Comparison of early and delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: experience from a single center.

Background: Cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones is mainly performed after the acute cholecystitis episode settles because of the fear of higher morbidity and conversion from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open cholecystectomy during acute cholecystitis.

Aims: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis and to compare the results with delayed cholecystectomy.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective and randomized study.

Laparoscopic trans-mesocolic pyeloplasty in children: initial experience from a center in India.

The aim of the present study is to report our experience with laparoscopic pyeloplasty via trans-mesocolic approach in children with left pelvi-ureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction. Between May 2007 and May 2008, 12 children aged between five and 16 years, with documented PUJ obstruction on the left side, underwent laparoscopic pyeloplasty via trans-mesocolic approach. The outcome was assessed by post-operative isotope renal scan.

Triple assessment in the diagnosis of breast cancer in Kashmir.

Background: Although the diagnosis of breast cancer is suggested on clinical examination, the degree of suspicion is variable. Currently a combination of three tests, i.e.

Retroperitoneal laparoscopy for the management of renal hydatid cyst.

Hydatid disease is one of the common parasitic afflictions seen in sheep rearing areas of world, with certain areas in northern India showing a very high incidence. It is caused by the larval/cyst stage of Echinococcus granulosus, in which humans are an intermediate host. The cysts are located in liver 75% times, lungs 15%, other organs 10%.

Total renal replacement lipomatosis.

Renal replacement lipomatosis can be defined as the proliferation of fibrofatty tissue which subsequently replaces the renal parenchyma. It is usually unilateral and occurs as a result of severe atrophy or destruction of the renal parenchyma, mostly due to a calculus with secondary proliferation of renal sinus, renal hilus, and perirenal fatty tissue to a variable extent. There may be moderate replacement of renal tissue by fat as in renal sinus lipomatosis or in severe cases the whole of the renal parenchyma may be replaced by fat and is referred to as renal replacement lipomatosis.