Habib Rahman

• Middlemore Hospital

The coconut scale, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Hemipteran: Diaspididae) is a regulated pest of tropical fruits and can be controlled through gamma irradiation for quarantine security. In the present study, mango fruits cv. Langra were exposed to gamma irradiation within the range of Phytosanitary irradiation treatments in the dose range of 100–...

Populations of coconut scale, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), and its parasitoids were surveyed on 4 mango cultivars in the southern district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, from July 2011 to June 2013. The populations of A. destructor built up in July and continued for 6 consecutive months reaching a peak in November 2011...

Biology of the scale insect Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was studied on mango cultivar Desi at mean temperature of 30°C and relative humidity (RH) 64 % in the laboratory as well as on four mango cultivars in a greenhouse at 25°C and 60 % RH in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. The pest sucks cell sap from the undersi...

Staple-line leak and haemorrhage are the most serious complications following sleeve gastrectomy. The operation is often performed without prior endoscopy. Given that gastric inflammatory conditions are common, could they predispose patients to suffering a serious complication following sleeve gastrectomy? Consecutive patients undergoing laparoscop...

Background: Whilst the early to mid-term efficacy of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is well established, there is comparatively less detailing of long-term efficacy. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the long-term outcomes of patients undergoing SG at the authors' institution. Methods: All patients undergoing SG during the past...

Obesity is rapidly becoming one of the major challenges for health care systems. Surgery has proved to be one of the most effective methods of helping patients to achieve sustainable weight loss. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a relatively new bariatric surgical technique. A staple line is placed in a line parallel to the lesser curve of the st...

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is increasingly used as a single-stage bariatric procedure. However, its safety and efficacy in super-obese patients (body mass index [BMI] > 50 kg/m(2)) is less well defined. This series reports on 400 consecutive patients who underwent LSG at our institution, to evaluate safety and efficacy in the super-obese...

This is the largest single-centre series of single-stage laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) reporting on perioperative outcomes, weight loss, comorbidity resolution including urological outcomes and results in the super obese. Review of prospectively collected data for patients who underwent LSG from March 2007-August 2009. There were 253 patien...

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is increasingly being used as a stand-alone procedure in bariatric surgery, with medium-term follow-up data now emerging. We present our early experience in patients with a mean body mass index (BMI) in the super-obese range. Review of prospectively collected data for the first 100 patients who underwent laparoscopic...

Purpose: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is increasingly being recognised as a stand-alone procedure in bariatric surgery, with long term follow-up data now emerging. We present our early experience patients with a mean BMI in the super-obese range. Methodology: Retrospective review of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomies performed by two surgeons at...

To report a case of autonomic, neurological and neuromuscular instability following methylene blue infusion for parathyroidectomy; to advance the argument for a diagnosis of serotonin syndrome; and to consider this diagnosis in previous, unexplained reports of adverse reactions amongst patients undergoing parathyroidectomy using methylene blue. Met...

Early in 1992, Bangladesh experienced an influx of Burmese refugees, reaching a total of 263,000 by May. As the health and nutritional status of the refugee population was reportedly poor, a need was felt to collect dependable data through epidemiological surveillance, on which interventions could be based. The nutritional and health status of chil...