Disseminated disease due to rapidly growing non tuberculous mycobacteria especially in the immunocompromised host is being increasingly reported. The usual manifestations of disease being skin and soft tissue infection, post operative wound infection and pulmonary disease. We present a case of a disseminated infection due to Mycobacterium chelonae with features of chronic meningitis and knee jo...

Background: Acute abdomen is the most common surgical clinical entity. Appendectomy treatment of choice for acute appendicitis. It can be done by open or laparoscopic method. Laparoscopic appendectomy gives a better evaluation peritoneal cavity than that obtained approach and also facilitates other differential diagnosis. Methods: Patients admitted under unit from December 2020 to June 2022, at...

Hospital inquired post-operative infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients receiving left ventricular assist devices. We present the case of a patient who acquired Candida albicans and Staphylococci infections following left ventricular assist device implantation. Use of standard antibiotics caused the infection to worsen, thus an amniotic membrane patch was used as ...

Method We performed a retrospective review of patients who underwent cardiac surgery over a 4-year period (20122015). Patients were stratified into three HbA1c groups (I = HbA1c 20-41 mmol/mol; II = HbA1c 42-48 mmol/ mol; III = HbA1c 49-150 mmol/mol). Study end points were post-operative wound infection, stroke and renal failure. Chi-square test and independent sample t-test were performed to c...

purpose: to report a case who had undergone lasik in his right eye and prk in the fellow eye for correction of equivalent myopia but developed progressive post-operative keratectasia only in the right eye. patient and findings: a 30-year-old man had undergone lasik in right eye 3 years ago for correction of refractive error of -1.75  -1.50@48° and prk in left eye 2 years ago for correction of r...

Background The onset of postoperative septic complications has been associated to serum levels of interleukin (IL) IL-6 and IL-10. [1,2]. We have extrapolated a diabetic group from a previous study to evaluate pre and postoperative profiles of some inflammatory markers (IL-6 , IL-10 and CRP). We related the data obtained to the onset of postoperative complications. Diabetic patients have been s...

We prospectively randomised 78 patients into two groups, 'drains' or 'no drains' to assess the effectiveness of suction drains in reducing haematoma and effusion in the joint and its effect on wound healing after total knee replacement. Ultrasound was used to measure the formation of haematoma and effusion on the fourth post-operative day. This was a semi-quantitative assessment of volume estim...