Repair of abdominal incisional hernia

A simple; anatomic extraperitoneal approach for the repair of varying sizes of postoperative ventral abdominal herniae is described. This involves reconstruction of linea alba and repair using interrupted nylon sutures without tension on the edges. 27 patients managed with this technique between 1987 and 1990 with a follow up of one to four years; with neither death nor hernia recurrence are presented

Clinical presentation of HIV infection and AIDS in surgery: Tanzanian experience

Reports of various studies conducted in one of the three general surgical firms of Muhimbili Medical Centre on opportunistic diseases common in surgical practice occurring in HIV/AIDS subjects is presented. Cervical lymphadenopathy in these subjects due to tuberculosis; non-specific adenitis; and Kaposi's sarcoma were found to be common; while lymphomas were rare. Pyomyositis; Kaposi's sarcoma; throactic empyema and pericardial effusion occur in a significant number of these patients. An attempt is made to establish the pattern of the various clinical manifestations in HIV/AIDS subjects

Clinical presentation of HIV infection and AIDS in surgery: Tanzanian experience

Reports of various studies conducted in one of the three general surgical firms of Muhimbili Medical Centre on opportunistic diseases common in surgical practice occurring in HIV/AIDS subjects is presented. Cervical lymphadenopathy in these subjects due to tuberculosis; non-specific adenitis; and Kaposi's sarcoma were found to be common; while lymphomas were rare. Pyomyositis; Kaposi's sarcoma; thoractic empyema and pericardial effusion occur in a significant number of these patients. An attempt is made to establish the pattern of the various clinical manifestations in HIV/AIDS subjects