Alaa Abduljabbar
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabia
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Surgery Curr Res
Neutropenic enterocolitis, also referred to as typhlitis, is a life-threatening gastrointestinal complication of chemotherapy, often associated with leukemia or lymphoma. Recently, a large number of reports have been published of individuals presenting with this syndrome after being treated with newer chemotherapeutic agents for solid tumors such as non-small cell lung, ovarian, and peritoneal cancer, as well as following autologous stem cell transplantation. Recent studies have also better characterized computed tomographic and ultrasonographic features of this entity that can help differentiate neutropenic enterocolitis from other gastrointestinal complications. Early diagnosis and implementing a therapeutic program may improve the outcome of these patients.
Alaa Abduljabbar is currently a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon for the Section of Colorectal Surgery; Deputy Chairman for the Department of Surgery; Director of Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Training Program; Chairman of Fellowship Training Program, Department of Surgery and Associate Professor at Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) (May 1986) and was certified by Arab Board in Surgery (ABIS) equivalent to Saudi Board (December 1993) from King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was certified as Sub special in Colorectal Surgery (March 1999), employed in hospital training grade posts forming a rotation undertaken as part of the ODTS in Surgery and approved by The Royal College of Surgeons of England and The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. He has been a member of several associations including “Saudi Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery”, “The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons”, “The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland”, and so on. He is a researcher and has published more than 30 articles.
Email: aabduljabbar6@hotmail.com
