Drketanvagholkar

Regular Sex! A prophylactic medicine for many problems.

Posted on Mon, 05 Mar 2012

Having regular sex with your spouse can be beneficial to every system of your body. In today's stressful era individuals hunt in search of stress busters but land up in a more stressful state. Sex is ...

Laparoscopic repair of paraumbilical hernia: A poor choice with high recurrence.

Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2012

Laparoscopic repair for paraumbilical or umbilical hernia has a very recurrence rate. It sounds a tempting option for patients. but the problem with this method is the failure of the system used to fi...

Increasing road traffic accidents:Who is to be blamed?

Posted on Fri, 03 Feb 2012

The incidence of road traffic accidents is increasing everyday. There are many causes for it. Top on the list is poor quality of roads for which the civic authorities are to be blamed. It is seen that...

Bile duct injuries on a rise in the laparoscopic era?

Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 2012

Laparoscopic surgery has helped significantly in many ways.If judisciously used it can reduce morbidity to a great extent. But this requires adequate training and expertise. Laparoscopic learning has ...

Perianal fistula: A surgical curse!

Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 2012

Perianal fistula is usually a complication of an inadequately treated perianal abscess. One a perianal abscess is drained, it has to be dressed properly. Special attention has to be given to the deepe...

Health insurance melt down in India likely!

Posted on Sun, 25 Dec 2011

Health insurance segment in our country has grown significantly over the past decade.This has been fuelled by escalating health costs in urban settings. The growth of large corporate hospitals has ske...

Typhoid still a killer disease in urban India!

Posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2011

Typhoid fever or enteric fever still continues to be a dangerous disease of the intestine. It is one of the commonest forms of fever. As is known there are numerous causes of fever with new diseases c...

Dwindling attendance in medical colleges ! who is to be blamed?

Posted on Sat, 19 Nov 2011

Recently in a  article published in Times of India it was reported that 40 undergraduate medical students were denied permission to appear for the second MBBS exams as there attendance was very poor. ...

Breast Conserving surgery ! A death trap?

Posted on Fri, 11 Nov 2011

Breast conserving surgery for cancer of the breast has become a common treatment in younger age group patients.It only gives a false sense of aesthetic preservation of the breast. Local surgery follow...

Medical entrance exams killing practical standards in medicine

Posted on Tue, 08 Nov 2011

With the upsurgence of entrance exams at all levels of education  viz. for MBBS, MS and Mch courses, students have started ignoring practical work in hospitals. They are justified in feeling it to be ...