Randomized, clinical trial on diathermy and scalpel incisions in elective general surgery.

Background: Since a long time skin incisions have routinely been made with scalpels. Now a day there is a shift in trend from this method to electrosurgical skin incisions. However, fear of bad scars and improper wound healing has prevented its wide spread use.

Late presentation of breast cancer: a dilemma.

Objective: To asses factors responsible for late presentation of breast cancer in Nawabshah.

Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at a private and a public sector hospital of Nawabshah, Pakistan, from Jan 2004 to Dec 2008.

Results: Sixty females were admitted and selected as study subjects during the study period with mean age of 43.

Closure of elective abdominal incisions with monofilament, non-absorbable suture material versus polyfilament absorbable suture material.

Background: Closure of abdominal incisions with different suture materials has been a matter of great controversy. Polypropylene and Polylactide with Polyglycolide are among the commonest suture materials used for closure of abdominal incisions. Objectives of this study were to assess optimal suture material used for closure of elective abdominal incisions and to see complications associated with these suture materials.