Medial meatal fibrosis is a rare condition in which the medial portion of the external auditory canal is obliterated with fibrous tissue. We selected 4 cases of patients with medial meatal fibrosis with a history of recurrent otorrhea who underwent surgery during the years of 2012 and 2013, presenting the surgical results here. Physical examination showed an obliterated external auditory canal ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the characteristics of antrochoanal polyps (ACPs) in children. METHODS 10 children operated for ACP were investigated retrospectively. Demographic characteristics, surgical and histopathological findings were evaluated. RESULTS The mean age was 10.2 years. The antral part of ACP was removed through middle meatal antrostomy in four patients, and transcanine sinuscopy wa...

Introduction  Circumcision is the most widely practised surgical procedure in the world. One sixth of the male popuiation have a ritual circumcision. The procedure was formerly exclusively per­formed by lay practitioners, jewish rabbis and barbers with physicians playing no role in the performance and it was a purely religious rite up to the late 19th Century.  Abraham apparently first advoca...

INTRODUCTION Despite advances in infection prevention and control, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are common and remain problematic. A number of measures can be taken to reduce the risk of CAUTI in hospitals. Appropriate urinary catheter insertion procedures are one such method. Reducing bacterial colonisation around the meatal or urethral area has the potential to reduce...

Objective: To compare the outcomes of Bracka’s and Snodgrass techniques in hypospadias repair among patients admitted at Liaquat University Hospital, Jamshoro. Methods: Prospective study was conducted plastic surgery unit, Jamshoro from January 2018 to December 2019. All male children aged between 6 months-15 years, given consent participation, having distal were not previously operated for (pr...