Methods Post-operative hospital stay is a commonly used measure of recovery. However, in an open surgical trial, where the decision to discharge the patient from hospital lies with the surgeon, post operative hospital stay is susceptible to bias. For the STET trial we developed an objective measure of recovery. Recovery time was defined as the time from surgery until the patient was considered ...

OBJECTIVES To detect post-operative sequelae of sural nerve biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire mailed to type 1 diabetic patients (n = 24; male/female 23/1; reply n = 23) 2 years after biopsy. RESULTS Type 1 diabetic patients (age 56 [11]; median [interquartile range]) had a long duration of diabetes (DM; 20 [19] years) and all had neuropathy. Three out of 24 patients developed i...

Dogs with cutaneous wound were selected and randomly divided into two groups, to study the efficacy of fish scales extracted collagen biocasings on cutaneous wound healing. The wounds in both groups of dogs were protected with sterile external bandage after cleaning with normal saline to prevent infection. The efficacy of biocasings on wound healing was studied based on gross, physiological, he...

Nowadays, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the procedure of choice for cholelithiasis and a part of general surgical practice. Benefits of this approach include shorter hospital stay, less pain, quicker return to normal activities and improved cosmetic outcome. This study was done to evaluate the problems & complications faced during and after laparoscopic cholecystectomy like adhesions, sessile...

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) is among the most common problem for patients who undergo operative procedures. It remains a common and widespread problem contributing to morbidity and mortality; partly attributed to increase in infections due to antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens. In Tanzania there has been limited data regarding the magnitude of SSIs due to antimicrobial re...

Authors L. Manikandan, Rajan Kumar T, Prathapan V.K, M.P. Sasi Department of General Surgery & Department of Surgical Gastroenterology Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India Corresponding Author L. Manikandan Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, India 673008 Email: [email protected], Phone: +918129335454 ABSTRACT Mechanical bowel cleansing i...

The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of testosterone depletion on healing of surgical skin wounds at different ages and post-operative periods. Forty-four Wistar male rats were divided into four groups: Group 1Y (n = 11) - young control, sham-operated rats (30-day old); Group 1A (n = 10) - adult control, sham-operated rats (3 to 4-month old); Group 2Y (n = 10) - young rats after b...

Post-operative infectious complications following penetrating abdominal trauma are a major cause of morbidity and contribute significantly to increased length of hospitalization and costs of patient care. Our recent study suggests the individual patient's probability of major infection following traumatic intestinal perforation is high and can be predicted from risk factors identified at the ti...

BACKGROUND We performed a meta-analysis in an attempt to answer whether short-term outcomes and lymph nodes harvested after laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) are comparable to those reported after conventional open gastrectomy (COG). METHODS Prospective randomized clinical trials were eligible if they included patients with distal gastric cancer treated by LAG versus COG. End points were...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the oral cutaneous fistulae after surgery and to identify possible risk factors. METHODS A retrospective study, interesting patients that were submitted to surgery, with a two years minimum post-operative follow up. The considered variables were: sex, concomitant diseases, tabacco and alcohol use, the anesthesic and pulmonary risks, clinical stage, cervical linphadenecto...