Objective: To evaluate association between depth of invasion and neck node metastasis. Methods:Aprospective observational study was carried
at Department of ENT, Sawai Man Singh Medical College over a period of one year in which 102 patients of oral carcinoma were included that
underwent wide local excision with neck dissection. Results:The mean depth of invasion was 10.59 with 7.44 standard deviation (range 2-45 mm).
Lymph node metastasis was present in 3 out of 27 patients with a DOI < 5mm (11%), in 13 out of 39 with a DOI 5.1-10 mm (34%) and in 8 out of 36
with DOI >10mm (22%). Chi square value was 30.79 and the p-value was<0.001. Conclusion: The risk of lymph node metastasis increased with
increased depth of invasion.
Background: India was furiously hit by the second wave of COVID-19 that peaked during the months of April and May 2021. It led to an unprecedented number of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis cases that came as a bitter surprise. Several parameters were found to be consistently elevated in the patients like serum ferritin, D-dimer, and HbA1C.
Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted at the SMS medical college that included 120 patients presenting with post-COVID mucormycosis from 1st May to 31st May 2021. HbA1c, D-dimer, serum ferritin levels were measured at the time of admission.
Results: Our study showed a mean range of serum ferritin of 539.6±484.9, mean D-dimer range was 636.3±303.5, both of which were higher than normal. In the present study 94.1% of the patients had diabetes mellitus. Among them 60.80% of the patients had newly detected diabetes and 33.30% were known cases of diabetes with mean HbA1c 9.7±2.3. The p value was less than 0.001 which was statistically significant.
Conclusions: Timely detection and categorization of the patients based on severity of the above parameters can not only help in executing the existing institutional resources but can also help in saving valuable lives, and preventing radical surgical procedures like orbital exenteration and maxillectomy.
Background: The tremendous growth of cosmetic surgery among Asians is largely due to strength of indigenous economies accompanying globalization. This increase in number can also be attributed to usage of social media as well as increased desire to look perfect. The current study is an attempt to measures aesthetic outcome and identify possible interactions between other possible outcome determinants.
Methods: The present study was a 1.5 years prospective interventional study conducted at SMS Medical College, India from January 2021 to July 2022. A total of 51 samples were included in our study. The rhinoplasty outcome evaluation (ROE) questionnaire was used to assess patient satisfaction which was presented and completed by all patients before and after 6 months of surgery and data was analysed.
Results: In the present study mean age of study participants was 25.7 years and most subjects (64.7%) were male and (35.3%) were female. Mean total ROE at pre-op and post-op 6 months was 35.05±13.4 and 57.4±27.9 respectively and mean Total ROE difference between pre-op and post-op 6 month was -22.4±36.1. This difference was found to be statistically significant (p value 0.0001).
Conclusions: Aesthetic rhinoplasty in India is emerging as a lifestyle choice because of increased users of social media as well as awareness about procedures available for enhancing facial features. Our study gives a glimpse towards the shift of rhinoplasty in India and explains the possible reasons behind this shift.
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