PURPOSE To determine the risk factors and associated comorbidities with a relaparotomy after primary surgery in pregnant mothers and to identify preventable causes. METHODS A retrospective observational study was done at a tertiary care centre from January 2009 till August 2014. All records of exploratory laparotomy following primary surgery in the obstetric population during this period were...

 Special Bed for neonate. Unfortunately in majority of setups proper warming system in neonatal/pediatric surgical units have not been available. This aspect of neonatal surgical care was discussed in the Neonatal Surgery research Group (NSRG) which is a discussion group on face book. Many learned members shared their experiences and advocated recommendations for optimal management and prevent...

Man has a limited ability to accurately and continuously analyse large amounts of data. In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in patient monitoring and medical data analysis using decision support systems, smart alarm monitoring, expert systems and many other computer aided protocols. The main goals of this study are to enhance the developed diagnostic alarm system for detecting critic...

Healthcare is an industry composed of numerous and complex processes. Benchmarking is the continual and collaborative discipline of measuring and comparing the results of key work processes with those of the best performers. Benchmarking ushers in a new direction to the way activities are performed in hospitals, as there is no other tool by which supply chain performance is measured in a reliab...

The aim of several projects at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics is the development of new analysis, visualization and interaction tools and their integration into an advanced operating theater (OP 2000). These components are intended to assist not only in surgery planning but also to ooer online surgery support. For this reason it is essential to provide not only powerful and accu...