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.
"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".
By Waris Qidwai
By Burak Demirci, Abuzer Coskun, Cilem Bakar, Burak Akin
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the biphasic P (V1bP) wave in lead V1 in terms of three-vessel disease (TVD), bypass, and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Science...
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the postoperative graft patency rates of patients who had undergone coronary endarterectomies (CE) during coronary bypass surgery to those of patients who had not had CE, based on postoperative coronary angiography. Study Design: Comparative descriptive study. Place an...
By Sadik Volkan Emren, Zeynep Yapan Emren, Ahmet Ersecgin, Oktay Senoz
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the clinical and demographic factors affecting the selection of angiography in patients with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction (SLVSD, ejection fraction lower than 30%) developing non-ST-segment elevation (NSTEMI). St...
By Ummahan Dalkilinc Hokenek, Harika Kosluk Gurler, Ayten Saracoglu, Ahmet Kale, Kemal Tolga Saracoglu
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare conventional fluid management (CFM) with pleth variability index (PVI) guided goal-directed fluid management (GDFM) during elective total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH+BSO) operations. Study Design: Randomised controlled trial. Place a...
By Yildiz Akdas Reis, Erol Nadi Varli, Murat Levent Dereli, Turkan Dikici Aktas, Harun Egemen Tolunay, Salim Erkaya
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the characteristics and subsequent pregnancy outcomes in patients with a previous ectopic pregnancy (EP). Study Design: Descriptive-cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics-Gynaecology, Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Maternity and Women&rsqu...
By Emre Bozdag, Suleyman Sonmez, Erkan Somuncu, Serhan Yilmaz, Ceren Basaran, Mehmet Abdussamet Bozkurt
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the anatomy of the extrahepatic bile duct and to reveal its importance in the formation of acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC). Study Design: Case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Surgery and Radiology, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training...
By Ferhat Ekinci, Onur Yazdan Balcik, Bilgin Demir, Pinar Gursoy, Ahmet Ozveren, Atike Pinar Erdogan
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prognostic significance of the new index designed by formulating neutrophil, lymphocyte, and platelet counts in patients with metastatic disease receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and its effect on the immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Study Design...
By Oguzkagan Batikan, Mert Mahsuni Sevinc, Oguzhan Tekin, Derya Sonmez, Selim Dogan, Murat Kegin
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate several lymphocyte subtypes with various parameters that can be applied easily and give fast results for their roles in evaluating the stage and prognosis of acute biliary pancreatitis. Study Design: Case-control study. Place and Duration of Study: The Emergency Depar...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) therapy performed on patients with great saphenous vein insufficiency. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Bahcelievler State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, between January 2018 and May 2021 Methodol...
By Izzet Dogan, Senem Karabulut, Didem Tastekin, Ferhat Ferhatoglu, Nail Paksoy, Burak Sakar
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the efficacy of trastuzumab-based treatment in patients with HER2/neu-positive metastatic gastric cancer. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medical Oncology, Istanbul University, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul, Turkey, bet...
By Ezel Yaltirik Bilgin, Ozkan Unal, Nazan Ciledag
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the relationship of the presence and amount of vasogenic edema with origin, type, and grade of primary cancer. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Radiology C...
By Meral Sayin, Gokhan Celenkoglu
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate and compare the effects and toxicity of weekly low dose with three weekly standard doses of docetaxel in hormone-resistant metastatic prostate cancer. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: University of Health Sciences, Ankara Training and Res...
By Yousaf Jamal Mahsood, Mashal Bano, Saima Farooq, Muhammad Zia ud Din Khalil
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the HIV-related ocular manifestations between HAART-naïve (Highly active antiretroviral therapy) and HAART-treated patients. Study Design: Observational (comparative) Study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Ophthalmology and Family Care Centre of Hay...
By Bing Bai, Jin-liang Ya, Chao Yan
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of coronary artery lesion (CAL) in children with Kawasaki disease (KD) and to analyse the related risk factors of CAL and the predictive value of risk factors for CAL. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediat...
By Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib Khan, Syed Bilal Hashmi, Tariq Moatter, Asghar Nasir
ABSTRACT Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. This study aims to determine the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of the CFTR gene mutations reported in the literature for Pakistani-origin CF patients. Databases were searc...
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Faraz Mahmood Ayyaz, Usman Ismat Butt, Mahmood Ayyaz, Muhammad Umar Warraich, Waris Farooka
, Wasim Hayat Khan
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the outcome of Laparoscopic Gastro-jejunostomy in patients presenting with Gastric Outlet obstruction secondary to Corrosive intake at the Services Hospital. Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Surgery, Services Hospital, Lahore, Paki...
By Gokhan Yilmaz, Yusuf Tanrikulu, Beslen Goksoy
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the indications of early and late complications in 224 patients who underwent Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) procedure. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of General Surgery, Karatay University and Medipol Universi...
By Cennet Sahin, Aylin Hasanefendioglu Bayrak, Mujdat Bankaoglu, Mehmet Ali Talmac, Ozgur Genc
ABSTRACT Objective: To observe the necessity and usefulness of follow-up Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography Imaging (CTI) after RFA of osteoid osteoma. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Radiology, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Ho...
By Shams Uddin, Kaleem Ullah, Abdul Wahab Dogar, Syed Hasnain Abbas, Siraj Khoso, Bilal Ahmed
ABSTRACT Recipient hepatectomy is a challenging surgical procedure. Coagulopathy, multiple collaterals, and dense adhesions secondary to previous spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics are the major contributing factors. However, the appropriate recipient hepatectomy technique can limit the...
By Xiaolong Liu, Xiang Guo, Linsheng Wang, Yueqin Chen, Hao Yu, Zhanguo Sun
ABSTRACT Collagenous fibroma (CF) is a benign soft tissue tumour with good prognosis. Preoperative imaging diagnosis is essential to avoid unnecessarily extended resection, which may result in irreversible functional damage. However, few studies published to date have reported on the imaging feature...
ABSTRACT Cecal diverticulitis is a rare cause of right lower-quadrant abdominal pain. As its symptoms mimic those of acute appendicitis, the final diagnosis in the patients is generally confirmed after surgery. Herein, we report a 45-year man who was admitted to the department of emer...
By Serhan Yilmaz, Husnu Aydin, Hakan Bolukbasi
ABSTRACT Ingestion of a foreign body is generally observed in the psychiatric patients and children. Healthy adult individuals may also swallow a foreign body unintentionally. Here, we report a case of a patient who swallowed a plastic fork and treated with laparoscopic repair. A 46-year man was adm...
By Ahmet Asci, Hakan Bahadir Haberal, Fariba Amini, Deniz Ates Ozdemir, Ahmet Gudeloglu
ABSTRACT The testicular tumour is the most common solid malignancy in males between the ages of 15 and 35 years. Testicular tumours most commonly present with a painless testicular mass. Fournier’s gangrene is necrotising fasciitis of the genital, perineal, and perianal region characterized by...
By Sabit Numan Kuyubasi, Sermet Inal, Alaadin Oktar Uzumcugil, Sevil Alkan Ceviker, Bunyamin Ari
ABSTRACT Brucella infection is often an occupational disease of veterinarians, agricultural workers, and slaughterhouse workers. The infection is generally spread by contact of broken skin (open cuts or wounds) with infected animal tissues or by ingesting unpasteurized milk and dairy products from t...
By Shaul Hameed Kolarkodi, Muhammad Qasim Javed, Mohammed Rafeeq PK, Dhafer Alasmari, Mohammed Faiz CP
ABSTRACT Hemangioma is frequently seen benign tumour of vascular origin, typed into capillary and cavernous hemangiomas based on the nature of vessels in the lesions. Capillary hemangioma is a collection of small capillary-size vessels and shows lobule formation. Cavernous hemangioma is formed by th...
By Pratikshya Thapaliya, Tanveer Ahmad, Nazish Sikander, Misauq Mazcuri, Ambreen Abid
ABSTRACT Penetrating neck injuries (PNIs) can cause injuries to great vessels. Superior vena cava (SVC) injury from a stab to the neck is rare and when it occurs, poses a significant risk of exsanguinating hemorrhage. We report a case of a 17-year female who survived a delayed presentation of ...
By Anshu Gupta, Raksha Kundal, Maitree Pandey
ABSTRACT Opsoclonus–myoclonus syndrome (OMS) or the dancing eye syndrome, is a rare inflammatory neurological disorder often with paraneoplastic aetiology. It has an incidence of 1 in 1000,000 population worldwide. Opsoclonus–myoclonus syndrome is associated with 2-3% of patients having ...
By Muhammad Nauman, Mudassir Hussain, Pardeep Kumar, Rehan Mohsin, Gauhar Sultan, Altaf Hashmi
ABSTRACT In this study, patients, who underwent excision of retroperitoneal mass following chemotherapy for testicular cancers from 2006 to 2016, were studied and followed till 2021. The clinical and oncological outcomes were measured. Among 338 patients, who were treated for TC during the entire st...
By Mevlut Kiyak, Alpaslan Tanoglu, Dilek Yilmaz
By Faiq Amin, Sahar Zuberi, Syeda Sadia Fatima
By Feng Chi, Yuefu Lan, Liangxian Jiang