Highlights from Issue 3, 2025: Reflections on Leadership, Innovation, and Rare Diagnoses

Welcome to the third issue of 2025. This issue is a fairly small one. We have a review, four original articles, a pathology corner piece, and three case reports. We have a professional review on becoming a successful chief medical officer (CMO). It is a quick primer revisiting critical issues needed by those who aspire to become CMOs, often called medical directors. Many senior clinicians may mistakenly believe that their rise to a medical director position is a recognition of their clinical excellence. The primer revisited the skills, qualifications, and attributes needed to become a successful CMO.

The four original articles include a variety of clinical, educational, and basic science interests. They also come from different parts of the world, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and as far as Uzbekistan. The first is a prospective randomized controlled study on the efficacy of sacral erector spinae plane block for postoperative pain management in hemorrhoid and pilonidal sinus surgery by Koç et al. The second is an analysis of the prognostic significance of serum soluble endoglin (CD105) levels in patients with acute myeloid leukemia by Soydan et al. Next, the impact of clinical teaching behavior on learning experience of nursing students by Mariano et al. Lastly, a histological and immunohistochemical study of the age-dependent skeletal muscle response to mechanical injury under halothane anesthesia in rats by Tilavov et al.

The pathology corner has allergic granulomatous contact dermatitis, which reacts to metal particles used in earlobe piercing. The three case reports are on (1) congenital basaloid linear nevus in a 6-month-old child and (2) a family with epilepsy and dyskinesia due to a homozygous PRRT2 gene mutation. Third is a mixed bag of clinical and ethical dilemma of balancing benefit and risk when facing the wish of continuing glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for successful weight management after sustaining a mild allergic reaction. The case raises several legal, professional, and clinical discussion points.

The Libyan medical community has recently lost a pioneering surgeon, teacher, and researcher, Professor Ali Elhamel, MD, FRCS (October 24, 1946–March 19, 2025). We are grateful to Professor Salem Abugassa for providing an appropriate obituary.

We hope you have an enjoyable and useful reading.

 

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Artikel online veröffentlicht:
26. August 2025