Saudi Arabia is undergoing a rapid population growth that along with improved socioeconomics
has led many individuals to own a car or even a number of cars per family, resulting in a …

Chemerin, a recognized chemoattractant, is expressed in adipose tissue and plays a role in
adipocytes differentiation and metabolism. Gender- and adipose tissue-specific differences …

Objectives To investigate the risk factors for surgical site infection together with the
identification of the etiological pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility at King Khalid …

Background: Obesity is considered a global chronic disease requiring weight management
through lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy, or weight loss surgery. The dramatic …

Obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation, which contributes to systemic
metabolic irregularities and obesity-linked metabolic disorders. Orosomucoid (ORM), an acute …

Obesity and the metabolic disorders that constitute metabolic syndrome are a primary cause
of morbidity and mortality in the world. Nonetheless, the changes in the proteins and the …

Methods An outpatient procedure involves laying the pilonidal sinus tract open under local
anesthesia, removal of hair and debris, curettage of granulation tissue, with subsequent daily …

Preoperative surgeons' hands antisepsis has evolved over the last few centuries leading to
important reductions in surgical site infection (SSI) rate, morbidity and mortality, and duration …

Metabolic dysfunction associated with obesity threatens to inundate health care resources
by increasing the incidences of obesity-related diseases. The aim of the present study was to …

Bariatric surgery is the most successful therapeutic approach to weight loss, but how it leads
to weight loss, and how it resolves obesity-related complications, including type-2 diabetes, …