Biomedical subjects

R Kant

Publications and source records attributed to R Kant.

8 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

Seasonal prevalence and succession of rice field breeding mosquitoes of central Gujarat.

Studies on seasonal prevalence and succession of mosquitoes in rice fields, revealed the dominance of Anopheles culicifacies and An. subpictus in newly transplanted fields during early months of rice cultivation, which was later replaced by the species like An. annularis, An. barbirostris, An. nigerrimus and An. tessellatus with the growth in plant height. Among culicines, except Cx. quinquefasciatus other species were prevalent during growing and later stages of the rice crop. Larval density was found inversely proportional to the height of plants, whereas species diversity maximized during growing phase due to equitable number of specimen among species.

Agriculture↗

PubMed1989

Outcome of laminectomy for civilian gunshot injuries of the terminal spinal cord and cauda equina: review of 88 cases.

Case records of 88 patients with low-velocity gunshot injuries of the terminal spinal cord and cauda equina treated by laminectomy at Cook County Hospital between 1969 and 1987 were reviewed. Sixty-one patients were operated upon within 72 hours of injury, 29 of whom (47.5%) experienced neurological improvement or pain relief. Twenty-seven patients were operated upon at a later time for associated injuries, 13 of whom (48.1%) experienced neurological improvement or pain relief. When laminectomy was delayed for more than 2 weeks, either arachnoid adhesions (15%) or occult abscesses (17%) were observed. From this review as well as from the literature, it appears that the timing of laminectomy for gunshot injuries of the thoracolumbar and lumbosacral spine is not essential to neurological recovery. It appears, however, that adequate debridement of these injuries, performed as soon as the patient is stable from any associated injuries, may help to mitigate the late sequelae of arachnoiditis, infection, and pain syndromes in the lower extremities.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1989

Anterior cervical debridement and strut-grafting for osteomyelitis of the cervical spine.

A retrospective review of the surgical experience in treating 18 patients with osteomyelitis of the cervical spine is reported. The patients ranged in age from 20 to 60 years and all complained of neck pain upon admission. Ten patients had a prior history of intravenous drug abuse, three had previously suffered penetrating injuries of the neck, and one had an extraspinal site of osteomyelitis. Bacteria were isolated in 13 cases and tuberculosis in three. Neurological abnormalities were present in over one-half of the patients, consisting of myelopathy (nine cases) or radiculopathy (four cases). Plain cervical spine films and polytomography demonstrated vertebral and end-plate destruction, spinal instability, and increased paravertebral soft-tissue shadow in all cases. Computerized tomography and, more recently, magnetic resonance imaging have proven helpful in detecting bone involvement and the presence of epidural extension associated with cervical osteomyelitis. The risk of vertebral body collapse, kyphosis, and myelopathy in the osteomyelitic cervical spine has standardized the management of this problem in this institution to consist of skeletal traction, needle aspiration or blood culture for organism identification, anterior cervical debridement, autogenous iliac graft fusion, and intravenous administration of antibiotics. Spinal stability and neurological improvement were achieved in all 18 patients.

Adult↗

PubMed1979