A prospective randomized comparative study of vicryl rapide versus chromic catgut for episiotomy repair.

Background And Objectives: A significant number of women experience perineal trauma following vaginal deliveries and they require stitches. This may result in perineal pain, dyspareunia and faulty healing. The type of suture material which is used, will influence these factors.

Peripheral insensate neuropathy-is height a risk factor?

Introduction: Peripheral insensate neuropathy is one of the most commonest and the earliest forms of peripheral neuropathy. It is one of the leading causes of the disability in working population who are at risk.

Methods: A study was conducted in Kasturba medical college (Manipal university) in the year 2009-12, which included examination of 818 people of more than 30yrs of age by random sampling method who were attending the outpatient clinic.

[Balloon stent: simple and efficient drainage in hypospadias repair].

The authors describe an original technique of hypospadias drainage with the combined advantages of balloon catheter and simple stent without the disadvantages of these modes of drainage.

[Extra-corporeal lithotripsy in children].

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) constitutes the reference treatment for renal and ureteric stones in adults, but its use and development in children have been accompanied by a certain degree of caution and reticence. A large number of paediatric series have been published since 1986, confirming the efficacy and minimally invasive nature of this technique. Modification of the nature of the shock waves and release onto the market of second and third generation apparatuses have simplified the management of urinary stones in children.