SECOND OPINION: A surgeon’s view of healthcare and policy in India
Pseudomyxoma Peritonea: Uncommon Presentation
The clinical case of a 60-year-old patient who presented predominantly with urological symptoms. CECT revealed an appendiceal lesion infiltrating and projecting into the urinary bladder.
Major hemobilia--experience from a specialist unit in a developing country
Hemobilia is a rare but potentially life threatening problem, which can be difficult to diagnose and treat. The aim of this study was to analyze the etiology, clinical features, management and outcome of major hemobilia in a tertiary referral centre from western India.
National Bioethics Conference: Ethics, equity and justice: a view from the belly of the beast
I have often wondered whether individuals like me are, by being in the belly of the beast, contributing to the growth of the beast in its present form.
An unusual surgical site infection in a liver transplant recipient
Mycobacterium abscessus is a rare cause of human infection and is difficult to diagnose unless it is suspected. We believe that this is the first documented case of surgical site infection by M abscessus in a liver transplant recipient.
Anticoagulation and Budd-Chiari syndrome
Technical difficulties usually arise in infants when the vein size is too small for stenting. In 14 children with Budd-Chiari syndrome, we could perform radiological intervention successfully in 11; the procedure failed due to small vessel size in 3 patients.
An unusual cause of acute liver failure
ALA presenting as liver failure is rare and is not because of hepatocyte dysfunction, but due to compromised blood flow either from portal vein, hepatic vein or IVC compression, as was seen in our patient. Literature is scarce in the form of clinical case reports or imaging studies, documenting portal vein thrombosis in an ALA as a cause of liver failure.
Endoscopic ultrasound in biliary fasciolosis
Ketan Desai and the Medical Council of India: the road to perdition?
This essay provides data that may help the reader identify the rot within the Council. Permitted optimism, we may hope that this essay and similar observations by others will prompt a change for the better.