Voluntary perioperative colorectal cancer registry from Kerala-An initial overview.

Background: Although colorectal cancer (CRC) may not be uncommon in India, accurate data regarding its demographics and surgical outcomes is sparse.

Methods: With an aim to assess demographics and perioperative outcomes of CRC in Kerala, all members of Association of Surgical Gastroenterologists of Kerala (ASGK) were invited to participate in a registry. Data of operated cases of CRC were entered on a web-based questionnaire by participating members from January 2016.

A Technique for Localizing Perforated Duodenal Ulcer During Laparoscopic Repair.

Laparoscopic repair of duodenal ulcer perforation has certain advantages over open repair. However, the conversion rate to open surgery is still high. The most common reason for conversion is inadequate localization of the ulcer perforation site during laparoscopy.

Analysis of the delayed approach to the management of infected pancreatic necrosis.

Aim: To analyze outcomes of delayed single-stage necrosectomy after early conservative management of patients with infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) associated with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).

Methods: Between January 1998 and December 2009, data from patients with SAP who developed IPN and were managed by pancreatic necrosectomy were analyzed.

Results: Fifty-nine of 61 pancreatic necrosectomies were performed by open surgery and 2 laparoscopically.

Reversal of nail changes after liver transplantation in a child.

We report a 6-year-old girl who received a left-lobe live-related liver transplant for decompensated liver disease after a failed Kasai's surgery for biliary atresia. Preoperatively, her nails were white, dystrophic, brittle with severe onycholysis, clubbing and watch-glass deformities. Nail scrapings were negative for fungus.

Stent angioplasty of narrowed portocaval shunt in Budd Chiari syndrome: a case report.

Background: Hepatic vein thrombosis (Budd-Chiari Syndrome) is a rare disorder resulting from an obstruction to the outflow of blood from the liver. Early decompression is needed to prevent liver dysfunction and death. Radiological intervention includes angioplasty of stenosis and webs and the placement of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPPS).