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Gastric Stromal Tumors: Clinical Presentations, Diagnosis And Outcome, Dildar Hussain, Hasnain Zafar, Asad Jamil Raja
Gastric Stromal Tumors: Clinical Presentations, Diagnosis And Outcome, Dildar Hussain, Hasnain Zafar, Asad Jamil Raja
Section of General Surgery
Objective: To determine the clinical presentations, of gastric stromal tumors with diagnostic methods, pathology and outcome after surgery.
Study Design: A case series.
Duration and Setting: From January 1988 to December 2002 at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
Patients and Methods: All patients of age 14 years and above, diagnosed histopathologically to have gastric stromal tumors were included. The data of these patients was collected retrospectively from January 1988 to December 1998, and prospectively from January 1999 to December 2002. All the patients were studied as a single group.
Results: There were 11 patients. Their mean age was …
Earthquake Relief Experience Of Aga Khan University Trauma Team, Masood Umer, Haroon Rashid, Hasnain Zafar, Kamran Majeed
Earthquake Relief Experience Of Aga Khan University Trauma Team, Masood Umer, Haroon Rashid, Hasnain Zafar, Kamran Majeed
Section of General Surgery
The volatile geo-political situation of the country after the events of September 11, compelled the department of Surgery at Aga Khan University (AKU) to initiate the formation of a comprehensive disaster plan and trauma team. Since its inception the trauma team has stood the test of time during multiple disaster situations in Karachi. This includes the bus bombing of the French engineers, Hyderi mosque bomb blast and various other bomb blasts inside the city of Karachi. All these disasters were successfully managed within the premises of AKU. This earthquake relief activity was the first of its kind when the AKU …
Necrotizing Fasciitis Of The Breast, Saira Nizami, Kamran Mohiuddin, Mohisin-E-Azam, Hasnain Zafar, Muhammad Ashraf Memon
Necrotizing Fasciitis Of The Breast, Saira Nizami, Kamran Mohiuddin, Mohisin-E-Azam, Hasnain Zafar, Muhammad Ashraf Memon
Section of General Surgery
Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal condition that can affect any part of the body. It can occur after trauma, around foreign bodies in surgical wounds, or can be idiopathic. We describe a case of necrotizing fasciitis involving the breast following an initial debridement of an inflammatory lesion.