Introduction:Even with the emergence of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, open common bile duct exploration remains the procedure of choice for the surgical management of choledocholithiasis in developing countries. Open CBD exploration is usually followed by a T-tube insertion whichhas been proven to be safe and effective for post-operative biliary decompression. However, the use of T...

The authors report the complication that occurred after stereotactic catheterization in a 71-year-old patient with a spontaneous intracerebral hematoma (ICH). After stereotactic catheterization, a subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) was found in the post-operative CT scan. An SAH is a rare complication related with stereotactic catheterization. We investigated the cause and reported about a newly oc...

Objective: To compare short term post-operative complication of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) and Lichtenstein’s tension free hernia repair. Study Design: Randomized clinical trial. Place & Duration Study: Surgical Unit Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) Peshawar during the period 6 months from 1st January, 2020 to 30 June, 2021. Material Methods: In this study 492 cases ingu...

Abstract Aims Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a preventable and common post-operative complication within general surgery. Intra-operative irrigation of surgical incisions is an inexpensive method to reduce SSI rates, however its use currently limited orthopaedic We aimed assess the effects pulsed lavage (PL) on rates following elective emergency laparotomies. Methods Elective patients who ...

BACKGROUND Both minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and computer-assisted surgery (CAS) for total hip arthroplasty (THA) have gained popularity in recent years. We conducted a qualitative and systematic review to assess the effectiveness of MIS, CAS and computer-assisted MIS for THA. METHODS An extensive computerised literature search of PubMed, Medline, Embase and OVIDSP was conducted. Both ran...

Abstract Purpose of Review Anemia is a very common complication in the post-operative period. Post-operative anemia associated with poor outcomes including but not limited to infections, increased length stay, circulatory overload, and mortality. The strategy patient blood management focuses on three pillars that include detection treatment pre-operative anemia; reduction peri-operative loss; h...

BACKGROUND Post-operative pulmonary complications are a significant problem following open upper abdominal surgery. Preliminary evidence suggests that a single pre-operative physiotherapy education and preparatory lung expansion training session alone may prevent respiratory complications more effectively than supervised post-operative breathing and coughing exercises. However, the evidence is ...

conclusions although some of the orthopedic surgeons are not interested to manage these fractures surgically and most of them treat these cases conservatively (casting, etc.), in most displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures, surgical treatment is the method of choice. moreover, in non-surgical treatment the prevalence of these complications among the patients is more and as a result, inev...