Final year MBBS students' perception for observed structured clinical examination.

Objective: To determine perceptions of final year students about observed structured clinical examination (OSCE) and to determine its acceptance among these students.

Study Design: Sequential mixed method design using survey questionnair and in-depth interviews.

Place And Duration Of Study: The study constituted a one-time survey and in-depth interviews conducted over a period of three consecutive days during final year MBBS annual examination at OSCE centre, from April 04, 2010 to April 06, 2010.

Demographic and surgical evaluation of typhoid ileal perforation.

Background: Typhoid perforation of small intestine is one of the most common causes of bowel perforation in the developing countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, factors affecting prognosis, and optimal surgical management for typhoid perforation in Sindh.

Method: One hundred and thirty patients with typhoid perforation were included in the study from July 2005 to June 2007 in the Department of Surgery, Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad.

Spectrum of clinical presentation and surgical management of intestinal tuberculosis at tertiary care hospital.

Background: Tuberculosis can involve gastrointestinal tract anywhere from mouth to anus, the peritoneum and pancreatobiliary system. It has varied clinical presentations sometimes mimicking other common abdominal diseases. Tuberculosis continues to be a major problem especially in developing countries, being responsible for 7-10 million new cases and 6 per cent of deaths worldwide annually.

Fissurectomy with posterior midline sphincterotomy for management of chronic anal fissure.

Objective: To determine the efficacy and safety of fissurectomy with posterior midline sphincterotomy in the management of chronic anal fissure in terms of symptomatic relief, complications and recurrence.

Study Design: Observational case-series.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Surgery, Liaquat University Hospital, Jamshoro/Hyderabad, for a period of 3 years from January 2005 to December 2007.

An audit of informed consent in surgical patients at a university hospital.

Background: To obtain informed consent is considered an integral part of modern clinical practice. It works as a safeguard of patient's rights and minimizes the chances of legal action against the physician in case of any complication arising from the proposed therapy. Objective was to evaluate the practice of informed consent in patients undergoing surgery in a University hospital.

Diltiazem (2%) versus glyceryl trinitrate cream (0.2%) in the management of chronic anal fissure.

Objective: To assess and compare the effectiveness of topical 0.2% glycerl trinitrate (GTN) and topical 2% diltiazem (DTZ), in the management of chronic anal fissure.

Study Design: Comparative, descriptive study.

Causes and management of postoperative enterocutaneous fistulas.

Objective: To identify the causes of postoperative enterocutaneous fistulas and to evaluate the results of conservative and operative treatment including the effectiveness of octreotide in the management of these fistulas.

Design: A descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Surgery, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro / Hyderabad between January 1997 and December 2001.

Cryptorchid testicular tumour presenting with torsion.

An undescended, cryptorchid testis is predisposed to 3 to 40 times risk of malignancy. Torsion of a cryptorchid testis is more difficult to diagnose than a normally placed testis. We present a case of a 25-year-old man with acute abdomen due to the torsion of an intra-abdominal testis.