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.
By Fahmida Malik, Malik Muhammad Hanif, Ghulam Mustafa
Objective: To compare the efficacy of oral chloroquine versus oral tetracycline in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Study Design: Interventional comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Dermatology, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan, from July 2017 to Janua...
By Atif Sharif, Tasleem Akhtar, Mumtaz Akhtar, Irfan Malik, Muhammad Hanif, Naeem Zia
Objective: To compare mean postoperative pain post-Lichenstein open hernioplasty with and without ilioinguinal neurectomy at six months. Study Design: Randomised controlled trail. Place and Duration of Study: Surgical Unit-I, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi, from August 2014 to February 2015....
By Erum Najeeb, Rakhshanda Rashid, Shaista Zaffar
Objective: To determine the efficacy of flap fixation technique on formation of postoperative seroma after modified radical mastectomy. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: General Surgery Department, PIMS Hospital, Islamabad, from August 2014 to February 2015. M...
Objective: To compare efficiency of trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE) plus high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), and TACE alone on patients with primary liver cancer. Study Design: A descriptive, analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ultrasound, Daqing Oilfield G...
By Noor Afshan Lodhi, Muhammad Mukarram Bashir, Hamid Nawaz Tipu, Muhammad Hussain
Objective: To compare the distribution of HLA-B*27 subtypes in healthy controls and in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients of different ethnic groups from Pakistan. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from April...
By Xingang Zhao, Dongbin Yang, Weiwei Xu, Wen Xu, Zhengdong Guo
Objective: To determine the effect of irbesartan on the activity of oxidative stress parameters of glutathione (GSH), superoxide enzyme (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA), and concentration of serum inflammatory factors of macrophage chemokine-1 (MCP-1), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and...
By Muhammad Shaheer, Arooj Amjad, Zubair Saleem
Objective: To measure the changes in ganglion cell complex as measured on optical coherence tomography (OCT) after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin). Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ophthalmology, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, fr...
Objective: To determine the efficacy of subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab in regressing corneal neovascularisation. Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ophthalmology, Chandka Medical College and Hospital, SMBBMU, Larkana, Pakistan, from October 2015 to Mar...
By Fatma Yavuzyilmaz, Sebnem Ozdogan, Nafiye Urganci, Merve Kesim Usta
Objective: To compare the frequency of asthma and allergic diseases in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and Celiac disease using international study of asthma and allergies in childhood questionnaire. Study Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Pediatric...
By Shohreh Ahmadi, Abdul Malik Mujahid, Husnain Khan, Farrukh Aslam Khalid, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Younas Mehrose
Objective: To compare the graft survival between fat harvested from abdomen and medial thigh for facial contour deformity. Study Design: Randomised control trial (RCT) . Place and Duration of Study: Jinnah Burn and Reconstructive Surgery Center, Lahore, from October 2015 to April 2017. Methodolo...
By Chaohai Shi, Quan Chen
Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy of unibody bifurcated endovascular stent-graft repair versus conventional open surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Study Design: Interventional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Vascular Surgery, Gansu Province People's Hos...
By Guozheng Gao, Shugang Zhu, Zhen Xie, Jiasen Wang, Baohong Yao
Objective: To observe the clinical effect of catheter-directed thrombolysis on deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of lower extremity after burn. Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Invasive Technology Department, Binzhou City Center Hospital, China, from January 2015 to ...
By Nilgün Altuntas, Özlem Ceylan Dogan, Fatih Mehmet Kislal
Objective: To investigate the effect of phototherapy (PT) on WBC parameters and neutrophil volume, conductivity and scatter (VCS) parameters. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from October 201...
By Bugra Keseroglu, Berat Cem Ozgur, Sedat Tastemur, Lokman Irkilata, Ömer Gökhan Doluoglu, Cem Nedim Yücetürk
Objective: To evaluate the variables of cystic renal lesions to predict the renal tumors. Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Urology Department, Ankara Yüksek Ihtisas, Samsun Research and Training Hospitals, Turkey, from January 2013 to June 2017. Methodology...
By Misbah Noor, Saif Ullah Khan Niazi, Nadia Tayyab, Syed Adeel Gardezi, Eijaz Ghani, Muhammad Tahir Khadim
Objective: To determine the frequency of infections caused by Influenza viruses, i.e. Influenza A (H1N1) pdm09, Influenza A (H3N2) and Influenza B in patients presenting with respiratory tract infections, i.e. influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illness (SARI). Study Design:...
By Omer Sefvan Janjua, Abid Ashar, Tanzeela Khalid
Objective: To develop assessment-of-clinical-exodontia-skills (ACES) rating scale for formative and summative assessment of undergraduate dental students performing exodontia. Place and Duration of Study: Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad, from May 2017 to February 2018. Methodology: A pr...
By Shi-Min Yuan
Myocardial infarction/ischemia can be an underlying etiology and a major causative risk factor of cardiovascular hiccups. The objective of this systematic review was to review the literature regarding clinical features and treatments of hiccups of cardiac ischemia origin. PRISMA guidelines were fo...
By Priya Ramakrishnan, Shahla Siddiqui
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction which results in generalised weakness. Presentation varies and can often be delayed as the course is waxing and waning. We report the case of an elderly patient who was admitted with severe cholangitis. The patient requi...
Here, we present the management of a patient, developing severe peritonitis due to laceration of the jejunum, involving sutures applied to facial layers after anterior resection for adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon. The patient, an 83-year woman, was operated by anterior resection, and relaparo...
By Omer Furkan Turkis, Ali Karadag, Erik H. Middlebrooks, Mehmet Senoglu
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement is an effective and most frequently used surgical method in the treatment of hydrocephalus, but the mechanical and infective complications are often seen after this surgical procedure. Bowel perforation after VPS surgery is rarely seen complication that i...
By Teyyeb Azeem Janjua, Bushra Akbar
Severe lacrimal canalicular obstruction mandates a bypass surgery of conjunctivo dacryocystorhinostomy with Lester Jones tube or alternatively retrograde intubation and pseudopunctum generation with conventional, dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). However, in each case, the natural pathway is violated a...
By Lijian Zhao, Xuxia Liang, Haini Huang, Huihua Lan, Xin Wu, Chenhong Wang
The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of non-invasive prenatal genetic diagnosis of β-thalassemia with small fragments of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in peripheral blood of pregnant women. It was an observational study carried out at Department of Obstetrics, The People's...
By Humera Saeed, M. Shameel Khan, Syeda Maheen Batool, Asma Akbar Ladak, Nadia Karim, Rabeeka Aftab
In psychiatry, agitated / aggressive patients are often treated with de-escalation techniques. If this does not work, physical or chemical restrains are required; but in the event of resistance, seclusion is applied. We report the findings of baseline study of experiences of physical and chemical ...
By Muhammad Awais, Abdul Rehman, Noor Ul-Ain Baloch
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By Asra Khan, Rehana Rehman, Saara Ahmad
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By Nazeer Ahmed Qureshi, Uzma Zahid
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By Shahana Nisar, Maria Khan, Uzma Nisar
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