Background: Most commonly practiced surgical "lay open" technique to treat fistula-in-ano (a common anorectal pathology) has high rate of recurrence and anal incontinence. Alternatively, a nonsurgical cost efficient treatment with Ksharasutra (cotton Seton coated with Ayurvedic medicines) has minimal complications. In our study, we have tried to compare these two techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBulk of the penicillin produced is used as raw material for semi-synthetic penicillin (such as amoxicillin and ampicillin) and semi-synthetic cephalosporins (such as cephalexin and cefadroxil). In the present paper, an industrial penicillin V bioreactor train is optimized for multiple objectives simultaneously. An industrial train, comprising a bank of identical bioreactors, is run semi-continuously in a synchronous fashion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 60-year-old woman presented with a hard lump of 5 x 3 cm in the left hypochondrium of 4 months duration. Clinical evaluation and investigations pointed towards a probably malignant colonic growth near the splenic flexure. She underwent an exploratory laparotomy with resection of the lump with the associated colon.
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