Organisms Causing Postoperative Implant Infection in Orthopedic Patients Presenting at a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Introduction Infections pose a significant challenge in orthopedics related to implant failure. In orthopedic surgeries, surgical site infections (SSIs) extend the patient's hospital stay by an average of two weeks and also increase morbidity, double hospitalization rates, and triple the financial burden on the patient. This study aims to determine the common organism in patients with postoperative implant infections presenting at a tertiary care hospital.

What Does the Future Hold for a Surgical Trainee? This Lockdown Is Not a Letdown Yet: A Survey on Moodle Learning Management System as a Part of Blended Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a major shift in the educational training of surgical trainees. As the Lockdown was implemented and the daily workforce reduced, an alternate method was employed to provide uninterrupted learning. Blended learning that includes virtual learning with face-to-face learning/teaching was utilized for the surgical trainees.

DEPRESSION IN THE STRUCTURE OF SOMATOFORM DISORDERS IN CHILDREN, ITS SIGNIFICANCE, THE ROLE OF SEROTONIN AND TRYPTOPHANE IN THE EMERGENCE OF THESE DISORDERS.

The aim of the study - is to investigate the presence of depressive disorders and their manifestation in children with somatoform disorders (SD) from different organs and systems and to establish the role of disorders of serotonin and tryptophan metabolism in their occurrence. 111 children were diagnosed with SD. The average age of children was 13,6±2,3 years, among them boys were 42 (37,8%) and girls - 69 (62,2%).