Late presenting partially displaced atrial septal closure device: Surgical vs percutaneous correction? A case report.

Introduction: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is one of the most common congenital cardiac defect. Even though surgical repair of ASD is the current method of choice but percutaneous device closure is rapidly gaining popularity as it is less invasive. Dislodgment and embolization of the device may occur requiring urgent surgical retrieval.

Bomb blast injuries: Tertiary care hospital in-patient experience over the last 20 years.

Objective: To examine the distribution and nature of limb injuries in young bomb blast victimsand their management in a tertiary healthcare setting.

Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi and data was searched using the University Medical Record Database with International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision-Clinical Modification codes for injuries and terrorism between 1990 and 2012. Data regarding injuries, including admission time, hospital stay duration, interventions and mortality, was collected and classified as per the New Injury Severity Score.