Table of Contents

Original Article

• Open Access

  Effectiveness and complication rates of tension-free vaginal tape, transobturator tape, and tension-free vaginal tape-obturator in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence in a medium- to long-term follow up. Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  Pan-Feng Tan, Lu-Lu Yang, Ru-Biao Ou, Ping Tang, Wen-Jun Yang, Jie-Bin Huang, Wei Wei, Xing-Hua Wei, Bin Wang and Ke-Ji Xie

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 20-32;
• Open Access

  Comparison of herbal-based and synthetic hemostatic agents for efficacy on a rat partial nephrectomy model. Experimental study

  Murat Bagcioglu, Emre Huri, Mumtaz Dadali, Hesna M. Astarci, Mustafa F. Sargon and Muzaffer Eroglu

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 33-38;
• Open Access

  The rates of sputum conversion among new smear positive open pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated under directly observed treatment, short course strategy

  Liaqat A. Chaudhry, Ali S. Al-Shamri, Ebtesam M. Ba Essa, Asirvatham A. Robert, Shehab Al-Solaiman and Abdulaziz H. Al-Nwasser

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 39-43;
• Open Access

  Determination of the median effective dose for motor block of intrathecally administered different concentrations of bupivacaine in younger patients. The influence of solution concentration

  Ming-Quan Chen, Chun Chen and Qi-Bin Ke

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 44-49;
• Open Access

  Transpedicular intracorporeal grafting for patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures

  Da-Peng Li, Hui-Lin Yang, Yong-Hui Huang, Xiao-Feng Xu, Tai-Cun Sun and Lang Hu

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 50-55;
• Open Access

  Central corneal pachymetry in Yemeni patients undergoing refractive surgery

  Mahfouth A. Bamashmus, Mahmoud F. Saleh, Ahmed Mousa, Mohamed Abdulrahman and Mohamed Fawzi

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 56-62;
• Open Access

  Self-reported comfort with tracheostomy tube care. Cross-sectional survey of non-ear, nose and throat health care professionals

  Salma Al Sharhan, Momena Sohail, Khabir Ahmad and Moghira I. Siddiqui

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 63-66;
• Open Access

  Poor vitamin D supplementation in infants. Cross-sectional study of maternal practices and awareness of vitamin D supplementation in infants in Al-Ahsa, Eastern Saudi Arabia

  Abdullah M. Alramdhan and Ahmed G. El-Zubair

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 67-71;
• Open Access

  Relationship between head posture and anterior-posterior skeletal patterns in a group of female patients

  Laila F. Baidas

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 72-80;
• Open Access

  Community pharmacists' knowledge of isotretinoin safety

  Adel A. Alrwisan, Thamir M. Alshammari, Khalid W. Tahir, Faisal M. Aleissa and Hisham S. Aljadhey

  Saudi Medical Journal January 2014, 35 (1) 81-84;