Correlation between stages of breast cancer and BMI in females: a multi-centre study.

Objective: To determine the link between breast cancer and obesity in women by using body mass index at the time of diagnosis.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2019 to April 2020 at Pakistan Ordinance Factories Hospital, Wah Cantt, and Islamabad Medical Complex National Engineering and Scientific Commission Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan. The sample comprised women aged 40-70 years with a recent diagnosis of breast cancer.

Perioperative Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion for Postlaparoscopic Cholecystectomy Pain.

Objective: To compare intravenous lidocaine infusion adjunct to NSAID and Acetaminophen with regular analgesics for postoperative mean pain score and mean ambulation time after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Study Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of General Surgery, Islamabad Medical Complex, (IMC), from March 2020 to December 2021.

Drug-induced duodenal perforation in the paediatric patient with thalassemia major, an unreported side effect of iron- chelating agent: A case report.

Duodenal ulcer disease is uncommon in paediatric age group. Its perforation is even rarer. However, it should be kept in mind when examining children with acute abdomen especially if there are signs of shock or possibility of upper gastrointestinal bleed.

Adult Retroperitoneal Mature Cystic Teratoma Masquerading as Non-Endocrine Primary Adrenal Tumor.

Teratomas belong to non-seminomatous germ cell tumors and originate from totipotent germ cells. They are mostly made up of tissues derived from all three layers, i.e.

Adult Necrotising Enterocolitis in a Breast Cancer Patient after First Cycle of Adjuvant Chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea has become a worrisome problem for the patients as well as the treating surgeons and oncologists because patient outcome is significantly affected. Necrotising enterocolitis is a rare disease in adults. It is now termed as neutropenic enterocolitis in adults, because it is seen more often as a complication of aggressive systemic chemotherapy.