Dhoti cancer revisited.

Dhoti is traditional Indian dresses worn by males in the Indian subcontinent to cover the lower parts of the body. The term Dhoti cancer was first used by Khanolkar and Suryabhai in 1945. It is a type of waistline SCC reported in Indian males wearing dhoti.

Gastrocnemius Myocutaneous Flap: A Versatile Option to Cover the Defect of Upper and Middle Third Leg.

Background: Large soft tissue leg defect involving upper and middle third remains a therapeutic challenge. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and versatility gastrocnemius myocutaneous flap cover for post traumatic large defect of upper and middle third of leg.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted from January 2015 to January 2017 on 25 consecutive cases of post-traumatic upper and middle third leg defect who were treated with gastrocnemius myocutaneous flap and the functional and aesthetic outcome were evaluated.

Overview of Local Flaps of the Face for Reconstruction of Cutaneous Malignancies: Single Institutional Experience of Seventy Cases.

Context: The most common malignant tumours of the face are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. While the results of skin graft are less than satisfactory for large areas to cover, distant flaps are bulky with a poor colour match. Local fasciocutaneous flaps provide reasonable option for reconstruction of facial defects with good colour and texture match and good success rate.

A Retrospective Study of 40 Cases of Pilonidal Sinus with Excision of Tract and Z-plasty as Treatment of Choice for Both Primary and Recurrent Cases.

Pilonidal sinus is a common chronic disease of the sacrococcygeal region. The treatment varies according to the clinical presentation of the disease. Although many surgical methods have been suggested, an ideal method is still lacking because of high recurrence rates.

Surgical excision with forehead flap as single modality treatment for Basal cell cancer of central face: single institutional experience of 50 cases.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer worldwide. The WHO has defined it as "a locally invasive, slowly spreading tumor which rarely metastasizes, arising in the epidermis or hair follicles and in which the peripheral cells usually simulate the basal cells of the epidermis." Here we discuss the management of BCCs of central face with surgical excision and reconstruction with forehead flap as single modality treatment.

Interstinal obstruction due to obturator hernia {a rarest presentation}.

An obturator hernia is a rare variety of abdominal hernia that presents with a confusing clinical picture. We present a case of 74-year-old woman who admitted to our hospital because of abdominal distention, abdominal pain, and vomiting for 3 days. Incarcerated intestinal obstruction due to the right-sided obturator hernia was found preoperatively.

Maxillary neurilemmoma-Rarest of the rare tumour: Report of 2 cases.

Introduction: Intraoral neurilemmomas (schwannoma) are rare, even rarer are intraosseous ones, and the rarest are the maxillary neurilemmomas. Going by the literature only 5 cases of maxillary neurilemomas are reported till now. Neurilemmomas are benign tumours of nerve sheath origin.

Effectiveness of plain radiography in diagnosing hollow viscus perforation: study of 1,723 patients of perforation peritonitis.

Gastrointestinal perforations remain the most common cause of surgical pneumoperitoneum since time immemorial. The aim of this study was to find out the effectiveness of plain radiography in diagnosing hollow viscous perforation. A prospective analysis of a total of 1,723 patients of perforation peritonitis between January 2009 and June 2011, confirmed by exploratory laparotomy, was worked out in the study.