The Role of Fluoroscopic Guidance in Spinal Drain Placement for Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair Patients: A Retrospective Study.

Objectives: To evaluate outcomes after implementation of a preoperative protocol requiring fluoroscopic guidance in patients undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair identified as being at risk for spinal drain placement complications.

Design: This retrospective analysis included patients who underwent spinal drain placement for TAAA repair between November 2013 and November 2018. Patient outcomes were assessed before (control) and after (study) protocol implementation.

Perspective On Health Seeking Behavior Of Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancers From A Pakistani Background.

Oropharyngeal cancers are the most common cancers of head neck region, they are placed amongst the top ten malignancies globally and around 40% of all the cancers in South and South East Asia. Patient's personal behaviour impacts causality more than the environmental factors in the pathology and prognosis of this particular cancer. In our country risk factors are based on poor infrastructure of the health care system, illiteracy, poor socioeconomic status, Betel nut and quid, smokeless and smoke tobacco.