Department Of General Surgery Started in  1993 Recruitment Rules for Faculty

SERVICES

• The clinical services of the department have undergone a major expansion and three surgical units are running - 18 OT tables each week. The department is also providing specialised services in Vascular Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, Paediatric Surgery, Breast & Endocrine Surgery. The department has also been actively contributing to surgicals research and litrature with over 45 National and International publications in last three years.

• New surgical wards are functional in Block C

• New Operation theatres have been made functional in Block C

• Department of Surgery has established a Ksharsutra therapy centre

RESEARCH AND TRAINING

A regular academic teaching program is run by the department consisting of Seminars, Journal clubs, Clinical meetings, Surgico-Radiology and Surgico-pathology meetings & beside Surgical-audit sessions. The undergraduate lecture schedule is specified and 4 batches of MBBS have already passed through the department after completing their training and final examinations. The department is at the anvil of starting of Postgraduate degree training program soon leading to the degree of MS in general surgery. The department has to date organised two CME programmes on GI Surgery & Trauma Care in Surgery.

The Department of Surgery is planning to start a training centre for Laparoscopic Surgery to the doctor of Punjab Health Corporation. The sub-specialisties of Vascular Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Renal transplant are expected to be functional during the year.

A number of publications have appeared in scientific journals from the departmental faculty & residents. Prof. Kaushik is co-ordinating a five center study on duodenal ulcer in collaboration with Uniuversity College, London, financed by wellcome trust, UK.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 

1. Amanprit Bal, Maneesh Bagai, Harsh Mohan, Usha Dalal.  Aspergilloma in Pulmonary hydatial cyst: A case report. Mycoses:Vol. 51(4) 2008;357-359.

2. S. Bhatia, R.Kaushik, R Singh, R Sharma, AK Attri, Usha Dalal, A.K. Dalal. Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia.  Indian T of Surgery Vol. 70(2) 2008;56-61. 

3. SK Jain, M Jayant, C Norbu.   The role of antibiotic prophylaxis in mesh repair of primary inguinal hernias using prolene hernia system: a randomized prospective double-blind control trial.  Tropical Doctor April 2008; 80-81 

4. S Gupta, R Sharma, AK Attri, Ravneet Kaur.  Mucinour cyst adenoma of appendix - a case report.  Ind. J of Surgery 2008 (accepted for publication). 

5. Wig JD, KochharR, Bharathy KGS, Kudari AK, Doley RP. YadavTD, KalraN. Emphysematous. Pancreatitis : Radiological curiosity or a cause of concern? JOP. J Pancreas (on line ) 2008, 9:160-166. 

6. Singh L , Bakshi DK, Vashista RK, Arora SK, Majumdar S, Wig JD. Primary Culture     of  Pancreatic (Human) Acinar Cells. Dig Dis Sci 2008, 43:473-483. 

7. Gupta V, Wig JD, Garg H.  Trauma pancreaticoduodenectomy for complex pancreaticoduodenal injury: delayed reconstruction.  JOP J Pancreas 2008;9:618-623.  

8. Singh P, Srinivasan R, Wig JD, Radotra BD.  Genetic alterations and functional inactivation of SMAD4/DPC4 in pancreatic ductal carcinoma and its correlation to clinicopathological parameters (submitted). 

9. Bhatea P, Srinivasan R, Rajwanshi A, Nijhawan R, Khandelwal N, Wig JD, Vasistha RK. 5- year review and reappraisal of ultrasound guided percutaneous transabdominal fine needle aspiration of pancreatic lesions.  Acta cytological 2008 (in press).

CME PROGRAMMES, CONFERENCE AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• The department of Surgery organized a CME-cum-Public Awareness Programme on Breast Cancer on 11th October 2008.

• The National conference of Vascula Society of India was organized from 6th - 9th November 2008. Department of Surgery was co-host in this programme.