Purpose: To assess the effectiveness and safety of a single iStent trabecular micro-bypass stent implantation in combination with cataract surgery in lowering the intra ocular pressure (IOP) and number of anti-glaucoma medications in Saudi patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG).

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The results of operations on a group of 62 patients from those operated for Hirschsprung's disease in a 5-year-period have been assessed. The bowel function and control, also the physical development of the child, have been examined following operation by the Swenson, Duhamel and sutured Soave techniques. The best results were achieved by the Duhamel retrorectal pull through operation, although the differences were not great. Late deaths due to an unrecognized enterocolitis remain a problem.

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In a controlled trial in children aged 2 days to 16 years undergoing large bowel surgery a group of 15 patients had preoperative mechanical bowel preparation and oral neomycin while a second group of 15 patients was similarly prepared but also had preoperative and postoperative metronidazole medication. Five of the 9 postoperative infections in the first group involved Bacteroides spp. but no anaerobe was found in the 3 wound infections in the metronidazole group.