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Knowledge of ancient Hindu surgeons on Hirschsprung disease: evidence from Sushruta Samhita of circa 1200-600 BCVenkatachalam Raveenthiran
Sri Ramasamy Memorial SRM Medical College, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamilnadu 603203, India
J Pediatr Surg 46:2204-8. 2011..Congenital megacolon is eponymously named after Harold Hirschsprung, who accurately described the clinical features in 1886. Recent research revealed that this condition is perhaps well known for centuries before him...
Epididymo-orchitis complicating anorectal malformations: collective review of 41 casesVenkatachalam Raveenthiran
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India
J Urol 186:1467-72. 2011..Without proper treatment the condition may result in infertility. Nevertheless, the exact etiology and optimal management of epididymo-orchitis in anorectal malformation are unknown...
Volvulus of the sigmoid colonV Raveenthiran
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India
Colorectal Dis 12:e1-17. 2010..The current status of sigmoid volvulus (SV) was reviewed to assess trends in management and to assess the literature...
A modification of Winter's shunt in the treatment of pediatric low-flow priapismVenkatachalam Raveenthiran
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamilnada, India
J Pediatr Surg 43:2082-6. 2008..In this article, a modification of Winter's shunt, which is suitable for treating low-flow priapism in children, is described...
Reconstruction of traumatically avulsed parotid duct using buccal mucosa flap: report of a new techniqueVenkatachalam Raveenthiran
Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, India
J Trauma 65:732-5. 2008..Hypothetical advantages of this new operation are reviewed in the background of alternative procedures. It is concluded that buccal-mucosa flap technique appears to be a promising alternative in the management of parotid duct injuries...
Releasing of zipper-entrapped foreskin: a novel nonsurgical techniqueVenkatachalam Raveenthiran
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, India
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:463-4. 2007..This technique was used in 12 children and was found to be safe, effective, simple, painless, and nontraumatic. This can be done by attending pediatrician even in nonhospital settings without resorting to surgical help...
Soft palatal injury resulting from an unusual fishhook in a childVenkatachalam Raveenthiran
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, India
J Trauma 62:1060. 2007
Spontaneous knotting of urinary catheters: clinical and experimental observationsV Raveenthiran
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, and Madurai Medical College, Tamilnadu, India
Urol Int 77:317-21. 2006..Water-current generated by the flow of urine appears to play an important role in the pathogenesis of catheter knotting...
Metastatic rhinosporidioma in a childVenkatachalam Raveenthiran
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Chidambaram 608002, India
J Pediatr Surg 41:853-5. 2006..Fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathology were diagnostic. Surgical excision, followed by dapsone therapy, was found to be useful...
Intussusception complicating typhoid feverV Raveenthiran
CM Hospital, Kollidam, Tamilnadu, India
J R Soc Med 98:368-9. 2005
Congenital Spigelian hernia with cryptorchidism: probably a new syndromeV Raveenthiran
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, 608002, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Hernia 9:378-80. 2005..As this explanation is also applicable to all of the previously reported cases, the author suggests that the combination of Spigelian hernia and ipsilateral cryptorchidism could probably form a hitherto unrecognized new syndrome...
Observations on the pattern of vomiting and morbidity in patients with acute sigmoid volvulusV Raveenthiran
Department of Surgery, Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa, India
J Postgrad Med 50:27-9. 2004..Vomiting is usually a late and an infrequent symptom of colonic obstructions. Contrary to this general rule, it occurs early and more frequently in some cases of sigmoid volvulus...
Rosai-Dorfman disease: report of a 3-year-old girl with critical review of treatment optionsV Raveenthiran
Division of Paediatric Surgery, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, India
Eur J Pediatr Surg 13:350-4. 2003..Prednisolone therapy with long-term follow-up appears to be sufficient. Surgery should be limited to biopsy and relief of compression symptoms...
Restorative resection of unprepared left-colon in gangrenous vs. viable sigmoid volvulusV Raveenthiran
Department of Surgery, Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, Burla, Sambalpur, Orissa, India
Int J Colorectal Dis 19:258-63. 2004..Although this approach has been reported in several series, there is paucity of data on the relative safety of it in viable vs. gangrenous colon especially when the gut is unprepared...
The ileosigmoid knot: new observations and changing trendsV Raveenthiran
Department of Surgery, Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, Sambalpur, Orissa, India
Dis Colon Rectum 44:1196-200. 2001..Primary anastomosis (ileoileal and/or colocolic) of resected gut seems to be a safe and better alternative in the management of ileosigmoid knot...
Emptiness of the left iliac fossa: a new clinical sign of sigmoid volvulusV Raveenthiran
Department of Surgery, Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, Sambalpur, Orissa, India
Postgrad Med J 76:638-41. 2000..Diagnostic difficulties are common in sigmoid volvulus. This diagnostic delay contributes to high morbidity and mortality...
Congenital spigelian hernia and cryptorchidism: a distinct clinical syndromeVenkatachalam Raveenthiran
J Pediatr Surg 42:1794-5. 2007
