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JIPMER General Surgery faculty, residents excel at ASICON 2023
Visakhapatnam: In a resounding display of excellence, the faculty and residents of the Department of Surgery of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) garnered accolades at the 82nd Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2023), held in Visakhapatnam from 13th-16th December 2023.
Dr Vijaykumar C, Associate Professor received the Best Faculty Paper award (Second Prize) for the paper entitled “Telescopic dissection vs. Balloon dissection during laparoscopic TEP inguinal hernia repair- A double-blinded Randomized Control Trail”. The paper was co-authored by Varun R, Balasubramanian G, Uday Shamrao Kumbhar.
Dr Likhita Subhash Singh, Senior resident received the Best Paper award (First Prize) in the free paper category for the paper titled " Comparison of Adapted Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathway versus standard care in patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery- A Randomized Controlled Trial”. The paper was co-authored by Gurushankari B, Sureshkumar S, Anandhi A, Mahalakshmy T, Pankaj Kundra, and Vikram Kate.
Dr Debolina Pal, Junior resident, received the Dr C Palanivelu Best Postgraduate Paper Award (First Prize) for the paper titled “Assessment of behavioural preparation for surgery in patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgeries and its effect on recovery outcome”. The paper was co-authored by Ashita Geli, Vishwanath, Mahalakshmy T, Vikram Kate.
Dr Bhanu Prakash, Junior resident, received the Dr. C Palanivelu Best Postgraduate Paper award (Second Prize) for the paper titled “Prognostic nutritional index as a predictor of postoperative outcome in gastrointestinal malignancies”. The paper was co-authored by Udayanilandan, Suresh C, Reddy Abhinaya, Ankit Jain, Uday Shamrao Kumbhar, and Rajeswari M.
Dr Dripta Ramya Sahoo, Junior resident, received the Best State Chapter award (Second Prize) for the paper titled “Effectiveness of low molecular weight heparin in reduction of severity of inflammation in patients with acute pancreatitis – a randomised control trial”. The paper was co-authored by Vedaprakash, Elamurugan TP, Nanda Kishore Maroju, and Ramkumar G.
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Sanchari Chattopadhyay has pursued her M.A in English and Culture Studies from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. She likes observing cultural specificities and exploring new places.