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Pain Management In The Right Iliac Fossa During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Daniel Ovidiu Costea, Lucian Serbanescu, Diana Badiu, Valeriu Ardeleanu, Cristian Mihai Branescu, Anca Zgura, Andreea Cristina Costea
Pain Management In The Right Iliac Fossa During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Daniel Ovidiu Costea, Lucian Serbanescu, Diana Badiu, Valeriu Ardeleanu, Cristian Mihai Branescu, Anca Zgura, Andreea Cristina Costea
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa in women may be caused by a complicated ovarian cyst, adnexitis, and appendicitis. The paper analyses the characteristics of patients with right iliac fossa pain admitted during the Covid-19 pandemic. A retrospective analysis on 25 cases with abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa admitted to “St. Apostol Andrei” Emergency County Clinical Hospital Constanta, Romania between March 2020 and March 2021 was performed. In 52% of the cases, the symptomatology remitted with antispasmodics, 4 (16%) patients had cystic torsion and right adnexectomy (group A, without adnexa), 6 (24%) patients had ruptured cysts and …
The Management Of Tubo-Ovarian Abscesses Associated With Appendicitis, Lucian Serbanescu, Diana Badiu, Stere Popescu, Dimitrie Busu, Andreea Cristina Costea
The Management Of Tubo-Ovarian Abscesses Associated With Appendicitis, Lucian Serbanescu, Diana Badiu, Stere Popescu, Dimitrie Busu, Andreea Cristina Costea
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
A relatively uncommon medical complication, the tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) can result from ascending pelvic infection in the female genital tract. The paper aims at exploring the characteristics of patients with TOA and at comparing the outcomes of the surgical management with postoperative recovery. A retrospective analysis of 25 cases diagnosed with bilateral, right or left TOA at “St. Apostol Andrei” Emergency Clinical County Hospital Constanta, Romania between January 2019 and December 2020 was performed. The patients’ clinical characteristics, age, environment of origin, socio-economic background, educational level, the means of contraception used, surgical procedures, and postoperative recovery were analyzed. Out of …