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VOL. 25, NO.2 : APRIL - JUNE 2009<br />
RECOGNIZED BY <strong>PAKISTAN</strong> MEDICAL & DENTAL COUNCIL<br />
<strong>PAKISTAN</strong> <strong>JOURNAL</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>SURGERY</strong><br />
<strong>JOURNAL</strong> <strong>OF</strong> THE SOCIETY <strong>OF</strong> SURGEONS <strong>OF</strong> <strong>PAKISTAN</strong><br />
REGISTERED: ISSN 0258-8552<br />
President & Chief Editor<br />
Prof. Abdul Majeed Chaudhry<br />
Secretary & Managing Editor<br />
Dr. Shams Nadeem Alam<br />
Editor<br />
Prof. Zakiuddin G. Oonwala<br />
Prof. Mahmood Ayyaz<br />
Assistant Editors<br />
Prof. Saleem Khan<br />
Dr. Abdul Rehman Alvi<br />
Members<br />
Prof. Ahmed Fawad<br />
Karachi<br />
Prof. Ataullah Jan<br />
Peshawar<br />
Prof. Imtiaz Rasool<br />
Lahore<br />
Prof. M. Tufail<br />
Lahore<br />
Prof. Mustafa Kamal Pasha<br />
Multan<br />
Prof. Riaz Hussain Dab<br />
Faisalabad<br />
Prof. Tariq Saeed Mufti<br />
Abbottabad<br />
Dr. Akmal Jamal<br />
Hyderabad<br />
Dr. Altaf A. Talpur<br />
Nawabshah<br />
Dr. Ghulam Asghar Channa<br />
Karachi<br />
Dr. Irfan Mirza<br />
Gujranwala<br />
Dr. M. Saleem Shaikh<br />
Larkana<br />
Dr. Tariq Mahmood Rehan<br />
Bahawalpur<br />
Dr. Waseem Iqbal Shaikh<br />
Rawalpindi/Isb.<br />
Dr. Zafarullah Khan<br />
Quetta<br />
MEMBER <strong>OF</strong> REGIONAL INDEX MEDICUS (IMEMR) AND EXTRA--MED<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
Continuous Professional Development;<br />
have we planned for it --------------------------------------------------------- 67<br />
Shams Nadeem Alam, Muhammad Zubair<br />
ORIGINAL ARTICLES<br />
Frequency of acute pancreatitis in pregnancy<br />
and it’s outcomes --------------------------------------------------------------- 69<br />
Shoaib Gangat, Anjum Rehman, Muhammad Ayub, Saher Fatima,<br />
Ameer Ali, Iqbal Ahmed Memon<br />
Comparison of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC)<br />
and excision biopsy in the diagnosis of cervical<br />
lymphadenopathy ---------------------------------------------------------------- 72<br />
Naeem Ahmed, Saima Israr, Muhammad Sajjad Ashraf<br />
Post-tonsillectomy pain reduction by application of<br />
Bupivacaine pack in the Tonsillar Fossa ------------------------------- 76<br />
Ehsan-ul-Haq, Iqbal Hussain Udaipurwala, Muhammad Shuja Farrukh,<br />
Hemant Kumar<br />
Carcinoma Oesophagus ------------------------------------------------------ 80<br />
Kheeo Ram Dholia, Akleema Abro, Malik Hussain Jalbani,<br />
Sikandar Ali Shaikh<br />
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: An experience in a<br />
tertiary care hospital of Peshawar ---------------------------------------- 83<br />
Khalid Mahmood Khan, Mumtaz Ali, Hamzullah Khan, Abdul Aziz<br />
Caudal Bupivacaine Tramadol low dose combination for<br />
post-operative analgesia in paediatric patients ---------------------- 88<br />
Muhammad Talat Mehmood, Javed Ahmad, Syed Nurul Haque<br />
Lateral subcutaneous internal sphincterotomy in<br />
Chronic Anal Fissure: our experience ---------------------------------- 93<br />
Adnan Aziz, Irfan Sheikh, Shah Mohammad, Shams Nadeem Alam,<br />
S. Mazar<br />
Rescue Surgery for duodenal ulcer bleeding in an Era of<br />
effective medical management of Peptic Ulcer disease --------- 97<br />
M. Imran Anwar, Moeed Iqbal Qureshi, M. Shafi, Imran Hashim,<br />
Khalid M. Durrani<br />
Prognostic factors in Typhoid Enteric Perforation ---------------- 101<br />
Muhammad Laiq-Uz-Zaman Khan, Shams Nadeem Alam,<br />
Jahanzaib Haider, Khalid Ahsan Malik<br />
Upper gastro intestinal tract foreign bodies:<br />
Presentation and management -------------------------------------------- 106<br />
Zeba Ahmed, Salman Mutiullah, Tariq Zahid, Muhammad Saleem Marfani
The editors and members of the<br />
editorial board will not be held responsible<br />
for statements or opinions<br />
expressed by any contributor nor will<br />
they necessarily reflect the official<br />
policy of the Society of Surgeons of<br />
Pakistan.<br />
Annual Subscription Rates<br />
Pakistan ........................ Rs.1500<br />
India..............................Rs.2000<br />
U.K. ................................... £ 50<br />
U.S.A. ............................... $100<br />
Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastine) for<br />
proliferative diabetic retinopathy ---------------------------------------- 110<br />
Mirza Shafiq Ali Baig, Ata Ur Rehman, Jameel A. Burney<br />
Comparative study of wound healing in primary versus delayed<br />
primary closure in contaminated abdominal surgery ------------- 115<br />
Syed Muhammad Ashraf, Syed Hussain Mehdi,<br />
Muhammad Farooque Umer, Abdullah-El-Muttaqi<br />
Rouviers’s Sulcus: A guide to safe dissection in<br />
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy ------------------------------------------- 119<br />
Muhammad Zubair, Lubna Habib, Farzana Memon, Masoom Raza Mirza,<br />
Mehmood A. Khan, M. Saeed Quraishy<br />
Occupational risk of Anal Fissure in Young patients ------------ 122<br />
Syed Abid Ali, Fareed Akber Shah, Khalid Ahmed<br />
Post-operative complications of thyroidectomy for<br />
differentiated thyroid carcinoma ----------------------------------------- 125<br />
Noor Alam Ansari, Roshan Ali Solangi, Rafique Ahmed Sahito<br />
Pattern of normal vaginal flora in healthy married<br />
non-pregnant women --------------------------------------------------------- 128<br />
Shabeen Naz Masood, Seema Mumtaz, Musharaf Jahan<br />
Factors responsible for conversion of Laparoscopic<br />
Cholecystectomy --------------------------------------------------------------- 132<br />
Syed Nizamuddin, Sajjad Ashraf, Umair-Ul-Islam<br />
Address for Correspondence:<br />
The Managing Editor,<br />
Pakistan Journal Of Surgery,<br />
Surgical Unit VI, Civil Hospital,<br />
Karachi, Pakistan.<br />
Cell: 0321-2151177<br />
0300-8204483<br />
shamsalam@hotmail.com