Pediatric Airway Foreign Bodies and Their Management by Rigid Bronchoscopy: How I Experienced.

Rigid bronchoscopy is the gold standard treatment for pediatric tracheobronchial foreign bodies. This procedure gives jitters to young ENT surgeons. The only aim of this study is to aware young ENT surgeons of different challenges they may face during bronchoscopy and their subsequent management.

Fosfomycin tromethamine. Antibiotic of choice in the female patient: A multicenter study.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate oral single/multiple doses of Fosfomycin Trometamol with clinical and microbiological efficacy in:Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy.Endourological procedures.Lower urinary tract infections.

Recent trends in the sociodemographic, clinical profile and psychiatric comorbidity associated with posttraumatic stress disorder: a study from kashmir, India.

Objective: To estimate the Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) among adults in field practise areas of Government Medical College, Srinagar, India.

Methodology: The present study was cross-sectional in nature and was conducted in field practice areas of Government Medical College Srinagar. Three blocks of field practise areas of Government Medical College, Srinagar comprising of various villages were selected.

Drainage vs no drainage in secondary peritonitis with sepsis following complicated appendicitis in adults in the modern era of antibiotics.

Aim: To compare the profile of postoperative outcome in secondary peritonitis with sepsis due to complicated appendicitis in two cohorts (drainage vs no-drainage) after appendicectomy in adults in the modern era of effective antibiotics.

Methods: A retrospective review of all adult patients who were operated for secondary peritonitis with sepsis due to complicated appendicitis was carried out. Total of 209 patients were identified from May 2005 to April 2009 with operative findings of gangrenous or perforated appendix.

Long-term results of choledochoduodenostomy in benign biliary obstruction.

Aim: To determine the long-term results of choledochodudenostomy in patients with benign billiary obstruction.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted at Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar Kashmir, India over a period of 10 years from January 1997 to December 2007. The total number of patients who underwent choledochoduodenostomy during this period was 270.

Surgical management of complicated hydatid cysts of the liver.

Aim: To review the clinical presentation and surgical management of complicated hydatid cysts of the liver and to assess whether conservative surgery is adequate in the management of complicated hydatid cysts of liver.

Methods: The study was carried out at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Sixty nine patients with hydatid disease of the liver were surgically managed from April 2004 to October 2005 with a follow up period of three years.

Missile vascular injuries: 19-year experience.

Background: Missile vascular injuries have reached an epidemic proportion in Kashmir valley since the eruption of militancy. The present study was undertaken to analyze the mode, pattern, presentation, and management of missile vascular injuries.

Methods: A retrospective study of patients with missile vascular injury from January 1990 to October 2008 was undertaken.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Kashmir valley of Indian subcontinent.

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Kashmir valley of North India.

Materials And Methods: The study was done among the attendants who accompanied patients in inpatient and outpatient departments of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar (Kashmir). A stratified random sampling procedure was adopted for the study.