Assessment of association between lower ureteric excision technique and oncological outcomes for upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: retrospective analysis from the Scottish Renal Cancer Consortium.

Purpose: Nephroureterectomy(NU) remains the gold-standard surgical option for the management of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma(UTUC). Controversy exists regarding the optimal excision technique of the lower ureter. We sought to compare post-UTUC bladder tumour recurrence across the Scottish Renal Cancer Consortium(SRCC).

Photocatalysis and perovskite oxide-based materials: a remedy for a clean and sustainable future.

The massive use of non-renewable energy resources by humankind to fulfill their energy demands is causing severe environmental issues. Photocatalysis is considered one of the potential solutions for a clean and sustainable future because of its cleanliness, inexhaustibility, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Significant efforts have been made to design highly proficient photocatalyst materials for various applications such as water pollutant degradation, water splitting, CO reduction, and nitrogen fixation.

Role of platelet rich plasma in fracture non-union of scaphoid - Case series.

This case series of 4 patients was studied at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong from 2007 to 2011 to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcome of scaphoid fracture non-union treated with Open reduction and internal fixation ORIF supplemented with Bone Graft (BG) from iliac crest and Platelet Rich Plasma PRP. The purpose was to achieve union with pain free adequate range of movement. Patients presenting with scaphoid fracture non-union were included in our study.

New technique: tendon interposition arthroplasty in Distal Interphalangeal Joint arthritis in Chinese population - New horizon for treatment.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical outcome of managing distal inter-phalangeal joint arthritis by using excisional arthroplasties with soft-tissue interposition to provide pain-free joint with adequate range of motion and preserving the bone stock.

Methods: The case series was conducted at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong from 2013 to 2015 and comprised patients with distal inter-phalangeal joint arthritis. Excisional arthroplasty was performed for all patients.

Anthropomorphic mismatch between distal femurs and a standard total knee replacement system in Pakistani population.

Aims: To compare the measurements of distal femurs of a Pakistani population and with the implants used.

Methods: The single-centre prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Indus Hospital, Karachi, from 01-06-2011 to 31-10-2011, and comprised total knee replacement patients. Surgeries were performed by the same team.

Perception about braces in parents of children with clubfoot.

Objective: To access the acceptability of Steenbeek brace by children undergoing clubfoot correction and their parents to ensure long-term compliance.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Indus Hospital, Karachi from October 2013 to March 2014. A trained researcher interviewed the person primarily responsible for bracing the child using a pre-coded questionnaire.

A comparison between orthopedic surgeon and allied health worker in pirani score.

Objective: To assess the strength of agreement for each of the Pirani assessment categories between an orthopaedic surgeon and allied health worker on scoring clubfeet.

Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Indus Hospital, Karachi, from November 2012 to June 2013, comprised children below 12 months of age with untreated unilateral or bilateral clubfoot deformity an allied health worker, who was a plaster technician, was given 1-week training in the Pirani Scoring method. The feet were scored by the surgeon and the paramedic independently.

Significance of strontium ranelate in healing of surgically fixed tibial diapyseal fractures treated with strontium ranelate vs placebo; a randomised double blind controlled trial.

Objective: To determine the surgical outcome of patients with axial cervical spine fractures.

Methods: The randomised double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical study was conducted at the Indus Hospital, Karachi, from August 2011 to August 2013. Patients were randomised to receive placebo or strontium ranelate postoperatively after surgical fixation of tibial diaphyseal fractures.

Late chronic inflammatory reaction post-silastic sling insertion masquerading as an invasive bladder tumour.

There are various surgical techniques to treat female stress urinary incontinence. We present the case of a long-term complication in a lady, where a silastic sling caused a massive retropubic fibrous reaction, masquerading, clinically and radiologically, as a muscle invasive bladder cancer.