Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
ISSN: 1022-386X (PRINT)
ISSN: 1681-7168 (ONLINE)
Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (JCPSP), is an open access, peer reviewed monthly biomedical journal of the country published regularly since 1991. College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan is the parent body of this Journal.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide credits to educational activities.
CPSP designates '3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits' for review of the manuscript of an original study.
"A companion journal of JCPSP (the official journal of CPSP) has been launched by the name of JCPSP Case Reports. Submission of Case Reports is now open."
Please visit https://jcpspcr.pk/.
By Maseeh uz Zaman, Nosheen Fatima
By Anwar ul Huda, Mohammad Yasir, Mohammad Faheem Shaikh, Mohammad Zulqarnain Mughal, Asim Arif
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the efficacy of adding 0.5 micrograms/kg of dexmedetomidine to 0.2% ropivacaine in erector spinae plane block in terms of 24-hour opioid consumption after lumbar spine surgeries. Study Design: A randomised controlled trial. Place and Duration of the Study: The Secu...
By Muhammad Fahad Atta, Khadija Qamar, Saba Saleem Safdar, Maria Iram, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir Kiani, Muhammad Sarwar Zia
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the preventive effect of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) on the testicular histology of rats exposed chronically to mosquito coil smoke. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Anatomy, Army Medical College/National University of Medical...
By Muhammad Bilal, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib Khan, Sibtain Ahmed
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the clinical, radiological, and biochemical features of glutaric aciduria Type 1 (GA1) patients identified through urine organic acid testing at a biochemical genetics laboratory (BGL) in Pakistan. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: De...
By Rabia Ghafoor, Najmus Saher, Syeda Mahanum Ali
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the efficacy of topical minoxidil and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of alopecia areata (AA). Study Design: Randomised control trial. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Dermatology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, from De...
By Sameena Ahmed, Samia Perwaiz Khan, Safia Izhar, Sadia Rashid, Rizwana S. Waraich, Fadieleh A. Sohail
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the efficacies of common therapeutic regimens and their combinations, used in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) to improve fertility in reproductive-age women. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Obstetric Gynaecologist, M...
By Mustafa Dogan, Derya Baykiz, Ibrahim Yilmaz, Fatma Bahar Hacioglu Kasim, Betul Ekiz Bilir, Bulent Bilir
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effect of favipiravir administered to diabetic and non-diabetic COVID-19 patients on the QT/QTc interval. Study Design: Analytical study. Place and Duration of the Study: Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, State Hospital, Corlu, Tekirdag, Turkiye, from March ...
By Muhammad Arsalan Ashraf, Seema Irfan
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of various commercially available alcohol-based hand sanitisers (ABHS) using European standard (EN 1500) method and perform ABHS testing with membrane filtration method. Study Design: A Cross-sectional observational study. Place and Duration...
By Rongxin Sun, Xiaojie Zhang, Xiaolong Zang, Zhiyong Li
ABSTRACT Objective: To explore the preventive efficacy of antibiotics following surgical removal of the impacted mandibular third molars and screen the potential risk factors. Study Design: A cohort trial. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Zhejiang Unive...
By Sadia Talib, Tanveer Abbas, Abeera Ahmed, Wajid Hussain, Fatima Sana, Saba Fazle Rabbi
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the susceptibility of colistin by two methods in extensive drug-resistant (XDR) Gram-negative isolates from ICU patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional comparative analysis. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Microbiology, Combined Military Hospital Karachi...
By Junmei Zhang, Xuezheng Wang, Hongjuan Du, Yan Xue
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of eribulin plus anti-angiogenic medicine in metastatic breast cancer (MBC), and explore the potential biomarkers. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Medical Oncology, Xi’an International Me...
By Uzma Shamsi, Sajida Qureshi, Munira Moosaji, Iqbal Azam, Romana Idrees
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the survival rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the Pakistani population and determine the prognostic factors for survival among the CRC patients. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Place and Duration of the Study: The cancer registry of the Aga Khan Univer...
By Momina Khalid, Sehrish Zaffar, Fatima Ikram, Waqar Ahmed Siddiqui, Mobin Riaz, Anam Shaukat
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effect of Ziziphus honey on the healing of post-extraction alveolar sockets by estimating the levels of osteopontin (OPN) in humans. Study Design: Randomised controlled trial. Place and Duration of the Study: Dental section of the Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, ...
By Samie Asghar Dogar, Tahir Munir, Ausaf Ahmed Khan, Saad Ilyas, Mohsin Nazir Butt, Asad Latif
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess if limiting elective surgeries during specific pandemic phases significantly affected COVID-19 incidence among operating room (OR) staff. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Place and Duration of the Study: Operation Theatre (OT), The Aga Khan University Hospital,...
By Yan Qin, Peng Qiao, Xing Guan, Biao Wang
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the potential clinical benefits of mid-urethral sling (MUS) and urethral dilatation (UD) operations for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) combined with urethral stricture. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Departmen...
ABSTRACT The present study aimed to identify the impact of various periodisation approaches used in training athletes and to identify the effect size of the periodisation technique in improving athletes’ peak performance before the main event. Inclusion criteria comprised recruitment of all th...
By Irfan Atik, Enes Gul
ABSTRACT Objective: To examine the effect of sarcopenia on osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture with psoas muscle measurements. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Radiology, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkiye, from January 2020 to Marc...
By Guzin Neda Hasanoglu Erbasar, Mehmet Fatih Senturk, Kevser Sancak
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the clinical applicability of the modified concentric cannula technique (CCT), focusing on the duration of the arthrocentesis, the number of reposition of cannula, and the occurrence of complications. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: ...
By Sehrish Maqbool, Najia Sajjad Khan, Iram Abbas, Alamgir Khan
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of inferior alveolar nerve injury during third molar extraction and the associated factors. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, Pakistan, fro...
By Asma Shabbir, Humaira Khurshid, Imran Mahmood Khan
ABSTRACT Objective: Neonatal multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-N) is a unique disease of neonates described in several case reports from all over the world with a myriad of presentations and the emergence of new cases. Study Design: Retrospective case series. Place and Duration of the Study: D...
By Gulcin Turkmen Sariyildiz, Fikriye Figen Ayhan
ABSTRACT Objective: To explore the impact of COVID-19 among both the newly diagnosed patients and patients under follow-up for breast cancer by focusing on patients’ accessibility to management and comparing the distribution of them before and during pandemic. Study Design: Single-centric ret...
By In Cheol Hwang, Hong Yup Ahn
ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study investigated health-related behaviours in Korean cancer survivors by time after cancer diagnosis. The data of 50,532 subjects (aged 40 to 79 years) who participated in the 2007–2019 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES) were subj...
ABSTRACT This study explored the clinical features of tracheobronchial foreign bodies (TFB) in children lacking both a foreign body aspiration history and bronchial cut-off signs on imaging. This study was conducted between 2011 and 2021, including 45 children without a choking history or tracheal i...
By Raahim Salman Abdul Ghaffar, Abdullah Nawaz Baloch, Tazeen Saeed Ali
By Shima Al Khuri, Suad Al Jahdhami, Asim Qureshi
By Wajiha Qamar