Mohammad I. Al-Tarshihi

Al-Tarshihi Thoracic Surgery Clinic

Objective To report our experience with the post-Libyan revolution celebratory stray bullet injuries by falling bullets. Methods This descriptive study was carried out during the period from November 2011 to February 2012 at the military Jordanian field hospital in Benghazi-Libya. Twenty-three patients who were injured by falling bullets were enrol...

Objective: To determine cardiac complications and associated risk factors in the first week post transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer patients without detectable cardiac diseases.. Sixty-eight patients were included in this study. Patients with pre existing cardiac diseases were excluded. All the patients underwent transhiatal esophagect...

Objective: To describe possible complications of thoracostomy tube insertion and common pitfalls regarding the management of the under water seal system. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at King Hussein Medical Center of the Royal Medical Services between December 2006 and January 2008. Two hundred twenty four patients were included in...

To document the possible complications of video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy procedure and their frequency of occurrence. This retrospective study was conducted at King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan, between April 2001 and January 2006. Two hundred and seven patients underwent thoracoscopic sympathectomy for the treatment of facial,...

To determine whether video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is as effective as the traditional open method through axillary thoracotomy for the management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in adults. This retrospective study was conducted at King Hussein Medical Center in the period between March 2002 and March 2007. Eighty-two patients were includ...