Clinicopathological Profile of Childhood Primary Abdominal Tumours in Kashmir.

Primary abdominal tumours attract considerable notice because of their serious prognosis, high cost of treatment and the emotional and psychological trauma. Abdominal tumours can present with pain, vomiting, constipation or less commonly intestinal obstruction. The presentation of cancer in children mimic those of childhood conditions like infections particularly viral infections, urinary tract infections, gastro-oesophageal reflux, malnutrition, constipation, lymphadnenitis, glomerulonephritis and congenital urinary tract anomalies.

Knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception in rural kashmir.

Background: Human fertility is determined by many factors such as customs, morals and habits of social groups with regard to marital obligation of life. Acceptance of family planning methods varies within and between societies and there are many factors which are responsible for such variation at community, family and individual level. Socioeconomic environment, culture and education are few of them that play a vital role.

Limberg flap versus primary closure in the treatment of primary sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease; a randomized clinical trial.

Pilonidal sinus is a chronic intermittent disease, usually involving the sacrococcygeal area. This study was undertaken to compare the results of rhomboid excision followed by Limberg flap with that of excision and primary closure in patients with primary pilonidal sinus. A total of 120 patients with pilonidal disease were randomly divided into group A who underwent excision and primary closure (n = 60) and group B who underwent the rhomboid transposition flap procedure (n = 60).

Predictors of mortality and morbidity in peritonitis in a developing country.

Objective: Generalized peritonitis is still a common emergency managed by most general surgeons throughout the world. If the outcome in these patients can be correctly predicted, then better management can be instituted to those patients in need. This study aims to identify factors in patients with peritonitis which have a significant bearing on morbidity and mortality.

Surgical excision versus aspiration combined with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection plus wrist immobilization therapy in the treatment of dorsal wrist ganglion; a randomized controlled trial.

Unlabelled: Ganglion is the most common benign soft tissue tumour of hand and represents about 60-70% of all such soft tissue tumours. Treatment options include observation, aspiration, intralesional steroids and surgical and arthroscopic excision. Aspiration with intralesional steroid, with its many advantages, may be an alternative choice for its treatment but the operative treatment is the best method when considering the recurrence rate.

Spontaneous hepatic subcapsular biloma: Report of three cases with review of the literature.

A biloma is an encapsulated bile collection outside the biliary tree. Most cases are caused mainly by iatrogenic injury and trauma, and are usually located in the sub-hepatic space. Spontaneous biloma is an uncommon entity.

Gallbladder ascariasis with uneventful worm migration back to the duodenum: A case report.

Ascariasis, a worldwide parasitic disease, is regarded by some authorities as the most common parasitic infection in humans. The causative organism is Ascaris lumbricoides, which normally lives in the lumen of the small intestine. From the intestine, the worm can invade the bile duct or pancreatic duct, but invasion into the gallbladder is quite rare because of the anatomical features of the cystic duct, which is narrow and tortuous.

Primary isolated echinococcal cyst of the seminal vesicle: A rare case.

Hydatid disease of the organs other than liver and lung is extremely rare. Although hydatid disease is endemic in India, we report a rare case of hydatid cyst in a young male primarily involving the seminal vesicle and aim to highlight the management of such cases. A 23 year old male farmer diagnosed with primary isolated echinococcal cyst of the seminal vesicle has been presented.

Transaxillary approach with use of traction suture for excision of breast fibroadenoma: a new technique and its results.

Avoiding a scar on the breast is an inherent feminine desire. We devised a new approach for breast fibroadenoma excision:Transaxillary approach with use of traction suture (TATS), in 50 patients with breast fibroadenoma. The swelling was present in the outer breast.

Surgical Treatment of Dupuytren's Contracture; Results and Complications of Surgery: Our Experience.

Dupuytren's disease is one of the fibro-proliferative conditions affecting the palmar and digital fascia. This disease has been known to surgeons and treated by them for at least 200 years. Dupuytren's disease is very common in Northern Europe and also in countries inhabited by immigrants from Northern Europe.