EYE SURGERY IN TAXILLA, PAKISTAN

Causes and Results of Eye Removal Surgery in Yazd, Iran

Introduction: Removing eyes has different indications. We surveyed the causes and results of eye removal surgery in Yazd, Iran. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the profile of 102 patients who had underwent eye removal surgery for any reason in the Shahid Sadoughi hospital during the last 10 years. The demographic characteristics, causes of enucleatio...

Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery in Pakistan

In Pakistan laparoscopic surgery is not new but its application in pediatric surgery has been very limited. In the last decade, impalpable undescended testes mainly; and occasionally appendicitis and cholecystitis were few maladies dealt with laparoscopy in only two or three pediatric surgery units of the country. Very few publications were brought out from Pakistan. The pediatric surgery resid...

Knowledge of patients’ visual experience during cataract surgery: a survey of eye doctors in Karachi, Pakistan

BACKGROUND Several recent studies have recommended that ophthalmologists must be aware of the visual sensations (and their associated anxiety/fear) experienced by patients undergoing cataract surgery. We assessed the knowledge of a group of eye doctors in Pakistan regarding these phenomena. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey. Eye doctors (ophthalmologists, residents and medical officer...

Eye Surgery

Vascular surgery in Pakistan: critical issues.