Endoscopic Ectopic Thyroidectomy – available from: https://www.wjols.com/doi/WJOLS/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10033-1419 Ramakrishnapillai Padmakumar1, Aravind Balakrishnan2, Madhukara Pai3, Kevin J Chiramel4, Farish Shams5, Premna Subin6 Abstract Aim and objective: To show the advantage of endoscopic approach for lateral ectopic thyroid removal. Background: Ectopic thyroid tissue lateral to midline is very rare. Because of its unusual location, lateral ectopic thyroid gland […]

Padmakumar R, Chiramel KJ, Pai M, Shams F, Subin P. Management of polycythemia vera by endoscopic parathyroidectomy. J Appl Hematol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2020 Nov 20];11:204-7. Available from: https://www.jahjournal.org/text.asp?2020/11/4/204/300771 Contents Abstract Polycythemia vera (PV) is a hemotologic disease. Majority of persons with PV, essential thrombocythemia and primary myelofibrosis show the Janus kinase (JAK) 2 gene– which […]

Ramakrishnapillai, P., Gupta, S., Pai, M. et al. “PK Band” in Laparoscopic Hernia Repair. Indian J Surg (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02088-z Abstract Laparoscopic inguinal anatomy detail is different from that is necessary for open hernia surgery. ‘PK Band’ is a condensation of areolar tissue lateral to inferior epigastric vessels on either side. It extends fromarcuate line to apex of triangle of […]

Vitamin D deficiency in a Surgeon’s perspective is relevant in Author: Dr R Padmakumar et al. Contents Introduction: Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin and produced by skin (from cholesterol) when exposed to ultraviolet B radiation (“sunshine vitamin”) and also obtained from dietary sources, including supplements. Most important components, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) comes from […]

Highlights Branchial cyst excision endoscopy. Axillary approach-no neck incision. First ever in a child. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports Abstract This is the case report of a three-year-old female Arab child who presented with a neck swelling since one year of age. Physical examination was suggestive of a 6 × 4 cm swelling in the right lateral neck, which […]

Dr. R. Padmakumar, Dr. Madhukara Pai,Dr. Shams Farish, Dr. Jayadevan Rajeev, Dr. Thampi Sanjeev, Dr. Thekke Veetil Sreevalsan, Dr. Binu Sheetal, Dr. Yesudas Santhakumari Sooraj, Shamna Safar Rowther *Author contributions: Padmakumar R performed surgical operation, designed the report; Pai M and Farish S contributed to the surgical operation, review of literature, data collection; Rajeev J contributed to […]