Submissions from 2024
Impact of intraoperative fluid administration and complications in head and neck cancer free flap surgery at a tertiary care hospital of a low and middle-income country, Waleed Bin Ghaffar, Faisal Shamim, Mujtaba Khalil, Moeed Bin Abdul Ghaffar, and Tahir Munir
Change in mean postoperative pain in patients undergoing tonsillectomy with cold water versus usual practice: A pragmatic trial, Haissan Iftikhar, Nida Zahid, Adan Zubair Zubair, Mohammad Wasif, Khadijah Abid, Muhammad Ozair Awan, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Association of periodontal disease with gestational diabetes mellitus among postpartum women at a private tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Farhan Raza Khan, Nadeem Zuberi, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, and Shafquat Rozi
Thyroid hemiagenesis with compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining lobe: A case report, Ambreen Abdullah Unar, Shabbir Akhtar, Shayan Khalid, Muhammad Ozair Awan, and Saba Anjum
Sepsis and septic shock in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes, Usama Waqar, Namrah Aziz, Ahmad Areeb Chaudhry, Haissan Iftikhar, Nadia Jivani, and Syed Akbar Abbas
Submissions from 2023
Implication of stem cells and platelet rich plasma in otolaryngology, head and neck surgical procedures, Muhammad Fazal Hussain Qureshi, Soubia Akhtar, Shayan Khalid Ghaloo, Muhammad Wasif, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, and Rahim Dhanani
Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for treatment of osteoradionecrosis of mandible in head and neck surgery patients - A way forward into the future with promising clinical Outcomes, Ainulakbar Mughal, Merhaba Aftab, Abdul Basit Shah Vardag, Zubair Khan, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Knowledge & attitude regarding stem cells research and its applications among residents of a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Ambreen Abdullah Unar, Syed Akbar Abbas, Abdul Basit Shah Vardag, Soubia Akhtar, Muhammad Ozair Awan, and Ainulakbar Mughal
Successful management of a difficult airway in a case of advanced thyroid cancer, Ambreen Abdullah Abdullah Unar, Faisal Shamim, Muhammad Hammad Deewani, Muhammad Wasif, and Mubasher Ikram
Auricular leishmaniasis mimicking squamous cell carcinoma of the pinna, Ambreen Abdullah Unar, Shabbir Akhtar, Saba Akram, and Muhammad Ozair Awan
Submissions from 2022
Selective neck dissection for node-positive oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: A retrospective cohort study, Syed Salman Hashmi, Syed Akbar Abbas, Amna Bukhari, Javeria Saeed, Ali Shafqat, Atif Hafeez Siddique, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Ghulam Murtaza
High CD44 immunoexpression correlates with poor overall survival: Assessing the role of cancer stem cell markers in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients from the high-risk population of Pakistan, Yumna Mirza, Syed Adnan Ali, Hasnain Ahmed Farooqui, Hammad A. Kayani, Romana Idress, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Rates of publication of FCPS dissertations in international and national peer-review journals among residents at AKUH; A cross sectional review of 15 years, Ainulakbar Mughal, Syed Akbar Abbas, Abdul Basit Shah Vardag, Muhammad Wasif, Soubia Akhtar, and Ayesha Abbasi
Otorhinolaryngology consultations in a multidisciplinary hospital - their effects on residents training on floor, Ambreen Abdullah Unar, Muhammad Hammad Deewani, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Abdul Basit Shah Vardag, and Ainulakbar Mughal
Submissions from 2021
Vitamin D status and pulmonary exacerbations in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: Experience from a tertiary care center, Danish Abdul Aziz, Syeda Khadija Fatima, Haissan Iftikhar, and Fatima Mir
Characteristics of electrolyte imbalance and pseudo-bartter syndrome in hospitalized cystic fibrosis children and adolescents, Danish Abdul Aziz, Fatima Siddiqui, Quratulain Abbasi, Haissan Iftikhar, Shahira Shahid, and Fatima Mir
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the parapharyngeal space: An unusual location, Muhammad Hammad Deewani, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Mohammad Sohail Awan, and Nasir Ud Din
Prevalence of allergic fungal sinusitis among patients with nasal polyposis, Rahim Dhanani, Shayan Khalid, Basit Salam, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Farah Hafiz Yousuf, and Mubasher Ikram
Synchronous primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma: A case report highlighting "Lymphoma first approach", Rahim Dhanani, Ambreen Abdullah Unar, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Ummiya Tahir, and Mubasher Ikram
Use of endoscope in teaching of otolaryngology residents about site and size of tympanic membrane perforation and its impact on degree of hearing loss in adult patients: A cross sectional study, Muntazir Hussain, Muhammad Wasif, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Shayan Khalid, Zeeshan Sheikh, and Haissan Iftikhar
Coiling of internal carotid through ‘eye of the needle’ internal jugular vein: a dual great vessel anomaly, Haissan Iftikhar and Mubasher Ikram
Screening for malnutrition in oral cavity cancer patients prior to treatment: A cross-sectional study, Haissan Iftikhar, Anwar Suhail, Amna Urooba, Karim Rizwan Nathani, Zeeshan Shaikh, and Muhammad Wasif
Combined use of a videolaryngoscope and a flexible bronchoscope for awake tracheal intubation when front-of-neck airway is not an option, Muhammad Furqan Khan, Faisal Shamim, Muhammad Umer Slote, Bushra Salim, and Syed Akbar Abbas
Peer-taught virtual research workshops for surgical residents: Protocol for a novel and sustainable solution to improving surgical research in Pakistan, Russell S. Martins, Ronika Devi Ukrani, Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja, Maria Khan, Haissan Iftikhar, Syeda Sadia Fatima, and Saulat Fatimi
Level I nodal positivity as a factor for involvement of the submandibular gland in oral cavity carcinoma: A case series report, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Rahim Dhanani, Shayan Khalid, Kulsoom Ghias, and Mumtaz Jamshed Khan
Role of contrast enhanced computed tomography in assessing cervical lymph node metastases in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, Talha Ahmed Qureshi, Muhammad Wasif, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Adnan Yar Muhammad, Ainulakbar Mughal, and Abdullah Ameen
Tracheomalacia after thyroidectomy for retrosternal goitres requiring sternotomy- A myth or reality?, A Sulaiman, Areeb Lutfi, Mubasher Ikram, Saulat Fatimi, Muhammad Bin Pervez, Faisal Shamim, Syed Akbar Abbas, and Haissan Iftikhar
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of external auditory canal: A rare disease, Abdul Basit Shah Vardag, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Omaima Anis Bhatti, and Muhammad Hammad Deewani
Training in temporal bone surgery: A review of current practices, Muhammad Wasif, Abdul Basit Shah Vardag, Ainulakbar Mughal, Syed Akbar Abbas, Shayan Khalid, and Hamdan Ahmed Pasha
Submissions from 2020
Organ preservation for advanced laryngeal cancer: Experience with concurrent chemoradiation therapy, Asif Ali Arain, Muhammad Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Shabbir Akhtar, Arsalan A. Rajput, Mohammad Adeel, Ahmad Hatem, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Occult nodal metastasis in oral cavity cancers, Asif Ali Arain, Muhammad Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Shakil Akhtar Ansari, Zafar Mahmood, Ahmad Nawaz Ahmad, Muhammad Razzaq Dogar, and Anwar Suhail
Iatrogenic trauma following percutaneous and minimally invasive surgical interventions, M Hammad Ather, Tashfeen Ahmad, Shabbir Akhtar, Tabish Chawla, Aneela Darbar, Wardah Rafaqat, Syed Shahabuddin, Noman Shahzad, and Shahid Ahmed Sami
Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: a case report and review of literature, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Rahim Dhanani, Huzaifa Moiz, and Mubasher Ikram
Dual spinal accessory nerve: Caution during neck dissection, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Haissan Iftikhar, and Mubasher Ikram
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of thyroid: A diagnostic dilemma, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Mohammad Wasif, Nasir Ud Din, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of parotid gland tumors: Analysis of 193 cases, Rahim Dhanani, Haissan Iftikhar, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Nida Zahid, and Sehrish Nizar Ali Momin
COVID-19: Implications, reactions and future directions, Rahim Dhanani; Mohammad Wasif; Hamdan Ahmed Pasha,; Muntazir Hussain; Shayan Khalid; Abdul Basit Shah Vardag; Khadija Mahmood; and Raza Hussain
Optimum degree of head elevation/reverse trendelenburg position for sinus surgery: Systematic review, Haissan Iftikhar, Shahzada Khuram Ahmed, Syed Akbar Abbas, Mubasher Ikram, Khawaja Mustafa, and Jai K. Das
Discordance between fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathology in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of parotid gland, Haissan Iftikhar, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Adeel Khoja, and W Khan
Factors associated with drain output in patients undergoing to parotidectomy, Haissan Iftikhar, Rahim Dhanani, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Nida Zahid, and Sehrish Nizar Ali Momin
Lymph node ratio as a prognostic marker of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma: A cohort study, Haissan Iftikhar, Shafquat Rozi, Nida Zahid, Mohammad Sohail Awan, and Karim Rizwan Nathani
A quadruple blind, randomised controlled trial of gargling agents in reducing intraoral viral load among hospitalised COVID-19 patients: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, Farhan Raza Khan, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Junaid Iqbal, Syed Tariq Ali, and Syed Akbar Abbas
Health care professionals’ compliance to tracheal suctioning policy at a tertiary care hospital, Rozina Khimani, Fauziya Ali, Salma Amin Rattani, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Malignancy rate in thyroid nodules with atypia or follicular lesion of undetermined significance, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Rahim Dhanani, Ainulakbar Mughal, Kaleem Ahmed, and Anwar Suhail
Ewing sarcoma of larynx: A rare case in a 5-year-old boy, Hamdan Ahmed Pasha, Shayan Khalid, Muhammad Wasif, Moghira Siddiqui, and Nasir Ud Din
Successful airway management using awake videolaryngoscopy for a rare thyroid cancer with grade III goitre and intra-tracheal invasion, Faisal Shamim, Iqra Jangda, and Mubasher Ikram
Prevalence of allergic rhinitis among healthcare workers and its impact on their work: A cross-sectional survey at a tertiary healthcare centre in Pakistan, Moghira Iqbaluddin Siddiqui, Rahim Dhanani, and Huzaifa Moiz
Prognostic factors in patients with salivary gland malignancy: A retrospective cohort study, Moghira Iqbaluddin Siddiqui, Haissan Iftikhar, Umar Farooq Bhatti, and Mubasher Ikram
A rare case of three years disease free survival in a locally advanced parathyroid carcinoma successfully excised by complete surgical resection, Abdul Ahad Sohail, Bushra Ayub, Syed Akbar Abbas, Shafqat Ali Sheikh, Talha Ahmed Qureshi, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Asad Diwan
Management of laryngotracheal trauma: A review of current trends and future directions, Muhammad Wasif, Rahim Dhanani, Shayan Khalid, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Muhammad Hassan Danish, Huzaifa Moiz, and Hamdan Ahmed Pasha
Submissions from 2019
Assessment of factors affecting quality of life in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients using university of washington quality of life questionnaire, Syed Abbas, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Abdul Rehman, Javeria Saeed, Syed S. Hashmi, Musa Karim, and Mazhar Ali
The association between morphological characteristics of palatal rugae and sagittal skeletal patterns., Farheen Fatima and Mubassar Fida
Mutational landscape of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in a South Asian population, Kulsoom Ghias, Sadiq S. Rehmani, Safina Abdul Razzak, Sarosh Madani, M Kamran Azim, Rashida Ahmed, and Mumtaz J Khan
Concurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma and synovial cfarcinoma of the neck in an adult male, Haissan Iftikhar, Shabbir Akhtar, and Nasir Ud Din
Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia of thyroid, Haissan Iftikhar, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Shayan Khalid, and Saira Fatima
Prostate cancer metastasis to cervical node chain-an unusual clinic-pathological finding, Haissan Iftikhar, Mubasher Ikram, Usman Iqbal, and Shayan Khalid
If stones could speak: Echoes from the past, Iftikhar Salahuddin and Naseem Salahuddin
Changing paradigms in the surgical management of hyperparathyroidism at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country, Moghira Siddiqui; Hamdan Ahmed Pasha,; Rayaan Asad; and Jamsheer Jehangir Talati Professor
Readmissions after day care surgery In ent : A tertiary care experience, Shakeel Uz Zaman, Qazi Faraz, Mohammad Adeel, Anwar Suhail, and Shakil Aqil
Clinicopathological features of young versus older patients With breast cancer at a single Pakistani institution and a comparison with a national US database, Sana Zeeshan, Basim Ali, Khabir Ahmed, Anees B. Chagpar, and Abida K. Sattar
Submissions from 2018
Metachronous second primary malignancy in head and neck cancer patients: Is five years of follow-up sufficient?, Muhammad Adeel and Moghira Siddiqui
Ameloblastoma : Management and outcome, Muhammad Adil, Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Asif Arain, Maqbool Baloch, and Mumtaz J Khan
Preservation of hearing and facial nerve function with the microsurgical excision of large vestibular schwannomas: Experience with the retrosigmoid approach, Muhammad Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Ahmad Nawaz Ahmad, Asif Ali Arain, Muhammad Adeel, Syed Akram, Mohammad Sohail Awan, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Frequency of cervical nodal metastasis in early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, Sadaf Qadeer Ahmed, Montasir Junaid, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Maliha Kazi, Hareem Usman Khan, and Sohail Haleem
Significance of immunohistochemical overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 in overall and disease-free survival of oral squamous cell carcinoma patients, Adnan Ali, Naeem S., Yumna Mirza, and Zahid Memon
Correlation of human papillomavirus infection and clinical parameters with five-year survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma., Andan Ali, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Yumna Mirza, and S Atif
Benign tumours and tumour like lesions of bone, Muhammad Atif, Obada Hussein Hasan, Umair Ashraf, Muhammad Mustafa, and masood umer
Ectopic cervical thymic cyst in a seven year old: A diagnostic challenge., Haissan Iftikhar and Shabbir Akhtar
Papillary thyroid carcinoma within thyroglossal duct cyst: Case series and literature review, Haissan Iftikhar; Mubasher Ikram; Karima Karam Khan,; and Adnan Yar Muhammad
Unusual presentation of differentiated thyroid cancer metastasis, Haissan Iftikhar, Mubasher Ikram, Adnan Yar Muhammad, and Karim Rizwan Nathani
Determination of factors associated with critical weight loss in oral cavity carcinoma patients: A retrospective cohort study., Haissan Iftikhar, Anwar Suhail, Karim Rizwan Nathani, Amna Urooba, Noman Shahzad, Mohammad Sohail Awan, and Rahim Dhanani
Overexpression of EGFR in oral premalignant lesions and OSCC and its impact on survival and recurrence, Yumna Mirza, Syed Adnan Ali, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Romana Idress, Sana Naeem, Nida Zahid, and Urooj Qadeer
Quality of life after functional endoscopic sinus surgery in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis, Sadaf Qadeer, Shabbir Akhtar, Montasir Junaid, and Muhammad Sohail Halim
Calcifying fibrous pseudotumour of maxilla: A rare entity mimicking malignancy: A case report, Talha Ahmed Qureshi, Shabbir Akhtar, and Mariam Abid
Obesity and high risk pathological features of papillary thyroid carcinoma: A retrospective analysis of a university hospital in Pakistan, Zaman S. U., Mohammad Sohail Awan, and Sulaiman MA.
Submissions from 2017
Accuracy of frozen sections in oral cancer resections, an experience of a tertiary care hospital, Syed Akbar Abbas, Mubasher Ikram Ikram, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Javeria Saeed
Correlation of TP53 overexpression and clinical parameters with five-year survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients, Syed A. Ali, Hamza A Khan, Omar Irfan, Adeel Samad, Yamna Mirza, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Giant haemangioma of nasopharynx: a rare case outcome., Haissan Iftikhar and Moghira Siddiqui
Effects of bomb blast injury on the ears: The Aga Khan University Hospital experience, Talha Ahmed Qureshi,; Mohammad Sohail Awan; Nabeel Hamayun Hassan; Agha Hussain Aftab; and Syed Adnan Ali
Submissions from 2016
Relationship of tumor thickness with neck node metastasis in buccal squamous cell carcinoma: an experience at a tertiary care hospital, Sadaf Qadeer Ahmed, Montasir Junaid, Sohail Awan, Moaz M. Choudhary, Maliha Kazi, Aria Masoom, and Hareem Usman Khan
An unusual case of cauda equina secondary to spinal metastasis of thyroid cancer, Shabbir Akhtar and Mohammad Adeel
Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in Pakistani patients with oral cancer, Mohammad Sohail Awan
MALT lymphoma of the base of the tongue: a rare case entity, Haissan Iftikhar, Moghira Siddiqui, and Khurram Minhas
Using elasticated retractors in head and neck surgeries, Montasir Junaid, Manal Shafiq, Sadaf Qadeer, Sohail Haleem, and Maliha Kazi
Submissions from 2015
Venous thromboembolism-incidence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients with head and neck cancer: a tertiary care experience in Pakistan, Naeem Sultan Ali, Ahmad Nawaz, Montasir Junaid, Maliha Kazi, and Shabbir Akhtar
Hibernoma larynx with large multinodular goitre: unusual airway challenge, Haissan Iftikhar and Moghira Siddiqui
Kimura’s disease of head and neck: A rare case presentation, Talha Ahmed Qureshi, Moghira Siddiqui, and Muhammad Tariq
Is there any benefit of drain placement on postoperative complications in patients undergoing the sistrunk procedure?, Talha Ahmed Qureshi, Anwar Suhail, Syed Sajjad Ali Zaidi, and Wasif Siddiqui
Laser treatment of laryngeal papillomatosis in a young child: anaesthetic and surgical management, Faisal Shamim, Durriya Raza, and Mubasher Ikram
Submissions from 2014
P0023 human papillomavirus and p53 mutation in oral cavity cancers of Pakistani patients: correlation with histological variables and disease outcome, S.M.A. Ali, Mohammad Sohail Awan, and Shahid Pervez
Nasal T cell lymphoma: a rare entity, Maliha Kazi, Mubasher Ikram, and Montasir Junaid
Confusing presentation of chaetomium brain abscess., Muhammad Waqas, Shahan Waheed, Salman Ahmed Mangrio, Sana Rashid, Mohsin Qadeer, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Submissions from 2013
Asymmetry of lateral lamella of the cribriform plate: a software-based analysis of coronal computed tomography and its clinical relevance in endoscopic sinus surgery., Mohammad Adeel, Mubasher Ikram, Mohammad Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Asif Arain, and Yasir Jamil Khattak
Anatomical variations of nose and para-nasal sinuses; CT scan review, Mohammad Adeel, Muhammad Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Shabbir Akhter, Mubasher Ikram, Asif Arain, and Yasir Jameel Khattak
Cochlear implant in a patient with Mondini's deformity of the cochlea: pilot patient in Pakistan, Sadaf Qadeer Ahmed, Montasir Junaid, Zainul Abedeen Sobani, N Naila, and Mohammad Sohail Awan
Frequency and predisposing factors of pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy, Asif Ali Arain, Mubasher Ikram, Shabbir Akhtar, Muhammad Shaheryar Ahmed Rajput, Mohammad Adeel, and Moaz Maqbool Choudhary
A case of orbital apex syndrome in a patient with malignant otitis externa, Rashid Baig, Qazi Assad khan, Mohammed Ali Sadiq, Mohammad Sohail Awan, and Khabir Ahmad
Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis in a patient with keloid over ear lobule, Muhammad Sohail Halim, Sadaf Qadeer Ahmed, Montasir Junaid, and Muhammad Rizwan Bashir
Development of skin hypopigmentation in a patient with metastatic papillary carcinoma thyroid treated with Sorafenib., Syed Zubair Hussain, Ali Asghar, Mubasher Ikram, and Najmul Islam
Sentinel node localisation using pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy and intraoperative gamma probe in early oral cavity cancer, Mubasher Ikram, Shabbir Akhtar, Montasir Junaid, Tariq Dhari, Maseeh-uz Zaman, Riffat Hussain, and Zubair Ahmad