Primary Intraosseous Xanthogranuloma in Adult Cervical Spine: A Case Report of Benign Cause of Lytic Bone Lesion.

Lytic lesions in adult spine are a common manifestation of aggressive disease such as primary bone tumor, metastasis, myeloma, or infectious pathology. Xanthoma arising in the spine with purely intraosseous component is an extremely rare occurrence with only six cases reported in the adult population, none in the cervical region. We report the first case of primary xanthoma of the cervical spine in a 50-year-old male solely confined to osseous compartment. The imaging mimics of lytic lesion with expansile mass in adult spine are reiterated.

Frequency of port site wound infection after Gall Bladder removal with or without retrieval bag in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

OBJECTIVE: The rationale of the study was to depict the safest method of extracting gallbladder after laparoscopic cholecystectomy to decrease the frequency of wound infection. The objective of the study was to compare the frequency of port site wound infection after gallbladder removal with or without retrieval bag in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS: The study design was Randomized Parallel group design conductedin the Department of Surgery, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. A total of 254 patients of both gender age range 25-60 years, diagnosed as a case of cholelithiasis by ultrasonography were included. Case sheet of patients were prepared for age, gender, duration of cholelithiasis, operating time and presence or absence of wound infection. RESULTS: Mean age of patients was 40.77 ± 10.95 years. Out of 254 patients, 98 (38.58%) were males and 156 (61.42%) were females with male to female ratio of 1:2.5. Patients were divided in two groups A and B and the frequency of patients having port site wound infection in group A was 1(0.4%) whereas in group B was 14(5.5%). CONCLUSIONS: This study concluded that the use of retrieval bag to remove gallbladder in laparoscopic cholecystectomy resulted in decreased frequency of port site wound infection. The insignificant association of port site wound infection with different age groups, gender categories and with duration of cholelithiasis was revealed. Moreover wound infection proved significantly associated with both categories with operating time.