Pattern, severity and circumtances of injuries sustained in road traffic accidents: a tertiary care hospital-based study.

Introduction: Expansion in road network, motorization, and urbanization in the country has been accompanied by a rise in road accidents leading to road traffic injuries (RTIs). Today RTIs are one of the leading causes of deaths, disabilities, and hospitalizations with severe socioeconomic costs across the world.

Objectives: The following study analyses the: Age and sex distribution of injured in road traffic accidents (RTAs).

Traumatic spigelian hernia due to handlebar injury in a child: a case report and review of literature.

Traumatic abdominal wall hernia is a rare clinical entity despite the high incidence of blunt abdominal trauma. In children, traumatic abdominal wall injury can occur even after minor trauma without any associated intra-abdominal injury. We report a case of Spigelian hernia due to a handlebar injury in a male child of 9 years, who came for treatment 5 weeks after the injury.

Cytomorphologic significance of marginal vacuoles in diffuse thyroid enlargements.

Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the thyroid is an established first-line test for thyroid lesions. Marginal vacuoles (MVs) have been associated with hyperactivity of the thyroid, but some studies have pointed towards their nonspecific status.

Aims: To assess the presence of MVs in diffuse thyroid enlargements and evaluate the strength of correlation between MVs, levels of thyroid hormone and cytological diagnosis.

Arthroscopic synovial biopsy in definitive diagnosis of joint diseases: An evaluation of efficacy and precision.

Context: Arthritis is an important cause of morbidity, presenting as monoarticular or polyarticular lesion. Arthroscopic synovial aspiration and biopsy can help in arriving specific etiological diagnosis.

Aim And Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopic synovial biopsy as a diagnostic aid and study the characteristics of synovial fluid in various joint diseases.