Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
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Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (JCPSP), is the prestigious, 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.
"As a large number of case reports are awaiting publication, JCPSP has decided to stop acknowledging Case Reports for a certain period of time until the backlog is cleared. Therefore, case reports are regretted from processing".
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By Sikandar Hayat Khan, Syeda Arsheen Rizvi, Rahat Shahid, Robina Manzoor
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare DHEAS levels among subjects with and without PCOS, evaluating differences between lean-PCOS or obese-PCOS phenotype for insulin resistance, anthropometric indices, glycemic and lipid parameters. Study Design: Descriptive study. Study Place and Duration of Study: PNS H...
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By Laiba Masood, Suraya Bano Zafar, Madiha Saeed Wahla, Salma Gul, Samina Akhtar, Atif Iqbal Rana
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the temporal changes on serial chest radiographs (CXRs)of hospitalised COVID-19 positive patients till their outcome(discharge/death); to determine the severity of CXR score and its correlation with clinical outcome (hospital stay, chest intubation and mortality). Stu...
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By Hasan Basri Cetinkaya, Harun Gunes
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the usefulness of shock index (SI) and lactate for prediction of 24-hour and 28-day mortality in acute heart failure (AHF) patients. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Balikesir University Hospital, Balikesir, Turkey; from Februar...
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By Nihat Mujdat Hokenek, Mehmet Ozgur Erdogan
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relationship between the prevalence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) related thoracic injury and patients’ thoracic volume and dimensions. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital, ...
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By Yunus Donder, Saliha Karagoz Eren, Omer Topuz, Tamer Ertan, Erhan Karatas
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate whether the concomitant repair of hiatal hernias during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has an effect on the outcome of the surgery in patients with hiatal laxity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms during preoperative prepara...
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By Xiaoguang Yu, Yuanyuan Zhao, Shaohua Huang, Yuzhen Wang
ABSTRACT Objective: To explore the relationship between the blastocyst quality and biochemical pregnancy or early embryonic cessation of development during the freeze-thaw cycle of in vitro fertilisation embryo transfer (IVF-ET). Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Reprodu...
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By Abdullah Durhan, Abdullah Senlikci, Koray Kosmaz, Ender Erguder, Umit Mercan, Marlen Suleyman
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the predictive effect of preoperative inflammatory factors on overall survival (OS) in patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Surgery, Ankara Training and Researc...
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By Hakan Uzunoglu, Selcuk Kaya
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the prognostic value of tumor diameter in the short term of 3 and 5 years in patients operated for gastric cancer. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Kartal Dr Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, from January 2014 to Dec...
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By Lei Chen, Qiang Chen, Minggao Zhu, Zhixiang Zhuang
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the effect and safety of sequential treatment with the low-molecular-weight heparin dalteparin and the direct oral anticoagulants rivaroxaban in patients with cancer- associated venous thromboembolism (VTE). Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of St...
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By Abdul Ahad Jamshaid, Muhammad Haroon Hamid, Tehreem Fatima, Misbah Noor, Areeba Wasim
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the impact of emollient therapy on gain in weight and length among preterm and low birth weight babies. Study Design: Randomised controlled trial. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediatric Medicine, KEMU / Mayo Hospital Lahore, from January till June 2018. M...
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By Shumaila Israr, Jamshed Akhtar, Syed Muhammad Raees Hussain Taqvi, Naima Zamir
ABSTRACT Objective: To find out the feasibility and safety of early surgery in pediatric patients who presented with appendicular mass. Study Design: Analytical observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Paediatric Surgery, National Institute of Child Health, Jinn...
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By Salih Polat, Serkan Yarimoglu, Omer Koras, Murat Sahan, Ertugrul Sefik, Ibrahim Halil Bozkurt, Tansu Degirmenci
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and reliability of Guy’s (GSS), S.T.O.N.E., and CROES scoring systems developed to predict percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) outcomes in aged patients. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Urology, Mini...
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By Fawaz Al-Hussain, Bandar Aljafen, Adel Alhazzani, Yousef Mohammad
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the risk of new ischemic events, demonstrated by diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) in patients undergoing diagnostic conventional cerebral angiogram. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Current Contents, Cochrane Central, Expert Files, and bibliogra...
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By Burhan Mayir
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the efficacy of intraoperative leak test (IOLT) by methylene blue to identify the presence of leak during standardised sleeve gastrectomy (SG) procedure. Study Design: Cross-sectional comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Surgery, An...
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By Fazal ur Rehman, Muhammad Arslan Ahmed, Kashif Aziz, Mahmooda Jabeen Ashraf, Tazein Amber, Sumera Aziz Ali
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of influenza pneumonia patients in tertiary care hospital, Karachi Pakistan. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi Pakistan from ...
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By Ibrahim Karadag, Serdar Karakaya, Ozturk Ates, Omur Berna Cakmak Oksuzoglu
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer followed by surgery study (CROSS) and continuous infusion 5-FU, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel (FLOT) protocols administered in distal esophageal and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) tumors in terms of effectiveness an...
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By Long Chen, Qilin Lu, Xiaozhen Wang, Yiliang Zhu, Dong Zhang
ABSTRACT Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) is a common disease among the elderly individuals. With the aging of the population development, the incidence of OVCF is increasing. Cementation of vertebral body like percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a minimally invasive and effective...
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By Jun-min Zhu, Gang Chen, Zuo-yi Jiao
ABSTRACT Portal hypertension may gradually lead to esophagogastric varices and splenomegaly in the decompensated stage of liver cirrhosis, which requires surgical treatment, if the disease worsens. Splenectomy with pericardial devascularisation is the routine surgery. One complex complication after...
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By Wenwen Wang, Feng Zhou
ABSTRACT Cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) spreading superficially to the inner surface of the uterus and replacing the endometrial lining cells with carcinoma cells is called superficial spreading SCC. We, hereby report a 53-year postmenopausal woman who had a history of cervical SCC in situ/h...
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By Muhammad Azeemuddin, Anosha Khan, Atif Hafeez Siddiqui, Asad Shakil, Basit Salam, Raza Sayani
ABSTRACT Pseudo-aneurysm of internal maxillary artery, following a road traffic accident, is a rare clinical scenario. The consequence of pseudo-aneurysm may be spontaneous rupture of the arterial wall, which may eventually lead to life-threatening hemorrhage. We report a case of a 20-year male who ...
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By Amir Humza Sohail, Muhammad Talha Liaquat, Mohammed Sachal Sohail, Muhammad Salman Khan, Hazim Hakmi
ABSTRACT Morel-Lavallée lesion is a post-traumatic degloving cyst, usually filled with blood, lymph or necrotic tissue, which mostly develops in the area around greater trochanter. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment is essential to prevent further complications, such as compression of surroundin...
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By Seda Yilmaz Semerci, Dilek Kurnaz, Tevfik Guzelbey, Seyma Oz, Murat Sahin, Merih Cetinkaya
ABSTRACT Pulmonary artery sling is an uncommon entity in the neonatal period. It is defined as an abnormally originated left pulmonary artery arising from the posterior aspect of right pulmonary artery. Because of the associated structures in this region, mostly originating from sixth aortic arch, t...
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By Oguz Catal, Bahri Ozer, Mustafa Sit
ABSTRACT Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is an autoimmune, systemic, non-granulomatous vasculitis characterised by self-limiting clinical course, and leukocytoclastic vasculitis of small vessels. Deposition of immune complexes that contain IgA is the hallmark of vascular involvement. Adults with...
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By Hilal Aydin, Ibrahim Hakan Bucak
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate vitamin B12 levels in the patients diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and to compare them with a healthy group. In this study, the files of the patients, who were admitted to the pediatric neurology outpatient clinic of a tertiary university...
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By Abdul Rahim Ahmed, Raza Ullah, Anwar ul Haque, Faiza Rahman, Sadiq Mirza, Humaira Jurair
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral administration of phosphorous enema in hypophosphatemia (HP) in critically ill children admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of The Indus Hospital, Karachi, from September 2018 to August 2019. This was a re...
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By Najam Uddin, Muhammad Iqbal, Hina Hashmi
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to find out the radiation dose relationship with subclinical hypothyroidism in the postoperative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients, who underwent adjuvant neck external beam radiotherapy. It was a prospective cohort study done between June 2018 a...
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By Selma A, Sreela LS, Philips Mathew, Twinkle S. Prasad, Admaja K. Nair
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By Avni Uygar Seyhan, Rohat Ak, Erdal Yilmaz
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By Ulku Mete Ural, Aybike Uysal, Emrah Erdal
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