1. A neat thyroid lobectomy in a 20 years old female for a follicular adenoma. however, the vacuum suction drain pump rapidly filled up with blood – re-explored to find a laceration in the external jugular vein by the drain trocar. The rent was sutured.

2. A 45 years old female with a 2 cm cystic and solid mass in the superolateral part of right breast on mammograhpy, and clinically impalpable axillary nodes. histopathology was unclear. A lumpectomy and SLN bx was planned; methylene blue did stain a node; but had some other enlarged nodes ; so removed all – sort of axillary clearance was done. At final histopathology, no LN came out to be involved. However, the oncologist decided to go ahead with chemotherapy.