Abstract
Book Review
Endocrinology: Core science, medicine and surgery in one book
Basmah Alwahhabi
Brief Reports
The effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on inflammatory cytokines during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Firdevs Yılmazlar, Safinaz Karabayırlı, Muhammet Gözdemir, Burhanettin Usta, Murat Peker, Mehmet Namuslu, and Hüsamettin Erdamar
Extracranial non-vestibular head and neck schwannomas
Baoxin Wang, Junjie Yuan, Xinwei Chen, Hongming Xu, Yuan Zhou, and Pin Dong
Usage of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis at a tertiary care hospital in Aseer region of Saudi Arabia
Ali AlBshabshe, Mohammed Al-Asmary, Mueed Al-Harthi, Hana Al-Ahmari, Mohammed Al-Ahmari, Muath M. Rabea, Khaled Al-Shehri, Shaima Al-Qahtani, Sarah Al-Sahery, Ali Al-Amri, and A. Rauoof Malik
Case Reports
A rare case of giant fibrovascular polyp of the esophagus
Hao Zhang and Rong-Hua Nie
Atrial fibrillation cardioversion following acupuncture
Dario Dilber, Jasna Čerkez-Habek, Hrvoje Barić, and Marina Gradišer
Glutaric aciduria type 1 as a cause of dystonic cerebral palsy
Sarar Mohamed, Muddathir H. Hamad, Hamdy H. Hassan, and Mustafa A. Salih
Letter to the Editor
A qualitative exploration of the major challenges facing pharmacovigilance in Saudi Arabia
P. Ravi Shankar and Nisha Jha
News
Research Articles
The variations of peroneus digiti quinti muscle and its contribution to the extension of the fifth toe: A cadaveric study
Berin T. Demir, Yakup Gümüşalan, Murat Üzel, and Hüseyin B. Çevik
Clinical utility of dabigatran in United Arab Emirates: A pharmacovigilance study
Abdulla Shehab, Asim A. Elnour, Adel Sadik, Mahmoud Abu Mandil, Ali AlShamsi, Aesha Al Suwaidi, AkshayaSrikanth Bhagavathula, Pinar Erkekoglu, and Farah Hamad
Can pre-implantation biopsies predict renal allograft function in pediatric renal transplant recipients?
Jameela A. Kari, Alison L. Ma, Stephanie Dufek, Ismail Mohamed, Nizam Mamode, Neil J. Sebire, and Stephen D. Marks
Favorable therapeutic response of osteoporosis patients to treatment with intravenous zoledronate compared with oral alendronate
Mohammed M. Al-Bogami, Mohammed A. Alkhorayef, Jonas Bystrom, Olufunso A. Akanle, Nasra K. Al-Adhoubi, Ali S. Jawad, and Rizgar A. Mageed
Osteoporosis treatment with zoledronic acid in pediatric population at a university hospital in Western Saudi Arabia: A 13-year experience
Abdulmoein E. Al-Agha and Rahaf S. Hayatalhazmi
Prostatic diseases under focus in a university hospital in Eastern Saudi Arabia: A 15-year experience
Reem B. Aldamanhori
Decline in menarcheal age among Saudi girls
Areej A. Ibrahim, Motasim A. Badri, and Bassam S. Bin-Abbas
Perception of the faculty regarding problem-based learning as an educational approach in Northwestern Saudi Arabia
Moutasem Aboonq
Evaluation of mini-implant sites in the posterior maxilla using traditional radiographs and cone-beam computed tomography
Mona A. Abbassy, Hanady M. Sabban, Ali H. Hassan, and Khalid H. Zawawi
Effectiveness of benzocaine in reducing deep cavity restoration and post-extraction stress in dental patients
Khalid H. Al-Samadani and Giath Gazal
Reviews
Molecular nature of alpha-globin genes in the Saudi population
J. Francis Borgio
The pathogenesis of the clinical features of oral-facial-digital syndrome type I
Wael M. AlKattan, Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, and Sameer A. Bafaqeeh