A 21-year-old woman with a 4 cm enhancing cystic renal mass in the left moiety of a horseshoe kidney was treated through a retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach. The tumor was excised completely with cold scissors, and renal parenchyma suturing with a surgical bolster was done with Vicryl 2-0 sutures. Choosing the proper approach according to the location of the lesion and the surgeon's experie...

A 25-day-old male neonate was received in our outpatient department with constriction ring of right leg with bluish discoloration and swelling of foot and acro-syndactly of both hands. The constriction ring was threatening to the limb that already had lost digits as an in-utero event. Multiple Z-Plasties of half circumference of leg was done with release of constriction band. Wound was stitched...

AIMS To evaluate the efficacy and biotolerance of the Adal-1 adhesive for muscle sealing in strabismus surgery. METHODS 27 eyes were included in the study: 17 in the control group and 10 in the study group. Surgery was performed on the recession of the horizontal rectus muscles. In the control group the muscle was joined to the sclera by a Vicryl 7/0 suture. In the study group, the Adal-1 adh...

A 55-years-old woman presented with profound sudden loss of vision in left eye (LE) after an injury a road side accident. She had normal right eye. Left perception light (PL) accurate projection (PR) all quadrants, total hyphema, chemosis supero-nasal conjunctiva and intraocular pressure (IOP). B-scan LE showed extrusion the lens into subconjunctival space called phacocele, vitreous hemorrhage....

Received for publication June’ 2009 ... ........................... Purpose: To compare the success rate of external dacryocystorhinostomy (with intubation) with suturing of the posterior flaps and without suturing of the posterior flaps. Material and methods: A prospective comparative study of 70 patients attending the Ophthalmology Department Military Hospital Rawalpindi between Dec 2005 and ...

AIM The laparoscopic approach in urological surgery demands a high degree of skill in intracorporeal suturing and knot tying. In an effort to reduce the amount of time required to perform a suture, new materials have been developed that through selfanchorage distribute tension more evenly across the suture and also eliminate the need of knot tying. The goal of this study was to assess the in vi...

Background: Anastomotic leaks constitute one of the most serious intraoperative complications and although many studies have been devoted to nding a solution for this problem, none of them has yet been able o er a decisive, successful method. In this study, the ability of brin glue and adhesive lm to repair anastomotic leaks in an experimental model was compared. Materials and methods: e sample...

Objective: To conduct a descriptive study on Hayman suture technique to control postpartum hemorrhage Method: Hayman suture was applied in 43 cases. A No-1 Vicryl suture was used on a round body or a straight needle. In 36 cases (83.72%) Hayman suture was the only intervention. In 4 cases (9.30%) uterine vessels and ovarian vessels were also ligated along with Hayman suture. In 3 cases (7%), al...