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Hussein Naji
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Publications - 10
Citations - 326
Hussein Naji is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Appendicitis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 272 citations. Previous affiliations of Hussein Naji include Karolinska University Hospital & Boston Children's Hospital.
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Nonoperative treatment with antibiotics versus surgery for acute nonperforated appendicitis in children: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Jan F. Svensson,Barbora Patkova,Markus Almström,Hussein Naji,Nigel J. Hall,Simon Eaton,Agostino Pierro,Tomas Wester +7 more
TL;DR: This pilot trial suggests that nonoperatively treatment of acute appendicitis in children is feasible and safe and that further investigation of nonoperative treatment is warranted.
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Decision making in the management of hydroceles in infants and children.
Hussein Naji,Hussein Naji,Ingimar Ingolfsson,Ingimar Ingolfsson,Daniel Isacson,Daniel Isacson,Jan F. Svensson,Jan F. Svensson +7 more
TL;DR: 89% of patients with infantile hydrocele will have a spontaneous resolution owing to the ongoing changes in the patent processus vaginalis, and surgical intervention in the first year of life is only required for those who have an associated inguinal hernia and for those with hydroceles that become huge in size.
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Use of Surgisis for abdominal wall reconstruction in children with abdominal wall defects.
TL;DR: Surgisis is an effective adjunct in the repair of abdominal wall defects in children and recurrence may disappear spontaneously as the patch absorbed and replaced by scar tissues, according to the authors.
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Novel mutations in the MNX1 gene in two families with Currarino syndrome and variable phenotype.
Ellen Markljung,Tatjana Adamovic,Jia Cao,Jia Cao,Hussein Naji,Hussein Naji,Sylvie Kaiser,Sylvie Kaiser,Tomas Wester,Tomas Wester,Agneta Nordenskjöld,Agneta Nordenskjöld +11 more
TL;DR: Two novel mutations in the MNX1 gene are detected in cases with Currarino syndrome, which supports mutational analysis in the diagnosis of CS, even though the variability in the genotype and phenotype correlation maintains.
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Circumcision of preschool boys in Baghdad, Iraq: prevalence, current practice and complications.
TL;DR: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of circumcision in preschool boys and to present an overview of the current practices and complications in Baghdad, Iraq and to recommend that circumcision should be performed by trained medical staff in medical institutions.