Paraspinal transposition flap for reconstruction of sacral soft tissue defects: a series of 53 cases from a single institute.

Study Design: Case series.

Purpose: To describe paraspinal transposition flap for coverage of sacral soft tissue defects.

Overview Of Literature: Soft tissue defects in the sacral region pose a major challenge to the reconstructive surgeon.

Posterior arm flap in management of axillary contracture.

Introduction: Management of post burn contracture can be difficult, particularly for the axilla. Any handicap related to upper limb has a detrimental physical, psycohological, and economical effect.

Patients And Methods: We have released 20 axillae in 16 patients.

Radiographic griding of subcutaneous soft tissue metallic foreign bodies in emergency department.

Radiographic grid for localization of soft tissue metallic foreign bodies is a modification of traditional radiography. Twenty localization procedures using simple radiographic grid was successfully performed. Its low cost and easy to perform makes it a useful tool in emergency setting.

Scenario of neonatal surgery in West Bengal with reference to cases of anorectal malformation.

Pediatric Surgery, though a super specialty does not enjoy the glamour and importance like other specialities, though, dealing with the most delicate of mankind, the children. The reasons for this are manifold and the results of this, brutal. This is a retrospective study carried at the major institutes of West Bengal where departments of pediatric surgery exist.

Pleuropulmonary blastema with cystic nephroma - A rare presentation and surgical dilemma.

Pleuropulmonary balstema with cystic nephroma is a rare dual pathology of pediatric age group. The etiopathogenesis of this entity is not known, still researches indicate towards a common genetic cause. We report a case of this dual pathology in a one and half year old male.

Improvised laparoscopic stone picker.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for calculus cholecystitis. It is frequently complicated by stone spillage and retrieval of these stones is a cumbersome process which is frequently complicated by injuries. Moreover left over stones frequently leads to complication.

Histopathology slide projector: a simple improvisation.

The ability to examine histopathology and other hematological slides under microscope is a necessary and important service which should be available in every health facility. The slides need to be projected on to a screen. We describe an inexpensive and easily constructed technique for projecting magnified images of slides using a simple microscope.

Franz kaspar hasselbach (1759-1816).

Franz Kaspar Hasselbach (1759-1816) was an eminent anatomist and surgeon, remembered for his invaluable contributions in fields of anatomy and surgery. He gave accurate discription of triangle of Hasselbach made almost 200 years back, and it forms the basis of classification of inguinal hernia and is the cornerstone for laparoscopic repair of hernia, unheard of in his era. He has a number of eponyms named after him.