Clinical Practice Guidelines For The Management Of Colorectal Cancer, A Consensus Statement By The Society Of Surgeons® And Surgical Oncology Society Of Pakistan®.

A joint effort by the Society of Surgeons Pakistan and Society of Surgical Oncology Pakistan, these guidelines provide a framework for the practicing surgeons involved in care and management of patients with colorectal cancer. The guidelines take into account the issues related to our local circumstances and provide a minimum standard of care that must be given to these patients. The Guideline Committee had members from all disciplines, including surgery, surgical oncology, medical oncology and radiation oncology.

Retrospective study of ovarian malignancy managed in surgical unit at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore.

Objective: To determine the oncological outcome and pattern of ovarian tumours in patients who underwent surgical management.

Methods: The retrospective, descriptive hospital-based study was conducted at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, and comprised data of all patients who underwent surgical intervention for ovarian cancer between January 2010 and December 2015. Data was retrieved from the hospital database and analysed using SPSS 20.

A retrospective study of endometrial stromal sarcoma: an institutional review.

This is a retrospective study conducted at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Lahore, from January 1995 to April 2016, to determine the clinical presentations, pathological features, cancer free survival and rate of recurrence in patients with Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma (ESS). Data was collected from May to August 2017. A total of 31 patients with a mean age of 40.

Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Skills Workshop on Enhancing Knowledge and Skills of Surgical Residents and Its Comparison with DOPS (Direct Observation of Procedural Skills) Scores: Prospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Simulation-based surgical skills workshops are commonly used in the surgical training programs to enhance the knowledge and psychomotor skills of the residents, but there is scarcity of objective data on their effectiveness. The aim of our study was to explore if a 1-day laparoscopic skills workshop enhanced the knowledge and skills of surgical residents in minimal access surgery and if it had any correlation with the Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) scores.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental, single-arm, repeat measure, prospective cohort study design.

Hepatic Artery Variations in a Sample of Pakistani Population.

Objective: To identify the frequency of different arterial variants of common hepatic artery (CHA) overview identified at abdominal CT angiography (CTA) performed in a large series of patients undergoing CT scans for various reasons.

Study Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Surgical Oncology and Radiology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan, from October 2016 to September 2018.

Is pelvis x-ray essential in stable trauma patients? Step towards lowering the treatment cost.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination in detecting pelvic fractures in patients with blunt trauma..

Methods: The cross-sectional prospective study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January to June 2015, and comprised alert, awake blunt-trauma patients.

Angiographic embolization for major trauma in a low-middle income healthcare setting--A retrospective review.

Introduction: Interventional radiology (IR) provides a range of adjunctive techniques to assist with hemorrhage control after trauma that can be employed pre- or post-operatively. The role of IR in lower-middle income countries (LMICs) remains unexplored. This study describes the use of adjunctive angioembolization (AE) in severely injured patients following its recent implementation at an urban trauma center in a LMIC.

Impact of a predefined hospital mass casualty response plan in a limited resource setting with no pre-hospital care system.

Introduction: Pre-hospital triage is an intricate part of any mass casualty response system. However, in settings where no such system exists, it is not known if hospital-based disaster response efforts are beneficial. This study describes in-hospital disaster response management and patient outcomes following a mass casualty event (MCE) involving 200 victims in a lower-middle income country in South Asia.