Determinants of treatment interruption and outcome among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a tuberculosis unit of Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal.

Context: The adoption of directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) in Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme has given impressive results with higher treatment success. But interruption of treatment has been one of the major obstacles to treatment of tuberculosis.

Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the determinants of treatment interruption and outcome.

MRI Study on Spinal Canal Morphometry: An Indian Study.

Introduction: A large proportion of adults suffer from neck pain at some points of their life and show altered ranges of spinal canal morphometry in various studies. The differences in values are also seen due to genetic, hormonal and other factors too. Torg's ratio is a widely accepted measurement to eliminate such discrepancies.

Comparative Study on Insall-Salvati Index by Radiological and Clinical Methods in a Tertiary Care Centre of North Bengal, India.

Introduction: Patellar height is an important parameter of patellar stability. Its importance is evident from various attempts to measure it, by different scientists from time to time and many indices have been derived among which Insall-Salvati index (IS index) is the most simple, accurate and easy to measure. In this study a new clinical method has been tried to measure patellar height by applying the same principle of IS index.