A pilot multicentre cluster randomised trial to compare the effect of trauma life support training programmes on patient and provider outcomes.

Introduction: Trauma accounts for nearly 10% of the global burden of disease. Several trauma life support programmes aim to improve trauma outcomes. There is no evidence from controlled trials to show the effect of these programmes on patient outcomes.

Saree Cancer: a Rare Case.

Skin cancers are rather uncommon malignancies comprising less than 1% of all the cancers in India. Drawstring dermatitis is a type of frictional dermatitis that can result from traditional tightly worn garments like "sari" and "salwaar-kameez". The resulting chronic friction at the waist can lead to lichenified grooves, post inflammatory depigmentation/leukoderma and aggravating pre-existing dermatoses like vitiligo and lichen planus.

Efficacy and safety of oxum in treatment of the venous ulcer.

The present study was carried out to find out the efficacy and safety of oxum in the treatment of venous ulcers. The oxum (superoxidised water) is a pH neutral, non-irritating, aqueous solution that possesses a good antiseptic, antimicrobial activity and wound healing properties. The study was conducted in 30 patients of venous ulcers with a culture examination positive for pathogenic microbial flora.

Giant mesenteric cyst of abdomen herniating into scrotum.

Cystic mesenteric tumors are rare abdominal neoplasms. We report a 55-year-old man with recurrent benign mesothelioma arising from the left colonic mesentery and extending into the scrotal sac. He recovered well after excision of the abdominal and scrotal mass.

Acute necrotizing gastritis.

A 17-year-old man presented with signs of peritonitis. Laparotomy revealed gangrene of the stomach without obvious cause. The patient underwent total gastrectomy with esophago-jejunal anastomosis with formation of jejunal pouch.