surgerv. lo quote the text again "It is important that all teachers and professors of gynaecology and obstetrics in India should keep up to date " and many of Col. GreenArmytage's lectures although beyond the scope of the general practitioner, indicate the fields in which modern advances have been made, Vide Lecture XI on the low Caesarian section of De Lee much advocated by the writer?the use^...

Perioperative visual loss (POVL), a rare but devastating complication, has been reported after spine, cardiac, and head-neck surgeries.The various causes include ischemic optic neuropathy, central or branch retinal artery occlusion, and cortical blindness. The contributory factors described are microvascular diseases and intraoperative hemodynamic compromise. However, the exact association of t...

Objective: This research aims to compare the effectiveness of intrathecal bupivacaine combined with dexmedetomidine alone in patients having caesarian procedures. Methods: randomized, controlled study was conducted at operation theatre Liaquat national hospital, agreement hospital's institutional review board. There were 272 total, and they split evenly two groups 136 using non-probability cons...

OBJECTIVES to evaluate mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rates and related factors in HIV-infected pregnant women from a tertiary hospital between 2000 and 2009. SUBJECTS AND METHOD cohort of 452 HIV-infected pregnant women and their newborns. Data was collected from recorded files and undiagnosed children were enrolled for investigation. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS qui-square test, Fisher exact...

Endometriosis is described as the presence of functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Scar endometriosis is a rare disease, and is difficult to diagnose. The symptoms are nonspecific, typically involving abdominal wall pain at the incision site at the time of menstruation. It commonly follows obstetrical and gynecological surgeries. The diagnosis is frequently made only after...

Herniated gravid uterus in an incisional hernia of the anterior abdominal wall is relatively rare. A 30-year-old house wife presented with a six month gravid uterus that had herniated through an incisional hernia of the anterior abdominal wall. She had non-operative management till term, when she then had elective lower caesarian section. Physiotherapy of the anterior abdominal wall muscles to ...