Correction to: Anti-inflammatory activity of dimethyl octenol and oleanene tetrol isolated from Trianthema decandra L.

This correction serves to correct the name of V.L. Dronamraju to Sarada V.

Anti-inflammatory activity of dimethyl octenol and oleanene tetrol isolated from Trianthema decandra L.

Dimethyl octenol from chloroform extract and oleanene tetrol from water extract of Trianthema decandra (TD) were isolated and characterized by using HPLC, UV, FT-IR, NMR, LC-MS and CHNS, their structure were elucidated from their respective spectral data. The anti-inflammatory activity of chloroform extract, water extract, dimethyl octenol and oleanene tetrol of T. decandra were studied and underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of action were investigated in vitro and in vivo using macrophage-like cell line (RAW264.

Management of esophageal perforation: experience from a tertiary center in India.

Background/aim: The management of esophageal perforations remains controversial in large part due to variability in etiology, time of presentation, location, and underlying esophageal disease. We reviewed our experience in treating patients with esophageal perforations and evaluated the etiology, management and outcome of intervention in a tertiary center.

Methods: Between 1999 and 2007, 48 patients with esophageal perforation were treated in a tertiary referral center in southern India.

Factors affecting outcome after Frey procedure for chronic pancreatitis.

Background: Debilitating abdominal pain remains the most common presentation of chronic pancreatitis and the treatment remains challenging.

Objective: This prospective study analyzed the outcome of Frey's procedure in patients with inflammatory head mass.

Methods: For the period between 2002 and 2007, 77 patients with chronic pancreatitis underwent Frey procedure for intractable abdominal pain.

Management of post dilatation oesophageal perforation: an experience from a tertiary centre.

Background: Treatment of oesophageal perforation remains controversial. This study shows that native oesophagus should be preserved. Early recognition improves survival.

Post pancreaticoduodenectomy haemorrhage: outcome prediction based on new ISGPS Clinical severity grading.

Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE & BACKGROUND DATA: Mortality following pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) has fallen below 5%, yet morbidity remains between 30 and 50%. Major haemorrhage following PD makes a significant contribution to this ongoing morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present study was to validate the new International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) Clinical grading system in predicting the outcome of post pancreaticoduodenectomy haemorrhage (PPH).