A prospective study of 'circumferential purse-string approximation' vs. primary linear skin closure in stoma reversal.

Introduction: surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common complications that can occur after stoma closure. To date, there is no consensus on the ideal closure technique of the stoma wound to minimize postoperative SSI and multiple techniques have been proposed. We performed this study to assess the clinical outcome of wound healing after 'Primary Linear Closure' (PC) and 'Circumferential Purse-String Approximation' (CPA) techniques.

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Emphysematous Bullous Lung Disease: A Study From Northern India.

Introduction: Bullous lung disease is the most common cause of spontaneous pneumothorax. The management of the same is primarily surgical, aiming at the bullectomy, which was earlier performed by standard postero-lateral thoracotomy. The last two decades have seen more frequent use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for the same and has been shown to be a low morbidity, efficacious, and cost-effective method.