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Introduction: Hydatid disease(HD), caused by the parasitic infestation of Echinococcus granulosus, is endemic in India. While hepatic(59-75%) and pulmonary (27%) involvement is common, primary and secondary disseminated hydatid disease (PDHD, SDHD) present unique clinical and radiological features necessitating a comprehensive understanding for acc...
Acute pancreatitis is a disorder characterized by acute necro-inflammatory changes of the pancreas and histologically marked by acinar cell destruction. It is one of the most common causes of hospitalization due to abdominal pain. Several classification systems have been proposed to assess the severity and prognosis of acute pancreatitis. Scores su...
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To Compare the positive predictive value of Jabalpur scoring system and Pulp scoring system, and to study the risk factors influencing the post operative outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It is a prospective study and all patients with peptic ulcer perforation were included in this study. After assessment of various parameters ,...
Objectives: To compare the results of surgical care versus non-operative treatment (NOT) with antibiotics for childhood appendicitis. Methods: From September 2021 to September 2022, this study was conducted in the paediatric surgery department. After receiving informed consent, patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups, making up the 180...
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : To study the surgical outcome of stapled hemorrhoidectomy and compare it with open hemorrhoidectomy in patients presented with grade 3 and grade 4 hemorrhoids MATERIALS ANS METHODS: 80 patients were admitted for surgical treatment of prolapsing hemorrhoids in GMC JAMMU were randomly assigned to open[n=40] and closed[n=40].All...
Introduction: Amidst the growing scare of antibiotic resistance, the institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy is imperative in the proper management of perforation peritonitis. Objective:In this study, the objective was to find out the common microbial involvement in cases of gastrointestinal perforation along-with their sensitivity to commonl...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background
The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background
The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index...
Background: Midline incision provides excellent access to the abdominal cavity. However, wound infection following a laparotomy can increase morbidity as well as burden on health care system. Wound prognosis can be influenced by the type of incisions, suture material and the method of closure. This study aimed to assess the outcome of midline abdom...
Background: Esophageal cancer is considered to be a one of the most lethal malignancy. Indian population have seen a lot of changes in the epidemiology of this deadly cancer. However very few studies have been done from northern India regarding the epidemiology and etiopathogenesis of this disease. Majority of esophageal cancers (about 90%) are eit...
Objectives: To predict the outcome of Acute Pancreatitis using BISAP score. To find the association of mortality and morbidity with BISAP score in Acute Pancreatitis. Methods: The prospective study was conducted over a period of 1 year and included 100 patients, who presented within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms, and the BISAP score was obtaine...
Background: Intestinal obstruction is a very common surgical emergency faced today in surgical ERs (emergency rooms) all around the globe. With the advent of newer technology, management of intestinal obstruction has changed significantly. Today computed tomography (CT) employs both intravenous as well as oral contrast for determining the cause and...
Introduction and importance
A surgical sponge, left accidentally inside a patient's body remains an infrequent but serious surgical complication. The retained sponges can lead to significant morbidity and mortality.
Case presentation
A 40 year old female patient presented with recurrent pain in epigastric region associated with postprandial vomiti...
Cecal volvulus is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain and intestinal obstruction, which if left untreated can lead to sepsis and death. Its clinical presentation is highly variable ranging from intermittent relenting abdominal pain to severe acute pain associated with sepsis and bowel strangulation. This is a case report of a 20-year-old lady who...
Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the commonest surgical emergencies. Authors undertook this study to evaluate serum bilirubin levels in acute appendicitis and appendiceal perforation.
Methods: A retrospective study evaluating the serum bilirubin levels in acute appendicitis and appendiceal perforation was carried out for 6 years at three te...
Background: This study aims to assess the relationship between appendiceal perforation peritonitis and serum bilirubin levels, as has been reported previously in the literature.Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted at tertiary care hospital of India, namely Government Medical College-Srinagar, Maulana Azad Medical College-Delhi...
Background: Pyogenic Liver abscesses are potentially life threatening if left untreated. They pose a major Diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to modern world. Interventional radiology is becoming standard of care for liver Abscesses.Methods: All patients of pyogenic liver abscess admitted to Government Medical College and hospital Jammu, J and K,...
Background
Left hemicolectomy, sigmoid, and rectal resections are commonly performed colorectal operations. There is significant variability in the techniques utilised to undertake these operationsat patient, surgeon and unit level.
Aim
To explore differences in patients, techniques and outcomes across an international cohort to identify areas of...
Background:
An estimated 424,000 fatal falls occur globally each year, making falls the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths after road traffic injuries. More than 80% of fall-related fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries. Data from low-income South Asian countries like Nepal are lacking, particularly at the p...
Teratomas are germ cell tumors mainly composed of multiple cell types derived from one or more of the 3 germ layers and they range from benign, well-differentiated (mature) cystic lesions to those that are solid and malignant (immature). Dermoid cysts of the ovary represent the most common form of benign ovarian tumor. Benign cystic teratomas of th...
Lithiasis occurs in various form s and at various sites in the body and the most common site is urinary tract . Urinary stones are one of the major problems and an important cause of morbidity and end stage renal failure in India. Urolithiasis affects up to 5 % of the population, with a re currence rate of 50 to 80 %. Males are more frequently affe...
The disease, fistula in ano, which is considered to be a minor ailment, has high morbidity. Besides fistulectomy; the father of surgery, Sushruta, has also described its treatment in his text Sushruta samhita by kshar sutra method considering it as nadi vrana (wound with tract). The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness, hospital stay,...
Four hundred patients who presented in the emergency of GMC Jammu as a case of perforation peritonitisover a period of two years were studied. In most of the cases diagnosis was made by clinical examinationsupplemented by investigations in the form of standing X-ray chest PA view with domes of diaphragm,Ultrasound abdomen and abdominal paracentesis...
The aim of this study was to highlight various anomalies associated with undescended testis and to determine how much work up is necessary for this condition.
The study was conducted in the department of Pediatric Surgery SKIMS Srinagar, Kashmir. All patients between 0-14 years of age who attended out patient department (OPD) from January 2002 to D...
We report a case of a 30 year old female who presented with features of septic abortion with peritonitis 2
days after unsafe abortion of a 20 week pregnancy with uterine perforation with intraabdominal fetus with
mesenteric and bowel injury that required bowel resection.
This is a prospective study to assess the accuracy of the Alvarado Scoring System in predicting acuteappendicitis in our set up.100 consecutive patients with suspected acute appendicitis were included inthe study. They were given specific scores according to variables of Alvarado scoring system and thendivided into 3 groups. Group A included patien...
