Efficacy of Wound Instillation With Bupivacaine Through a Wound Catheter for Postoperative Analgesia in Laparotomy Wounds in Comparison With Conventional Intravenous Analgesics.

Introduction A laparotomy can cause severe postoperative pain, which, if treated adequately, can result in reduced incidence of lung atelectasis and ileus promoting early mobilization and faster recovery and in turn reducing the duration of hospital stays. Hence, effective postoperative analgesia is important to reduce postoperative stress and improve early surgical outcomes. Therefore, the hypothesis is based on the fact that following a midline laparotomy, instillation of local anaesthetic agent 0.

Extraocular sebaceous carcinoma on the chest wall - a case report.

Sebaceous carcinoma is a rare aggressive skin cancer derived from the epithelium of sebaceous glands. Sebaceous carcinomas are generally divided as ocular or extraocular locations. Very few cases of extra ocular sebaceous carcinomas have been reported till date.

Abdominal Actinomycosis-an Interesting Case.

Actinomyces are part of normal oral flora and cause disease only when the normal mucosal barrier is breached. Reported annual incidence of actinomycosis is 1 case per 300,000 persons (Weese and Smith, Arch Intern Med 135:1562-1568, 1975). Preoperative diagnosis of abdominal actinomycosis is difficult.