Chandrasekhar Mahakalkar

Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  A study of acute abdomen needing an emergency laparotomy in a tertiary hospital in central India
  Author(s): Shrinivas Surpam*, Chandrasekhar Mahakalkar and DilipGode
  
  Background: acute abdomen and exploratory laparotomy go hand in hand in any surgical emergency duty. We conducted this study to know the causes as well as the post operative complications of the laparotomies in a tertiary hospital in central India. Materials & Methods: Our study was a hospital based observational study in which all surgical emergency cases which were operated upon by emergency midline laparotomy for acute abdomen or trauma at a tertiary medical hospital in central India were included in the study. Results: A total of 188 consecutive cases of patients presenting with abdominal pain in surgery emergency who had to undergo an emergency laparotomy were included in the study. Out of them, 155 were patients of only acute abdomen while 33 had a history of trauma. Most of the cases were in 40 years–60 years age grou.. Read More»