Objective: To evaluate the outcome of excision with or without primary closure in the management
of chronic pilonidal sinus (PNS) disease. Methods: Between July 2002 and November …

Objective To evaluate the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis
and to determine various pre-operative risk factors predicting conversion to open …

Objective: The study aims to determine the incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer in
surgically treated thyroid nodules and to study its clinical and pathological aspect. The objective …

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Background: Most of the recent reports on the surgical management of parotid gland disorders
come from specialist divisions of otolaryngology, head and neck, or faciomaxillary surgery…

Background Management of continued bleeding from esophageal varices despite adequate
injection sclerotherapy remains one of the medical and surgical dilemmas. Transabdominal …

Methods. This retrospective comparative study was carried out in the Department of General
Surgery Objective: To compare suture with mesh repair, for incisional hernia in terms of …

Background/aims: In this series of patients we aim to describe aspects of presentation,
diagnosis and management of patients suffering from Echinococcosis in an endemic region. …

Background: Intellectually‐disabled patients with acute abdominal conditions are susceptible
to late diagnosis and adverse outcome due to impaired communication, altered behaviour, …

Objectives: To study the outcome of patients with appendiceal abscess (AA) following immediate
operative and non-operative management in terms of complications and hospital stay. …