Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
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Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (JCPSP), is the prestigious, peer reviewed monthly biomedical journal of the country published regularly since 1991. College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan is the parent body of this Journal.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide credits to educational activities.
CPSP designates '3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits' for review of the manuscript of an original study.
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By Jinwen Huang, Xia Liu, Shaoli Ding, Lei Zhu, Wenjun Yan
Objective: To compare the effect of small-dose ropivacaine hydrochloride combined with fentanyl versus large-dose of ropivacaine hydrochloride for cesarean section. Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anesthesiology, Gansu People's Hospital, China, fr...
By Sheng Li, Sili Shi, Aiping Li, Huihui Liu, Lili Cai
Objective: To determine the feasibility and role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) in the assessment of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of primary liver cancer. Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Radiolo...
By Sabri Ozdas, Ramazan Ilyas Oner
Objective: To investigate whether restless leg syndrome (RLS) symptoms improved and treatment requirement decreased through weight loss on postoperative follow-ups of the patients who underwent laparoscopic sleave gastrectomy (LSG) due to obesity and who were started medical therapy due to RLS. S...
By Yu Yang, Weidong Zhu, Shuqiu Chen, Guangyuan Zhang, Ming Chen, Yuhong Zhuang
Objective: To determine the efficacy of laparoscopic surgery combined with GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) in treating infertile patients with endometriosis (EMs), and analyze its effect on the levels of serum hormones and inflammatory factors of the patients. Study Design: An experimental study. Place an...
By Tao Li, Yundong Qu, Yan Wang, Chunlei Lin, Baohua Yang, Lei Wang
Objective: To compare the reduction of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk between long-term treatment of entecavir and low genetic barrier antiviral agents in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related cirrhotic patients. Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Infe...
By Shi-Peng Liang, Qian Chen, Yi-Bing Cheng, Ying-Ying Xue, Hai-Jun Wang
Objective: To determine the comparative effect of monosialoganglioside versus citicoline on the content changes of serum apoptotic factors (PDCD5, sFas and sFasL), neurological function indices (BDNF, NSE, S100-β and NGF) and oxidative stress indices (SOD, MDA and GSH-PX) in newborns with hyp...
By Amna Hamid, Murtaza F. Dhrolia, Ruqayya Qureshi, Salman Imtiaz, Aasim Ahmad
Objective: To study the clinical characteristics of patients on hemodialysis for more than ten years in order to highlight the modifiable factors that may improve survival in low socioeconomic status. Study Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ne...
By Sikandar Hayat Khan, Robina Manzoor, Aasyia Hanif Baig, Farah Sobia, Nadeem Fazal, Najmusaqib Khan Niazi
Objective: To evaluate glucose tolerance patterns in pregnant ladies undergoing 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for comparing fasting, 1-hour, 2-hour post-glucose load results, HbA1c, sum of all glucose readings with and without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) using International Ass...
By Junsong Wang, Li Xu, Xiaosen Xu, Xin Wang
Objective: To investigate the differences in human bone marrow endothelial cell marker 1 (HBME-1) expression in thyroid follicular adenoma (FA) and follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) by ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of St...
By Hejun Chen, Junlian Xue, Xinjiang Wu
Objective: To compare the influence of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) and traditional operation on the nervous system function and the serum leu-enkephalin (LEK), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and prostaglandin E-2 (PGE-2) in patients with senile lumbar spinal st...
By Wu Sun, Hai-Yan Liu
Objective: To determine the effects of combined treatment of montelukast and budesonide on young children with cough variant asthma, and their serum inflammatory factors of serum hypersensitive c-reactive protein (hs-CRP), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and pulm...
By Rao Azeem, Usama Bin Zubair, Aneza Jalil, Asif Kamal, Asad Nizami, Fareed Minhas
Objective: To record the prevalence of suicidal ideation in the transgender population and assess the relationship of depression with the suicidal ideation. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methodology: The study group comprised of 156 transgender people of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Suicidal ...
By Bahri Ozer, Mustafa Sit, Gulali Aktas, Fatih Keyif, Ferdi Bolat, Hayri Erkol
Objective: To determine the frequency of papillary thyroid micro-carcinoma (PTMC) in multinodular goiter (MNG) surgery, as well as in opposite thyroid lobule of the dominant nodule. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: General Surgery Department, Abant Izzet Baysal Univer...
By Wajiha Anjum, Rab Nawaz Maken, Hasan Nisar, Ismat Fatima, Misbah Masood, Abu Baker Shahid
Objective: To find the epidemiology and risk factors of sinonasal tumors and treatment outcomes in squamous cell carcinoma. Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of Study: The Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Lahore (INMOL), Lahore, from May 2016 to March 2017. Meth...
By Mustafa Sungur, Selahattin Caliskan
Objective: To compare the impact of prostate specific antigen (PSA) on oncological outcomes in the patients with 4-10 and 10.01-20 ng/ml PSA level. Study Design: Retrospective comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Hitit University, Çorum Erol Olçok Training and Research Ho...
By Ambreen Ansar, Robina Mushtaq Rizvi, Afsah Hussain, Ameera Nawaz, Abeera Zafar, Ammara Fayyaz
Objective: To appraise the attitude of the teachers towards teaching and the factors affecting their attitudes, and compare self-assessed attitudes of the medical teachers with teachers in social sciences. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Wah Medical C...
By See Woan Shiang, Simon Jerome Vendargon, Syed Rasul Bin Ghouse Syed Hamid
Objective: To determine the wound complications post coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) by conventional vein harvest technique (CVH) and minimally invasive vein harvest technique (MIVH) in Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Study Design: Clinical audit report. Place and Dur...
By Irfan Ali Mirza, Ayesha Khalid, Fatima Hameed, Anam Imtiaz, Ambar Ashfaq, Anam Tariq
Chryseobacterium indologenes is a rare human pathogen. It is an emerging species, least frequently reported from pediatric age group and known to cause pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis. The inherent resistant of one of the species to commonly prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics makes it for...
By Mehtab Alam, Mian Ayaz ul Haq, Asif Iqbal, Kaleem Ullah, Danish Nabi
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune relapsing demyelinating disorder which often leads to severe disability typically targeting spinal cord, optic nerves, and brainstem. Around 75% of NMOSD patients have serum immunoglobulin-G (IgG) autoantibodies to the aquaporin-4 cha...
By Anish A. Gupta, Swati S Gotmare, Megha Jain, Treville Pereira, Pooja Khare
Hereditary ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is a rare genetic disorder chiefly affecting ectodermally derived structures including hair, nails, sweat glands etc. with pathognomic manifestations such as hypotrichosis, hypohidrosis, and hypodontia. Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplaisa, being the most frequen...
By Berat Cem Ozgur, Musa Ekici
Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) is an efficient method for kidney stones with low complication rates. Reported here is an unusual complication of this surgery; a retroperitoneal hematoma 8x7.5x5 cm in dimension in a 40-year female, which was completely resolved by conservative treatment. This...
By Fathilah Abdul Razak, Md. Yusoff Musa, Husham Amra Mahmod Abusin, Nosizana Mohd. Salleh
Application of ozone is recommended for sterilisation in dental procedures. This study explored the antimicrobial effect of 0.1 ppm ozonated-water on selected common oral commensals. Based on deviation of their growth curves pattern upon ozone treatment, the inhibitory effect of ozone was determin...
By Ghazal Nadeem, Aleena Bibi, Bushra Suhaib, Suhaib Ahmed, Suhaib Ahmed, Salman Ali
In this cross-sectional study, 76 consecutive children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were studied for the clinical and demographic parameters at Autism Resource Centre in Pakistan. The median age at first consultation was 30 months, 36 months at diagnosis, and 42 months at referral to a spec...
By Lichun Zhao, Yute Zhong, Jie Liang, Hongwei Gao, Nong Tang
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Astragalus polysaccharide (APS) on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in mice with Lewis transplantable lung cancer. It was an experimental study carried out from June 2017 to ...
By Faraz Shafiq, Muhammad Irfan Ul Haq, Anwar ul Huda
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By Mohammad Masood Ur Rauf Hiraj Khan, Zia Hashmi, Ammarah Ghafoor
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By Shouhe Zhao, Junhua Yu
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