April 2025
These days, those who aspire to become a surgeon have to solve 200 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours which makes them eligible to join a residency program. Those who are unable to score well, but a...
Surgical trainees are often burdened with acquiring 'hard' skills such as suturing a wound, draining an abscess, placing a central line, and so on. The other personality traits, such as communication,...
Introduction: Perianal abscesses (PA) are common in infants, yet there is no consensus on optimal management. Approaches range from conservative management (CM) to surgical incision and drainage, with...
Afghanistan is a country devastated by militancy and civil wars. Not only the resources are limited but also free movement inside the country is restricted due to security concerns. In such a restrict...
Renal artery pseudo-aneurysm following trauma is rare in children. Bleeding pseudo-aneurysm requires high index of suspicion for early diagnosis and proper management. This report describes a 10-year-...
Ascending cholangitis (AC) is the commonest and most serious complication following Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) that significantly affects the long-term outcome of biliary atresia (BA). The role of a...
The first anniversary of the Pediatric Surgery in Tropics (PST) was celebrated on the 25 January 2025 at the Institute of Child Health (ICH), Madras Medical College (MMC), Chennai, India. Marking the ...
Vishwanath Ganesh Gharpure was an illustrious professor of surgery at the Government Medical Colleges of Nagpur, Aurangabad and Mumbai. He was the first batch of graduates from the Government Medical ...
Introduction: Gastrointestinal duplication cysts (GIDC) are rare and they occur anywhere from the oro-pharynx to the anal canal. They can be cystic or tubular and they may or may not have communicatio...
Introduction: Thick meconium induced ileal obstruction due to functional immaturity of the intestine (MIOFI) is a rare and frequently unrecognized condition that is typically seen in extremely low bir...
Penile tourniquet syndrome caused by hair coil is often an underdiagnosed clinical entity with severe potential complications including urethro-cutaneous fistulas, necrosis of the glans and partial or...
