Radical Resection for Locally Advanced Colon Cancer With Bladder Involvement Treated in a Tertiary Health Care Centre.

Colorectal cancer with involvement of the urinary bladder is infrequent in the nonmetastatic setting. Procedures for advanced colorectal cancers with bladder involvement may include partial or complete bladder resections. Proper therapeutic management principles dictate radical surgery when negative margins can be obtained.

Outcome of urethral strictures managed by general surgeons in a rural setting of India.

In resource limited settings victims of urethral strictures often seek healthcare,when the strictures are far advanced. For a surgeon, management is indeed a challenging task, given the severity and extent of disease, lack of expertise, enough skills and equipment in the healthcare facility. This study was conducted at a rural teaching hospital in central India.

Transilluminant naso-orbital dermoid cyst masquerading as meningocele.

Dermoid cysts are ectodermal inclusion cysts with epithelial lining in the subcutaneous tissue along the lines of embryonic fusion. Encephalocele, meningocele, hemangioma, lipoma, cephalohematoma, and sebaceous cyst are the differential diagnoses. The differentiation between them is essential for effective management to proceed.

Obstructive jaundice in neonates.

The causes of jaundice in the first few weeks of life may be categorised into hematologic, enzymatic/metabolic, infectious and obstructive. Obstructive jaundice results from an interruption in the drainage of bile in the biliary system. Surgical causes of jaundice in neonates are biliary atresia, inspissated bile syndrome, intrahepatic hypoplasia, choledochal cyst, Caroli's disease and spontaneous perforation of the bile duct.