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 Waqas Ahmed Khan, Saad Salim Naviwala
By Ayca Tuba Dumanli Ozcan, Serhat Ocakli, Ezgi Erkilic, Yasemin Yalniz, Sadettin Er, Cengiz Ceylan
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the outcome of awake surgery with combined spinal epidural in geriatric colon cancer patients with advanced comorbidity. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara Bilkent City Hospit...
By Nida Shafqat, Syed Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Qamar Abbas, Muhammad Faisal Farooq, Muhammad Siddique, Shakeel Malik
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the role of dexmedetomidine in potentiating the local anaesthetic efficacy of a low dose of bupivacaine when used as an adjuvant. Study Design: A prospective, double-blind, randomised study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Anaesthesia, Sindh Institute ...
By Nida Aqeel, Muhammad Qamar Abbas, Syed Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Faisal Farooq, Muhammad Siddique, Shakeel Malik
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the efficacy of dexmedetomidine versus ketofol for moderate sedation in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Study Design: Randomised controlled trial. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Anaesthesia, SICU and Pain Manag...
By Aleena Khalid, Maria Mushtaq Gill, Irfan Ali Mirza, Sakeenah Hussain Naqvi, Syed Adeel Hussain Gardezi, Rabia Sajjad
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a commercial real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kit targeting 18S rRNA against Giemsa-stained tissue slides in patients clinically suspected of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Place ...
By Faiza Ikram, Muhammad Ali Rabani, Sidra Arshad, Barkat Ullah Khan, Muhammad Usman Bashir
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the long-term effects of early postnatal malnutrition and various degrees of catch-up growth on metabolic (serum glucose, leptin, triacylglycerides) and neurodevelopmental parameters (learning and memory) among male and female rodent models, mimicking human preterm i...
By Duygu Felek, Onur Ilkay Dincer, Erol Cakmak
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the presence of microplastics in the stomach, and the relationship between pathological changes in stomach tissue and microplastics. Study Design: An analytical study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Internal Medicine, Sorgun State Hospital, Yozgat, Tu...
By Ali Kemal Taskin, Mustafa Akar, Bulent Ozcetin
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the efficacy and postoperative complications of laser and hybrid seton methods in the treatment of perianal fistula (PF). Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences, B...
By Linyun Xue, Yaowu Cai, Junwei Xie, Pengxing Xue, Zhonghua Huang, Wei Chen
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transparent cap-assisted blunt dissection (TCABD) in the endoscopic resection of gastric submucosal tumours (G-SMT) smaller than 2cm, as compared with conventional electronic knife dissection. Study Design: Randomised controlled analysi...
By Aysha Aslam, Hafeez Ud Din, Abdul Qadir, Umair Aslam, Saba Humayoun, Wajahat Ahmed
ABSTRACT Objective: To establish the diagnostic utility of immunohistochemistry markers p16 along with MDM2 and CDK-4 in confirming the diagnosis of well-differentiated and de-differentiated liposarcoma while taking Fluorescent in situ Hybridisation (FISH) as a gold standard. Study Design: A cross-s...
By Munazza Nabi Awan, Nighat Shahbaz, Irsa Hidayat, Asghar Ali Kerio, Hashim Khan, Awais Siddiq
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the effectiveness of cyclosporin A (CSA) monotherapy in treating patients with non-severe aplastic anaemia (NSAA). Study Design: A cross-sectional observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Clinical Haematology...
By Asad Abbas, Abdul Rehman Arshad, Muhammad Iqbal
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare oral pregabalin with oral sertraline for treatment of uraemic pruritus. Study Design: Randomised controlled trial. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Nephrology, Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from October 2023 to January 2024. Methodo...
By Chen Ye, Gang Hu, Xiaoni Zhou, Wen Deng, Kai Hu, Minglei Fu
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate disparities in gene expression profiles between Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma (OCCC) and High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma (HGSOC). Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: The Second People's Hospital of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, be...
By Dahui Shen, Shoukang Sun, Zhifang Mu, Dong Yuefu
ABSTRACT Objective: To establish an optimal preoperative HbA1c threshold that enhances surgical outcomes and minimises postoperative complications in diabetic patients undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Study Design: Prospective cohort study. Place and Duration of the Study: Departme...
By Bilal Umar, Hafiz Khalil Ahmad, Barira Bashir, Ammara Rabbani, Muhammad Tariq Iqbal, Kamran Khalid
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the early detection of vascular obstruction in microvascular flaps using a thermographic camera. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Plastic Surgery, Jinnah Burn and Reconstructive Surgery Centre, Lahore, Pakistan, fro...
By Muhammad Tahir Ghani, Hafiz Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq, Ibad Ur Rehman, Nain Sukh
ABSTRACT Bile leakage in abdominal drain after cholecystectomy is reported to close spontaneously without any intervention. The aim of this systematic review was to find out the amount and source of bile leaks that can be closed spontaneously and various factors associated with this closure. A syst...
By Ya-Fang Chen, Si Li, Mei-Juan Wang, Meng-Yuan Wu, Zi-Chen Du, Li-Ping Wei
ABSTRACT This study was a meta-analysis of patient data to investigate the therapeutic effects of inclisiran on LDL-C, PCSK9, and TC in patients with atherosclerosis. Authors searched the Cochrane Library, Pubmed, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases for randomised controlled trials. Data of 4,731 s...
By Mehreen Fatima, Arshad Khan, Ramlah Naz, Muhammad Yahya Noori
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the effectiveness of flipped classroom and video-assisted learning techniques with didactic lectures in promoting clinical reasoning skills in Forensic Medicine. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Forensic Medicine, D...
By Ozlem Akinci, Ercan Inci, Mustafa Orhan Nalbant, Ozkan Oner, Elif Hocaoglu
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the value of hypointense pericholedocal ring sign in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2W sequence images in the diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). Study Design: Retrospective observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Radio...
By Rehana Rahim, Heera Urooj, Hina Gul
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of phenotypes of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in patients presenting with sub-fertility, and to compare the clinical and hormonal characteristics among them. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Depart...
By Xin Li, Zhen-Jie Liu, Liang Liang, Hai-Qing Dong, Xingang Zhao
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the clinical efficacy of combined microsurgery and postoperative radiotherapy for the treatment of intramedullary spinal gliomas and its impact on neurological function. Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Neurosurgery, B...
By Hafsa Majid, Aamir Ijaz, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Sibtain Ahmed, Aysha Habib Khan
ABSTRACT Objective: To comprehensively analyse the current state of metabolomics in clinical laboratories across Pakistan. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of the Study: Section of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, K...
ABSTRACT Fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (f-EVAR, b-EVAR, respectively) are technically challenging procedures that have evolved over the last decade for complex aortic aneurysms. They are alternatives to surgical repair for suprarenal and juxtarenal aortic aneurysms. A...
By Jingqiu Zhang, Jin Wang, Yongping Lu
ABSTRACT The clinical risk factors and risk of developing pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with acute isolated distal deep venous thrombosis (IDDVT) were assessed using single complete-duplex ultrasound (CDUS) imaging to reduce over-testing and over-treatment. This observational study was conduct...
By Mengna Liang, Qian Chen, Jiefang Xu, Qiaocong Lu
ABSTRACT A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to assess the level of caring behaviour among clinical nurses in Southern China and explore its influencing factors. The study was carried out in the Sixth Affiliated Hospital, South China University of Technology, Guangdong, China, from Dec...
By Hassam Nasir Khan Alizai, Aainah Pasha
By Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip, Viroj Wiwanitkit
By Arshad Khushdil, Umair Anees, Moeez Hussain
By Muhammad Farooq, Hafsa Majid, Muhammad Umer Naeem Effendi