April 2025
Chief Editor, Pediatric Surgery in Tropics
These days, those who aspire to become a surgeon have to solve 200 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours which makes them eligible to join a residency program. Those who are unable to score well, but a...
Professor of Surgery (Retired), Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Puducherry 605014, India. Director of Organ Transplantation, Government of Puducherry, India
Surgical trainees are often burdened with acquiring 'hard' skills such as suturing a wound, draining an abscess, placing a central line, and so on. The other personality traits, such as communication,...
Pediatric Surgery Unit, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital, Jalan Putera Al-Muhtadee Billah, Bandar Seri Begawan BA1712, Brunei Darussalam
Introduction: Perianal abscesses (PA) are common in infants, yet there is no consensus on optimal management. Approaches range from conservative management (CM) to surgical incision and drainage, with...
Former Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Kabul, Afghanistan. Freelance Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Max Superspecialty Hospital, Guru Gram, New Delhi-110017, India
Afghanistan is a country devastated by militancy and civil wars. Not only the resources are limited but also free movement inside the country is restricted due to security concerns. In such a restrict...
[1] Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Malaysia [2] Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [3] Department of Surgery, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Renal artery pseudo-aneurysm following trauma is rare in children. Bleeding pseudo-aneurysm requires high index of suspicion for early diagnosis and proper management. This report describes a 10-year-...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Wanita Dan Kanak-Kanak Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Ascending cholangitis (AC) is the commonest and most serious complication following Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) that significantly affects the long-term outcome of biliary atresia (BA). The role of a...
The first anniversary of the Pediatric Surgery in Tropics (PST) was celebrated on the 25 January 2025 at the Institute of Child Health (ICH), Madras Medical College (MMC), Chennai, India. Marking the ...
Vishwanath Ganesh Gharpure was an illustrious professor of surgery at the Government Medical Colleges of Nagpur, Aurangabad and Mumbai. He was the first batch of graduates from the Government Medical ...
[1] Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Mantola, Agra 282003, Uttar Pradesh, India [2] Anjali Ultrasound and Colour Doppler Centre, Agra 282003, Uttar Pradesh, India
Introduction: Gastrointestinal duplication cysts (GIDC) are rare and they occur anywhere from the oro-pharynx to the anal canal. They can be cystic or tubular and they may or may not have communicatio...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Introduction: Thick meconium induced ileal obstruction due to functional immaturity of the intestine (MIOFI) is a rare and frequently unrecognized condition that is typically seen in extremely low bir...
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi 110001, India
Penile tourniquet syndrome caused by hair coil is often an underdiagnosed clinical entity with severe potential complications including urethro-cutaneous fistulas, necrosis of the glans and partial or...