Abdelgadir, Azza A. Khalifa, Fouzia Rashid, Sona M. Abuelkeir, and Fawzi E. Bachet
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and parasites in symptomatic children examined for Helicobacter pylori antibodies, antigens, and parasites in Yemen
Lutf M. Al-Zubairi and Abdul K. Sallam
Site-specific mouth rinsing can improve oral odor by altering bacterial counts. Blind crossover clinical study
Mohammed A. Alqumber and Khaled A. Arafa
Case Reports
Malignant transformation of persistent endometriosis after hysterectomy
Naif A. Bawazeer, Hatim M. Al-Jifree, and Abdulrahim M. Gari
Toxic epidermal necrolysis in a patient receiving concurrent phenytoin and whole brain and thoracic radiotherapy
Imtiaz Ahmed, Ahitagni Biswas, Sapna Krishnamurthy, and Pramod K. Julka
Letter to the Editor
Acute hemiplegia as a rare presentation of infantile Guillain-Barre syndrome
Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi and Osama Muthaffar
Other
Mass lesion in a chest x-ray of a male adolescent
Indira Madhavan and Mekkattukunnel A. Andrews
Research Articles
Comparison between total laparoscopy and laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. A meta-analysis based on Japanese and Korean articles
Shuo-Meng Xiao, Xiao-Jin Gao, and Ping Zhao
Distinct outcomes in patients with different molecular subtypes of inflammatory breast cancer
Jingyu Zhou, Yi Yan, Lei Guo, Huiying Ou, Jian Hai, Chaojie Zhang, Zhaoyun Wu, and Lili Tang
Histopathological and immune alterations in autopsied kidneys
Ufuk Usta, Ebru Tastekin, Erhan Isler, Ali K. Kutlu, and Fulya Oz Puyan
Viral etiology of respiratory infections in children in southwestern Saudi Arabia using multiplex reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
Mohamed S. Al-Ayed, Ahmed M. Asaad, Mohamed A. Qureshi, and Mohammed S. Ameen
Nosocomial infections in ambulances and effectiveness of ambulance fumigation techniques in Saudi Arabia. Phase I study
Daifallah Alrazeeni
Reference values for arterial stiffness indices in an Omani Arab population
Khamis M. Al-Hashmi, Mohammed A. Al-Abri, Ibrahim S. Al-Zakwani, Khalid A. Al-Waili, Khalid H. Al-Rasadi, Hilal A. Al-Sabti, and Mohammed O. Hassan
Prevalence and severity of plaque-induced gingivitis in a Saudi adult population
Majdy M. Idrees, Saleh N. Azzeghaiby, Mohammad M. Hammad, and Omar B. Kujan
Gingival biotype in relation to incisors’ inclination and position
Khalid H. Zawawi and Mohammad S. Al-Zahrani
Validity and reliability of an Arabic version of the modified dental anxiety scale in Saudi adults
Maha A. Bahammam and Mona H. Hassan
Review
The current status of beta blockers’ use in the management of hypertension
Shahid Akbar and Mohammad S. Alorainy