Papers by Kaushik Bhattacharya
Indian Journal of Surgery
IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain
Plexiform neurofibromas (PNs) are benign tumors that grow in the nerves of people with neurofibro... more Plexiform neurofibromas (PNs) are benign tumors that grow in the nerves of people with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic disorder that affects the development and growth of nerve cell tumors. PNs can occur anywhere in the body but are most commonly found in the skin, nerves, and bones. They can cause disfigurement and functional impairment, and may also increase the risk of malignant transformation. Treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, and medications to manage symptoms.
Polish Journal of Surgery, 2022
Surgery is an art, surgical dilemmas are not mathematical problems with rigid, straight cut solut... more Surgery is an art, surgical dilemmas are not mathematical problems with rigid, straight cut solutions and the human mind/body is not a perfect science. In such a scenario, unexpected, sudden complications can happen during surgery. While better diagnostic and advanced techniques in surgery, have minimised surgical errors to a great extent, with the risk of post-operative death being as low as 3.6% now, still when complications due occur, the surgeon faces a huge backlash not only from the patient relatives, but from his peers, the hospital management, the social and print media. The surgeon also fears violent retribution, not just consumer issues but a threat of arrest and legal battles. All these make a surgeon the “second victim” in the event of a post-operative complication, leading to changes in practice behaviour, emotional turmoil and even serious mental issues like depression and suicide. In this era of instant judgement by a largely unregulated social media, it is urgently r...
Indian Journal of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology, 2022
Teaching anatomy to the medical students is shifting from learning the traditional gross anatomy ... more Teaching anatomy to the medical students is shifting from learning the traditional gross anatomy with didactic lectures to learning anatomy by laparoscopic dissection on the cadavers. The open dissection hall teaching is loosing relevance to learning clinical anatomy with laparoscopic dissection live by the medical students. Laparoscopic demonstrations can generate interest in surgery in the students that would otherwise not be possible in the preclinical years. Additional advantages of laparoscopic anatomy learning are improved three-dimensional orientation, increased dexterity and development of team working skills among students. The magnified laparoscopic views and the ability to deeply explore anatomical features to demonstrate the basic anatomy better with full clarity does makes an impression on the young medical students. The major disadvantage is student may feel the lack of pleasure of tactile sensation, of touching the anatomical organs during laparoscopic demonstration.
Indian Journal of Surgery
Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 2021
When the coronavirus pandemic broke out, doctors approached it like another flu but ended up dyin... more When the coronavirus pandemic broke out, doctors approached it like another flu but ended up dying in significant numbers across the globe, resulting in the medical community getting shaken and suffering burnout and other mental issues. It is time to introspect as to how to give a healthy environment to doctors and other healthcare workers to work smoothly so that they can take care of the COVID-19 patients in a better way. A guideline is required for the safety of doctors and healthcare workers fighting the battle with COVID-19.
IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery of Head, Neck and Brain, 2021
Congenital Cleft Lip and Palate is a common birth defect with an incidence of 1 in 600 to 800 liv... more Congenital Cleft Lip and Palate is a common birth defect with an incidence of 1 in 600 to 800 live births. This defect usually affects either the left, right or in some cases both sides of the lip and is called a Tessier Type 3 cleft. Clefting of the face in the midline is exceedingly rare and such a case of a Median Facial Cleft Syndrome is being reported which occurs in nearly 1 in 1,000,000 live births. This was first described by Bechard in 1823 and can be sporadic or part of an inherited syndrome. The child had a median cleft of the upper lip, nose, and palate of a severe, complete variety, with absent philtrum of the upper lip, premaxilla, columella, nasal septum and vomer.
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2021
Dear Sir, I read with interest the article by Yelamanchi et al. entitled “Irving Lichtenstein—Pio... more Dear Sir, I read with interest the article by Yelamanchi et al. entitled “Irving Lichtenstein—Pioneer Hernia Surgeon and Civil Rights Champion” [1]. There are few incidences about Irving Lichtenstein which need to be highlighted as he was a legend in hernia surgery who transformed the concept of inguinal hernia surgery in 1964 and introduced the “tension-free hernia repair without disability”. His technique not only broke shackles of the traditional two-century-old hernia repair technique of Edoardo Bassini and Earle Byrnes Shouldice but also made it impossible for the newer innovative minimally invasive hernia repair surgery by either laparoscopy or by robots to make inroads and gain the ground. Lichtenstein hernia repair for inguinal repair remains the gold standard procedure still. Ira M Rutkow commented in the Surgical Clinics of North America that “ Lichtenstein was initially considered as iconoclast for his unusual views on inguinal hernioplasty , Lichtenstein is now fairly re...
Galician Medical Journal, 2021
The coronavirus, which is causing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and has crippled the entire world... more The coronavirus, which is causing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and has crippled the entire world, was discovered by June Dalziel Almeida - a school dropout from Scotland who had no formal medical education. She had to master the knowhow of immune electron microscopy to climb up the academic ladder and she finally discovered the coronavirus only to see her research paper getting rejected by reputed journals. A single mother is now associated with the coronavirus, as well as with a significant contribution to the classification of viruses, viral imaging and bringing Rubella virus, Hepatitis B virus and Human immunodeficiency virus into the limelight.
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2021
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2021
Abscess of the ligamentum teres is one of the rarest causes of acute abdomen and causes severe di... more Abscess of the ligamentum teres is one of the rarest causes of acute abdomen and causes severe dilemma and real challenge in clinching the diagnosis. A 69-year-old lady with severe upper abdominal pain with history of gall stones underwent MRI upper abdomen and was diagnosed as abscess of the ligamentum teres. There are only very few reported cases of this entity in the literature.
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020
A tribute is being paid to the Dr. Takuo Aoyagi who invented pulse oximetry to measure the oxygen... more A tribute is being paid to the Dr. Takuo Aoyagi who invented pulse oximetry to measure the oxygen saturation in the blood in 1974. The importance of pulse oximetry is felt more in this coronavirus pandemic. Takuo Aoyagi expired at Tokyo on 18 April 2020. Keywords Oxygen. Pulse oximetry. Blood gas "Oxygen lack not only stops the machine but wrecks the machinery "-JS Haldane
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020
Informed consent has become a challenging issue when surgery at the time of novel corona virus di... more Informed consent has become a challenging issue when surgery at the time of novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is to be performed, in view of increased risk of the need of intensive care unit (ICU) in the post-operative period and the associated high mortality if a patient exhibits COVID-19 symptoms in the post-operative period. We have devised a new informed consent format for all patients undergoing surgery incorporating a few points specific for the disease.
International Surgery Journal, 2018
Cervical vagal schwannoma is an extremely rare entity, slow growing, solitary, asymptomatic benig... more Cervical vagal schwannoma is an extremely rare entity, slow growing, solitary, asymptomatic benign neck mass associated with vagus nerve. Definitive pre-operative diagnosis may be difficult and investigations such as fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) have low specificity. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice. We describe a 26-year-old female presenting as right neck mass who underwent surgery. Magnetic resonance imaging was done, and patient was operated under general anaesthesia. Intraoperatively, the tumour was found to be originating from the vagus nerve. Final histopathology confirmed our preoperative suspicion of vagal nerve schwannoma. Vagus nerve schwannomas should be distinguished from other tumours that arise in the neck before planning surgery, to minimize the risk of nerve injury. A careful surgical technique is mandatory for tumour clearance and to reduce postoperative complications.
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