Lifematters

Congenital Heart Surgery is a field in constant evolution. Milestones have been achieved in various aspects of treating a baby with congenital heart defects over the last eight decades since…

Brain tumours are the commonest cancers seen in children after blood cancers like Bleukaemias and lymphomas. However, they are rarely recognised or diagnosed at an early stage. This article discusses…

PS, a young 25 year-old woman, came to us with chest pain that she had been suffering from for four months. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Imaging of the chest revealed…

Colorectal cancer is on the rise in India, and is perhaps a reflection of the changes in our diet and lifestyle. The incidence of rectal cancer is higher compared to…

Radical surgery intended to cure cancer tends to cause some damage to the operated organ and the subsequent quality of life of the patient. It is now a worldwide trend…

Better surgical techniques have pushed the limits of breast conservation even further—oncoplastic surgery combines the principles of cancer surgery and plastic surgery to facilitate organ conservation For almost a century,…

The treatment of cancer of head and neck involves organs that perform important functions like speech, swallowing, deglutition and cosmesis. Types of cancer where function preservation has made a major…

Surgery for solid organ cancer is often mutilating and can considerably compromise function and body image. It is, therefore, not surprising that patients agree for surgery very reluctantly. However, based…

A 16 year-old athlete was referred to the hospital with pain, swelling and episodic locking of the left knee and left ankle which he had twisted during a basketball match…