Editorial

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World Asthma Day

Rizwan Iqbal, Iffat Shabbir, Saulat Ullah Khan

Review Article

2

Trauma - How to Prepare ?  A review

Syed Asghar Naqi, Ahmad Uzair Qureshi, Khalid Masud Gondal

Original Articles

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The Befit of Aum in Tonsillectomy

Ahmed M. Al-Abbasi

10

Biochemical Evaluation of Effects of Diabetes Mellitus on Excretory Functions of Liver

Nuzhat Naveed, Muhammad Tayyib, Muhammad Farooq, Raja Muhammad Riaz, Allah Ditta, Saeed Anwar

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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Our Experience at Mayo Hospital, Lahore

Muhammad Ashraf, Yaseen Rafi, Husnain Haider, Haroon Rafiul Islam, Ghulam Muhammad, Afzaal Bashir Bajwa,  Muhammad Rafaih Iqbal, Imran Ashraf, Saad Javed, Khalid Javed Abid.

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Hepatitis C is more Common than Hepatitis B among Surgical Patients and Previous Surgery is the most common Risk Factor

Khalid Javed, Zahra Ishrat, Nighat Sultana, Farida Naz, Anjum Anwar

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Experience of Different Management Strategies in Extra Hepatic Biliary Obstruction at Mayo Hospital Lahore

Hamza Malik, Ihtesham Hussain Malik, Mazhar Abbas

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Complications of Liver Trauma

Husnain Haider, Muhammad Ashraf, Yaseen Rafi, Ghulam Muhammad, Muhammad Rafaih Iqbal, Saad Javed, Khalid Javed Abid

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Detection of Renal Tubular Proteins: An Indication of Tubulo-interstitial Nephrosis in Diabetic patients on Insulin

Muniza Qayyum, Asima Malik, Zainab Ali, Mahjabeen Saleem, Zohra Usman, Maimoona, Farida Munnawar

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Correlation of Left Atrial Size with Atrial Fibrillation in Patients of Mitral Stenosis Undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Mitral Commissurotomy

Irfan Majeed, Saqib Shafi Sheikh, Abdul Rehman Abid, Tayyaba Iqbal, Muhammad Azhar.

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Audit of Small Bowel Stomas in Surgical Practice

Abrar Ashraf Ali, Yar Muhammad, Maria Mahmood, Farhat Abbas

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Risk Factors of Hypertension among School Children

Rana Muhammad Akhtar Khan, Tariq Saeed Ch, Shamshad Rasool Awan, Maaz Ahmad, Shahid Mahmood

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Frequency of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Causation of Duodenal Ulcer Perforation

Muhammad Masood-Ur-Rauf Khan, Muhammad Naveed Shahzed, Muhammad Jibran Rabbani, Muhammad Jahangir Riaz

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Effect of Intracuff Lignocaine on Coughing during Emergence and Postoperative Sore Throat

Sagheer Ahmad Siddiqui, Mazhar Iqbal, Khawar Ali, Sadaf Malik

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Evaluation of early Postoperative Complications of Splenectomy - An experience of patients in Nishtar Hospital Multan

Muhammad Masood-Ur-Rauf Khan, Muhammad Naveed Shahzed, Muhammad Zahid Jamil, Tariq Masood, Muhammad Jahangir Riaz,  Ahmed Ali.

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Comparison of AFB Smear Microscopy and Culture from Specimens Received for the Diagnosis of Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis

M. Kashif Munir, Iffat Shabbir, Rizwan Iqbal, Saulat Ullah Khan.

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Age and Sex Distribution of Primary Pulmonary Malignancies in central Punjab

Muhammad Riaz Hussain, Saeed Akhtar Khan, Ghulam Mujtaba Siddiqi, Naseer Ahmad Chaudhry

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Neck Trauma – An Experience At Mayo Hospital

Syed Asghar Naqi, Ali Safdar, Ahmad Uzair Qureshi, Khalid Masud Gondal

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Role of Splenectomy in Medical Disorders

Abrar Ashraf Ali, Yar Muhammad, Farhat Abbas, Maria Mahmood

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An Immunohistochemical Study of Nodal Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma to Corelate 2008 WHO Classification and Working Formulation

Aman-Ur-Rehman, Nasir Chughtai, Sajid Mushtaq

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An Audit of 100 cases of Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Infertility

Samina Asghar, Hurriat Afzal, Rehana Ayub, Uzma Naz

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Obstetric Haemorrhage: A life threatening condition. Is it preventable?

Zohra Khanum, Amna Khanum, Tayyaba Tahira

Case Report

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Cervical Rib and Complications of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Muhammad Azeem, Muhammad Ahmad Ghazi, Hafiz Muhammad Asif Maqbool, Azhar Bashir, Amir Riaz Bhutta, Muhammad Arshad Cheema