10 articles in this issue
Madhura M Killedar, Honeypalsinh H. Maharaul
Background: Transanal suture Rectopexy (Chivates procedure)1 is a new invention by an Indian surgeon for managing all grades of haemorrhoids. It is based on the principles of plication of vessels in the rectum above dentate line at two different levels by... see more
Suresha Anepla Rajappa, Jacob Shaji
Objectives : To find out the aetiological agents and clinical features of suppurative keratitis and to evaluate the adequacy of current therapy available in treating suppurative keratitis. Materials and Methods This study included 100 patients with microb... see more
Durgesh Nandini Sharma, Lata Bhattacharya
Objective: An important part of male infertility of unknown etiology may be attributed to various environmental and occupational exposures to toxic substances, such as lead. Lead is the known environmental contaminant adversely affecting the male reproduc... see more
Sanjith Saseedharan, Edwin Joseph Pathrose, Roonam Chaddha, Deepali Dahale
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to observe and record the levels and sources of noise in an adult ICU. These results and observations are to form the basis of protocols to control noise levels in an ICU. These will also be treated as baseline va... see more
Manzoor Muhammed AP, Abdul Salam NA, Vipin C, Mujeeb Rahiman M
Aim: To determine the efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) in patients with renal stones and to investigate the role of ESWL in improving treatment outcomes. Methods: A total of 93 patients who underwent ESWL for single radio-opaque re... see more
Prakriti Shukla, Sukhpreet Kaur, Hanni Gulwani
Background: Cell block preparations act as a useful adjunct to smear cytology for categorization of malignant and benign effusions. Plasma thromboplastin cell block technique is simple, requires less time and offers improved cytomorphological features. Ai... see more
Varsha Dalal, Kiran Alam, Veena Maheshwari, S.C Sharma, Anshu Jain, Roobina Khan
Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is one of the most frequent cancers in the world. The overall postoperative survival has not improved much despite advanced surgical techniques and anticancer drugs. A better understanding of molecular mechan... see more
Madawi Aldhwayan, May N Al-Muammar, Saada Alorf, Alyah Al-Moajel, Mona El-Shafie, Asim A Siddiqui, Fozia Khan
Objective: The maternal use of folic acid supplementation particularly during the preconception period has been suggested to thwart Down syndrome, thus the awareness among the mothers of Down syndrome children regarding folic acid consumption and other fa... see more
Chandra Prakash Bhatt, S Mishra, A D Bhatt, M Lakhey
Background: Bacterial infections have been recognized with infertility, bacteria are capable of agglutinating and immobilizing spermatozoa. The aim of present study was to determine bacterial pathogens in semen culture from infertile men and their antibio... see more
P. Jijiya Bai, Srujana Shyamala, Asok Kumar R.
Mastocytosis is a rare heterogenous disease characterized by the presence of excessive number of mast cells in various organs mainly in skin and bone marrow. .The incidence was 1 in 1,000 to 8,000 patients. It can follow a benign or indolent course, or it... see more