Hypertensive Phenotypes and Pattern of Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients of Diabetes Mellitus of Kashmir Valley.

Background: Patients of diabetes mellitus (DM) with hypertension (HTN) have a fourfold increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) as compared to normotensive nondiabetic controls. However, many patients of DM who are normotensive or have controlled blood pressure on office BP measurement (OBPM) may assume that they do not have increased risk of CVD but may be having HTN or uncontrolled blood pressure on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).

Study Design Objective: A cross-sectional observational study to compare OBPM with ABPM and thus predict various hypertensive phenotypes like masked hypertension (MH) and white coat hypertension and pattern of blood pressure in diabetic patients of our population.

Transhiatal versus Left Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer; The Impact of Surgical Approach on Postoperative Complications.

BACKGROUND Esophagectomy is the mainstay of treatment for esophageal cancer. Although different surgical approaches have been described, choosing the most appropriate technique is still on debate. We compared the complications of transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) versus left transthoracic esophagectomy (LTE) among a group of Iranian patients with gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Short- and long-term survival of esophageal cancer patients treated at the Cancer Institute of Iran.

Introduction: Little data is available on the prognosis of esophageal cancer (EC) in Iran. We studied the short- and long-term survival of EC patients treated at the Cancer Institute of Iran.

Methods: 619 patients were followed who had been operated in the years 1997-2006.

Lateral invaginating peg (LIP) osteotomy for the correction of post-traumatic cubitus varus deformity.

Closing wedge osteotomies are the gold standard for the management of post-traumatic cubitus varus deformity. However, most of these osteotomies are fraught with complications such as lateral condylar prominence, instability, and difficulty in correcting internal rotation. We describe a new technique that provides a means for the management of all these problems simultaneously.

Outcome of treatment of the mismanaged pediatric elbow trauma: a series of 73 cases.

Purpose: To analyze the outcome of the management of pediatric elbow trauma referred to our hospital after initial intervention by traditional bone setters.

Method: Retrospective study of 73 patients, presenting to the hospital with a complication attributable to the initial mismanagement of their injuries.

Results: The mode of presentation was directly related to the type of initial intervention on the basis of which we were able to quantify bone setters into two groups.

In situ instrumented posterolateral fusion without decompression in symptomatic low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis in adults.

Forty patients with an average age of 26.5 years were treated for symptomatic low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis with in situ instrumented posterolateral fusion. All patients had failed previous conservative treatment.