20.5.08

4 straightforward lap choles.

23.5.08: A femoral hernia in a 20 years old female, misdiagnosed as lipoma. Repaired.

24.5.08: An unusual appendix in a 30 years old female. Caecum and appendix nowhere in sight. Through the extended incision then, the whole of the caecum and appendix as well as the lower half of the ascending colon all were found to be retroperitoneal. All were then mobilized. The appendix was retrocaecal too.

27.5.08:

A big hydatid cyst with daughter cysts, removed.

Two TEP hernia repairs, one 20 years old thin male and very satisfactory repair ; the other obese and so not very satisfactory.

3.6.08:

A sternocleidomastoid tenotomy lower unipolar. 5 years old female child, c/o dr ravi dawra.

APR : 50 M lower rectal cancer, adherent anteriorly with the urethra which got injured. Repaired.

13.6.08

A big gynecomatia of the left breast in an 18 years old male (s/o dr Sukhraj). a proper simple mastectomy had to be done.

17.6.08:

A very close save at lap chole started by dr chawla who had dissected out what he thought was a long cystic duct and was about to clip it. joined just in time to dissect out the main hepatic and thus avoid a disaster. Was actually a sessile gall bladder which was, after the anatomy was defined, was endlooped at the neck.