The authors report a simple technique for effective management of surgical drains and their reliable removal in elective hip and knee arthroplasty. Many surgeons use surgical drains for elective total hip and knee arthroplasties and instruct residents in their use despite limited evidence to support routine use of surgical drains in noninfected cases. There are many different types of drains an...

Introduction: Despite the ongoing debate with regards to the use of antibiotic prophylaxis during surgical extractions and whether they should be administered at all, patients attending for surgical removal of teeth may receive antibiotics before and/or after surgery. This review examined the evidence for the use of pre-operative antibiotic prophylaxis for patients undergoing surgical tooth rem...

Metastatic ovarian cancers occur in 3-8 percent of women undergoing surgical resection of a primary colorectal cancer. In this study we examined the characteristics of women with colorectal cancer for whom synchronous oophorectomy had been performed. In this cross-sectional study, records of patients with colorectal cancer from April 1991 through October 1999 who had undergone surgery for ...

While practicing anesthesia in developing and underdeveloped countries, it is important to consider not only the quality of anesthesia but also the cost-effectiveness. I read the article by Singh et al. where the author mentions cost-effective indigenous drug delivery system for nerve blocks.[1] The mentioned technique is an attempt and concentrated mainly on cost-effectiveness. We do regularly...

Received February 2009 Accepted August 2009 INTRODUCTION Term of gossypiboma (textiloma, cottonoid, gauzoma, and muslinoma) is used to describe a retained surgical pad or gauze in the body after an operation. Retained postoperative foreign bodies, of which sponges are the most common, is a preventable condition and almost always iatrogenic.(1,2) Gossypiboma may present acutely or subacutely and...

To cite: Banerjee K, Chattopadhyay S, Arora R, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013008702 DESCRIPTION A 50-year-old male patient reported with a chief complaint of pain and intraoral swelling on the left side of the floor of the mouth since last 3 months (figure 1). Initially, owing to poor financial condition, he ignored the lesion and took...