Abdominal tuberculosis

Posted by patta.radhakrishna on Fri, 07 May 2010

Tuberculosis can occur in any part of the body and abdomen is no exception. Abdomen is the commonest site of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Patients with HIV infection are more prone to abdominal tuber...

Training young surgeons

Posted by patta.radhakrishna on Tue, 18 May 2010

The two advances in the field of operative surgery in this century have been minimal access surgery and organ transplantation. The present generation of trainee surgeons should be well versed in eithe...

The magic of minimal access surgery

Posted by patta.radhakrishna on Wed, 26 May 2010

Minimal access surgery or laparoscopic surgery has come to stay. Gone or those days when patients after big abdominal operations needing large doses of injectable pain killers , tied down to the hospi...

Cancer of the esophagus

Posted by patta.radhakrishna on Sat, 05 Jun 2010

Cancer of the esophagus is generally seen in pateints over 50 and chronic smokers. They present with dysphagia or symptom of food getting stuck in the foodpipe while swallowing,. This will be progress...