Publications by authors named "Sunita Bajracharya"

Article Synopsis
  • There is a disease called cystic echinococcal zoonotic disease that is common in Nepal, especially in farms.
  • A 76-year-old woman had belly pain and doctors thought she had a myometrial cyst, but during surgery, they found it was actually a rare type of hydatid cyst in her uterus.
  • Tests after the surgery confirmed it was caused by a parasite called echinococcus granulosus, which means doctors should be careful and check for this type of cyst in patients with similar problems in places where the disease is common.
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Introduction: Surgical site infections are the commonest nosocomial infections following surgeries. They not only increase the morbidity and mortality following surgeries but also have a great impact both psychologically and financially. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of postoperative surgical site infection among patients with caesarean delivery in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a tertiary care centre.

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Unlabelled: Hepatitis E virus causes self limiting hepatitis most of the times but, during pregnancy it can lead to severe hepatitis along with various complications thereby increasing the mortality.

Case Presentation: A 27-year-old woman gravida two, para one at 38 weeks and 6 days of gestation presented with multiple episodes of nonbilious vomiting, severe dehydration, and later developed right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The patient had a positive serological test for the hepatitis E virus, and liver enzymes were severely elevated.

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Introduction And Importance: Conjoined twins represent a rare phenomenon and the etiology has not been clarified yet. There is a high rate of stillbirth and neonatal deaths resulting in very few cases surviving long enough for surgical separation.

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old gravida 2 para 1 mother without any first and second trimester antenatal care visits was diagnosed to have conjoined twins in the third trimester.

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Background: The prevalence and paradigm of antenatal heart disease are contrasting between high-income, industrialized, and low- and middle-income countries. In this systematic review, we report the prevalence of heart disease and its spectrum in pregnant women of South Asia.

Methods: We searched through different electronic databases (PubMed, Google-scholar, Embase, Cochrane Library) to locate relevant articles.

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Introduction: Genitourinary syndrome of menopause incorporates vulvovaginal and lower urinary tract symptoms related to estrogen deficiency which affects more than half of postmenopausal women. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of genitourinary syndrome of menopause among postmenopausal women attending a tertiary care center.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of tertiary care hospital from October 2019 to April 2021 after obtaining ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 452 6-11).

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Ovarian vein thrombosis is one of the rare causes for acute abdomen. Occult presentation of this disease may lead to diagnostic dilemma. A sixteen years female who was operated as a case of ectopic pregnancy was finally diagnosed as having ovarian vein thrombosis.

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