A retrospective analysis of respiratory virus transmission before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune the western region of India.

Background: SARS-CoV-2 was first reported in China in December 2019 and quickly spread across the world. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are the key to control the transmission of respiratory viruses. To stop the spread, NPI is widely recommended and is still followed by most countries.

Distally based sural faciocutaneous and fascial (adipofascial) flap for reconstruction of distal leg, ankle and foot defects.

Background: Any soft tissue defect in distal leg, ankle and hind foot is still a challenging problem. There are various options for coverage of such defects, but the distally based sural neurocutaneous and neurofascial flap based on the sural nerve and superficial sural artery has been an important option.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of distally based sural flap in reconstruction of the distal leg, ankle and hind foot soft tissue defects.

The split tibialis anterior muscle flap - A simple solution for longitudinal middle third tibial defects.

Background: The tibialis anterior flap is an underused flap, mainly because it is not an expendable muscle and is small in size.

Aim: To study the use of the tibialis anterior muscle flap for longitudinal middle third tibial defects.

Materials And Methods: We have analysed the use of tibialis anterior flap in five patients by the function preservation technique.

Interpreting "statistical hypothesis testing" results in clinical research.

Difference between "Clinical Significance and Statistical Significance" should be kept in mind while interpreting "statistical hypothesis testing" results in clinical research. This fact is already known to many but again pointed out here as philosophy of "statistical hypothesis testing" is sometimes unnecessarily criticized mainly due to failure in considering such distinction. Randomized controlled trials are also wrongly criticized similarly.

Awareness and Perception of Plastic Surgery among Healthcare Professionals in Pune, India: Do They Really Know What We Do?

Purpose. The aim of this study is to understand the level of awareness and knowledge of plastic surgery in healthcare professionals in a tertiary health care facility in Pune, India. This study also aims to highlight the perception of the medical professionals about plastic surgery and what they think a plastic surgeon does.