Raafat Afifi

Cairo University | CU · Department of Surgery

Introduction The PROCESS guidelines were developed in 2016 in order to improve the reporting quality of surgical case series. Since its inception, it has been updated twice, in 2018 and 2020, and has been cited over 1000 times. PROCESS guidelines have enjoyed great acceptance within the surgical research community. Our aim is to update the PROCESS...

Background: The Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) guidelines were first published in 2016 as a tool for surgeons to document and report their surgical cases in a standardised and comprehensive manner. However, with advances in technology and changes in the healthcare landscape, it is important to revise and update these guidelines to ensure they remain...

Introduction Strengthening The Reporting Of Cohort Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) guidelines were developed in 2017 in order to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery and updated in 2019. In order to maintain relevance and continue upholding good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery, we aimed to update S...

Introduction Strengthening The Reporting Of Cohort Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) guidelines were developed in 2017 in order to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery and updated in 2019. In order to maintain relevance and continue upholding good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery, we aimed to update S...

Introduction Strengthening The Reporting Of Cohort Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) guidelines were developed in 2017 in order to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery and updated in 2019. In order to maintain relevance and continue upholding good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery, we aimed to update S...

Introduction: The SCARE Guidelines were first published in 2016 and were last updated in 2018. They provide a structure for reporting surgical case reports and are used and endorsed by authors, journal editors and reviewers, in order to increase robustness and transparency in reporting surgical cases. They must be kept up to date in order to drive...

Introduction: The PROCESS Guidelines were first published in 2016 and were last updated in 2018. They provide a structure for reporting surgical case series in order to increase reporting robustness and transparency, and are used and endorsed by authors, journal editors and reviewers alike. In order to drive forwards reporting quality, they must be...

Introduction: The SCARE Guidelines were published in 2016 to provide a structure for reporting surgical case reports. Since their publication, SCARE guidelines have been widely endorsed by authors, journal editors, and reviewers, and have helped to improve reporting transparency of case reports across a range of surgical specialties. In order to e...

Background: Complex ventral hernia is a challenging surgical entity, commonly attended with huge defect, loss of domain and possible soft tissue infection. It is difficult to repair, especially with multiple recurrences. Numerous methods of repair have been described with no evidence-based data available to prefer one method over the other. The pu...

Introduction: The development of reporting guidelines over the past 20 years represents a major advance in scholarly publishing with recent evidence showing positive impacts. Whilst over 350 reporting guidelines exist there are few that are specific to surgery. Here we describe the development of the STROCSS guideline (Strengthening the Reporting...

Introduction: Case reports have been a long held tradition within the surgical literature. Reporting guidelines can improve transparency and reporting quality. However, recent consensus-based guidelines for case reports (CARE) are not surgically focused. Our objective was to develop surgical case report guidelines. Methods: The CARE statement was u...

Islam is the second most common faith in the world with over a billion adherents. Most of the currently accepted western basic principles of ethics in research are consistent with the instructions of Islam. This statement may come as a surprise to some western researchers. In this chapter, I will discuss why Islam rejects secularization in which hu...

Islam is the second most common faith in the world with over a billion adherents.

Abdominal trauma poses a diagnostic challenge to most trauma surgeons. This study evaluates a clinical scoring system in 476 blunt abdominal trauma patients treated by the author over a period of 92 months. Patients were sorted into three groups according to the score results. Priority I group (160 patients) was subjected to an immediate laparotomy...

Hyperacute soft tissue infection is an uncommon infectious entity, which mostly affects immunocompromised individuals, mainly diabetics and poses difficult diagnostic and therapeutic management decisions. This study addresses the presentation, evaluation and management of 37 diabetic patients with acute necrotizing fasciitis treated throughout the...

In part I of this article I discussed why Islam rejects secularization and this is not because the ethical principles embedded in Islam's teachings are archaic and out of touch with current realities. In addition, I pointed out the agreement between general broad principles of research ethics and Islamic teachings concerning life; which showed clea...

Most of the currently accepted western basic principles of ethics in research are consistent with the instructions of Islam. This statement may come as a surprise to some western researchers. In this article, I will discuss why Islam rejects secularization and this is not because the ethical principles embedded in Islam's teachings are archaic and...

S everal international guidelines have developed the ethical and scientific stan-dards for carrying out biomedical research involving human subjects. 1,2,3,4 Compliance with these guidelines helps to ensure the dignity, rights, safety, and well-being of subjects who participate in research. These guidelines also require that an independent ethics r...

PEER REVIEWED R 49 S everal international guidelines have developed the ethical and scientific standards for carrying out biomedical research involving human subjects. 1,2,3,4 Compliance with these guidelines helps to ensure the dignity, rights, safety, and well-being of subjects who participate in research. These guidelines also require that an in...

Background and methods: Abdominal trauma poses a diagnostic challenge to most trauma surgeons. This study evaluates a clinical scoring system in 476 blunt abdominal trauma patients treated by the author over a period of 92 months. Patients were sorted into three groups according to the score results. Priority I group (160 patients) was subjected to...

Massive ventral hernias are difficult to repair, especially with multiple recurrences. Numerous methods of repair have been described with an overall recurrence rate up to 33% after first repair and 44% after second repair, mostly occurring within 3 years of the repair. This is a prospective study on 41 patients who underwent surgery between Januar...

The rectum is claimed to be a conduit; as it receives the stools, the rectoanal inhibitory reflex is evoked and defecation occurs. However, in many healthy subjects, stools could be palpated in the rectum by digital rectal examination (DRE) without the subject feeling the desire to defecate. The purpose of this communication is to study whether the...