Comparison of open and laparoscopic techniques in the surgical treatment of acute appendicitis.

Objective: Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common cause of acute abdomen and appendectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures. In this study, we aimed to compare open appendectomy (OA) and laparoscopic (LA) surgical techniques in the treatment of AA.

Methods: The data of 236 patients treated with the diagnosis of AA in 2019-2020 were analyzed.

Pattern of Care of Recurrent Cervical Cancer in Low-resource Settings: Challenges and Patient-initiated Follow-up as a Novel Opportunity.

Introduction: The availability of optimum diagnostic strategies remains a major problem in resource-constraint countries. This technique of patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU) has been recently adopted in the UK for gynecological cancers and has proven cost benefits. However, no study from the Indian subcontinent has ever been reported.

Our Experience of Distal and Total Urethrectomies in Post Irradiated Vulvar Malignancies in Low Resource Settings: A Single Centre Study.

Introduction: At diagnosis, women with vulvar cancer often present in locally advanced stage especially in developing countries, owing to the associated ignorance and social stigma. Generally tumour is seen involving adjacent organs, like the vagina, anus, and urethra. Damage to the sphincter system leads to urinary incontinence.

Masseter Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potential Result of Possible Meniere's Patients.

Background:  The masseter vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (mVEMP) test evaluates the vestibulomasseteric reflex neural pathway between the sound-stimulated saccule hair cells and the motor neurons of the trigeminal nerve.

Purpose:  This study aims to investigate the contribution of mVEMP to the conclusive diagnosis of recurrent vestibulopathy patients that were diagnosed with Possible Meniere's disease.

Methods:  The study includes 20 healthy individuals aged 18 to 40 years and 20 patients that were diagnosed with Possible Meniere's disease according to the American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS, 1995) Guidelines for the Definition of Meniere's Disease.

High-Energy Quantum Dynamics of the N + -NN Rovibrational Activation and Isotope Exchange Processes.

We report full quantum reaction probabilities, computed within the framework of time-independent quantum mechanics using hyperspherical coordinates, for the N + NN inelastic and reactive collision processes, restricted to total angular momentum = 0, for kinetic energies up to 4.5 eV. We take advantage of the nonzero ( = 1) nuclear spin of N, leading to the existence of two nuclear spin isomers of NN, namely, - and -NN, to restrict the study to the ortho molecular nitrogen species, with even rotational quantum number = 0, 2, .