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Surgery

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The ancient principles of a pre-operative food regimen in the light of contemporary sciences

The ancient principles of a pre-operative food regimen in the light of contemporary sciences

By Dipsinh Chavda — Oct 15, 2016

Any bodily injury, be it operative or accidental, is not only associated with local effects, but is also accompanied by a systemic metabolic response. Nutrition, fluid and electrolyte maintenance is…

A review of kṣārasūtra management in high anal fistula

A review of kṣārasūtra management in high anal fistula

By M. Bhaskar Rao — Jul 15, 2011

There is a growing general consensus that ancient India had its own fairly developed system of science, mathematics, medicine and even surgery. Still, most textbooks, when they describe the…