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Staging Of Endometrial Carcinoma By Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Correlation With Surgery And Histopathology, Fatima Mubarak, Mirza Waseem Akhtar, Gul-E-Khanda, Yusuf A Husen

Department of Radiology

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of MRI in staging of endometrial carcinoma, and comparison with surgery and histopathological findings.

METHODS: A one year prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from 10/3/2005 to 31/5/2006, at the Radiology department, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi. Fifty two patients with diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma, referred to radiology department for preoperative staging by MRI and had undergone surgery were included.

RESULTS: MRI was found to be 79% sensitive, 85% specific and 80% accurate for staging endometrial carcinoma while PPV and NPV were 97% and 66% respectively.

CONCLUSION: Magnetic resonance imaging is a good, safe, accurate …

Cancellation Of Surgery In Patients Attending The Preoperative Anaesthesia Assessment Clinic: A Prospective Audit, Tauseef Ahmed, Mueenullah Khan, Fauzia Khan

Department of Anaesthesia

OBJECTIVE: To find the causes of operating room cancellation in patients attending preoperative anaesthesia clinic and scheduled for surgery at our institution.

METHODS: This audit included all those patients who presented to the pre anaesthesia clinic with their surgeries planned in the main operating rooms of our hospital. The duration of this audit was two months. Cancelled cases were identified from the operating room lists and the reasons for cancellations were categorized into above mentioned four factors.

RESULTS: Fifty five (55) cancellations were identified; patient related factors (58%) were the most frequent cause followed by anaesthetic (22%), surgical (18.2%) and …

Wound Infiltration With Bupivacaine Versus Ketorolac For Postoperative Pain Relief In Minor To Moderate Surgeries, Mohammad Irfan Akhtar, Mohammad Saleem, Jawad Zaheer

Department of Anaesthesia

OBJECTIVE: To compare the analgesic efficacy of Bupivacaine 0.25% wound infiltration with Ketorolac incisional infiltration in relieving postoperative pain for first twenty-four hours.

METHODOLOGY: Analytical, interventional and comparative study was performed on seventy patients, of both sexes, with varied age groups. Patients underwent minor and moderate surgeries, confined to American Society of Anaesthesiologist ASA category 1-II. Patients were selected by convenience sampling and were divided into two groups i.e. Group I and Group II. Group-I comprised of thirty five patients and were infiltrated with Bupivacaine 0.25% at wound margins postoperatively. Group-II also comprised of thirty-five patients and were infiltrated with …