An incarcerated epigastric hernia containing stomach.

Most epigastric hernia contains preperitoneal fat or the omentum. Intraabdominal organ herniation is rare and, if present, contains mostly small bowel. Incarcerated epigastric hernia having the stomach as content is infrequent, and only one case has been reported in the literature so far.

Professor Leslie H. Blumgart-Pioneering Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgeon: a Tribute.

Leslie Harold Blumgart was the surgeon behind making Hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery a speciality and his recent demise will always leave a void in that field. He was the person who classified anatomical variations in the biliary tract and devised a special anastomotic technique to decrease the rate of postoperative pancreatic duct fistula after Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy. His contribution in managing hepatobiliary oncology cases with chemotherapy and radiotherapy was also significant.

Surgeon's guilt after postoperative complication.

Surgery is an art, surgical dilemmas are not mathematical problems with rigid, straight cut solutions and the human mind/body is not a perfect science. In such a scenario, unexpected, sudden complications can happen during surgery. While better diagnostic and advanced techniques in surgery, have minimised surgical errors to a great extent, with the risk of post-operative death being as low as 3.

Pandemic profiteering during the second wave of Covid-19.

The first wave of the Covid pandemic saw us facing acute shortages of masks, personal protective equipment, and sanitisers, with even toilet paper disappearing from store shelves. But the Indian small manufacturers seized the opportunity and by the end of last year, we had enough PPE and masks to even export the surplus to other countries. Though we rationed even the lowly surgical masks, people did not hoard or black market any of these.

Abscess of the Ligamentum Teres: a Rare Entity.

Abscess of the ligamentum teres is one of the rarest causes of acute abdomen and causes severe dilemma and real challenge in clinching the diagnosis. A 69-year-old lady with severe upper abdominal pain with history of gall stones underwent MRI upper abdomen and was diagnosed as abscess of the ligamentum teres. There are only very few reported cases of this entity in the literature.

Takuo Aoyagi-a Tribute to the Brain Behind Pulse Oximetry.

A tribute is being paid to the Dr. Takuo Aoyagi who invented pulse oximetry to measure the oxygen saturation in the blood in 1974. The importance of pulse oximetry is felt more in this coronavirus pandemic.