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M S Misgar

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PubMed1983

Analytical study of burns in Kashmir.

Kashmir Valley is part of Jammu and Kashmir State. It is surrounded on all sides by the Pirpanchal range of mountains, and as a result of this position it is cold in the valley for about three-quarters of the year. The population of the Kashmir Valley is 31 30 090 and that of the Srinagar district is 7 21 078. The people of the valley use a 'Kangri' which is a portable unguarded heater to keep themselves warm. Burns being common in the area it prompted the undertaking of an analytical study of 100 burn cases admitted to the Medical College Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir. The pattern of cases referred to or admitted directly in our hospital reflect the percentage of burn injuries sustained in Kashmir Valley since it is the only provincial hospital of its kind in the Valley having facilities for the undertaking of plastic surgery.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Evaluation of bacteria and biliary tract diseases.

Bile specimens were taken for culture from 100 patients who had disease originating in the biliary tract. Routine cases of chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis were found to have a low incidence of infected bile. An acute process appears to be needed in order to produce infected bile, and an acute obstruction of the bile duct due to gallstones produced infected bile. An effort should be made to select these patients and begin antibiotic therapy as soon as possible.

Adolescent↗
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Partial synovectomy in the treatment of tuberculosis of the knee.

Fifty synovectomies of the knee joint for tuberculous synovitis performed during a six-year period with complete postoperative follow-up were studied to assess the value of such procedures and the conclusions drawn are reported here. In order to obtain good results, synovectomy should be performed during the early phase of disease, when the knee remains swollen and warm, even after antitubercular therapy, or when the range of movement does not show signs of returning. Exploration of such joints in children shows that the cartilage is wholly or partly covered by pannus. Removal of this pannus allows better nutrition of the cartilage and thus greatly reduces the number of children eventually requiring arthrodesis. Even in adults, when the disease is mainly synovial with pannus formation over the articular cartilages but without serious damage to the bony articular surface, partial synovectomy, or more precisely, joint clearance gives encouraging results and arthrodesis may only need to be performed in patients with severe forms of the disease, often involving the bony articular surfaces.

Adolescent↗