Bacterial Colonization of Mobile Phones: Myth or Reality.

Introduction Bacteria tend to persist on mobile phones for longer durations causing hospital-acquired infections. This is primarily because mobile phones have become an extended hand to healthcare workers due to their unavoidable utilization and the lack of sanitization after use in wards. Methods A questionnaire was used to assess the usage and disinfection practices of mobile phones among medical students regularly attending the wards of a teaching hospital.

Laparoscopic management of mesh migration into urinary bladder following laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair-A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Mesh migration into urinary bladder is one of the rare complications following inguinal hernia repair (Laparoscopic/Open). On reviewing the literature, erosion of mesh following inguinal hernia repair has been into the urinary bladder in most of the cases, and the erosion may occur as early or late complication. It may occur as a result of improper suturing, inadequate fixation or foreign body reaction.

A rare case report of Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the pancreas with portal hypertension.

Introduction: Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the pancreas (SPT) is a rare pancreatic tumor and represents 1-3% of all pancreatic tumors. It usually presents in young females with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and abdominal fullness. The first case report was documented in 1959 and since then multiple case reports have been documented on the various surgical approaches for SPT.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of spermatic cord.

Introduction: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a neoplasm of intermediate biologic potential. Only a few cases of IMT in the spermatic cord have been reported. It was earlier included in a wide spectrum of reactive and neoplastic lesions called "inflammatory pseudotumors".

Rare finding of a gastrojejuno appendicular fistula during a laparotomy for roux-en-y conversion.

Gastrojejuno appendicular fistula is a rare condition. To our knowledge it has not been reported previously in the literature. We report the first case of a gastrojejuno appendicular fistula occurring in a patient who had previous gastroenterostomy for ulcer disease.