Aim: The aim of this study to report the initial experience in a General Surgery clinique with the epidemiologic investigation of the COVID-19 outbreak, clinical features, and usage of prophylaxis. Material and Methods: Descriptive cases of 4 general surgery assistants diagnosed with Reverse Transcriptase- Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Turkey from March 20 to March 30, 2020; the final follow-up date was March 31, 2020. Clinical, laboratory, and radiologic data were collected. The clinical course was summarized, including usage of Chloroquine as prophylaxis. Result: Among the 4 medical doctor patients with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection with the mean age of 29, all of them were male (100%), the clinical presentation was an upper respiratory tract infection in all of the patients. All patients use Chloroquine prophylactically before symptoms onset. Conclusions: Among the 4 medical doctors diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the General Surgery Clinique in Turkey, the clinical presentation was frequently a mild respiratory tract infection with the use of Chloroquine.

Pneumatosis coli (PC) is a rare radiological phenomenon of the presence of gas in the wall of the large intestine. It carries a large burden of morbidity and mortality. All patients should have their underlying cause of PC investigated and have targeted therapy. In this novel case, a 68-year-old man developed PC following an aorto-bilateral common iliac artery mycotic aneurysm excision. Fortunately, he was asymptomatic and underwent close surveillance of this condition until near resolution. This case highlights the need for correlation of the patient’s symptoms and clinical features with appropriate aetiology and pathogenesis mechanism of the disease to guide management and optimise health outcomes.

Introduction: Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy (MNTI) is a rare, rapidly growing pigmented neoplasm of neural crest origin generally arising in infants during the first year of life. The rehabilitation of the anterior defect is necessary to circumvent feeding problems. The area is also a site for primary growth of maxilla and placing a hard splint would restrict the same. We have used a novel way to use a soft splint to overcome this issue with follow up and re-fabrication. Case report: We report a 7 months old male who presented with a rapidly growing mass history of a rapidly growing mass in the upper front part of the jaw a biopsy showed melanotic neuroectodermal tumour, and complete resection with negative margins was subsequently achieved. The patient was reviewed at follow up with a magnetic resonance imaging, which showed no residual remnants. Rehabilitation was done with a soft splint to avoid restriction of maxillary growth. Conclusion: Due to its rapid growth potential and locally destructive behaviour, early diagnosis is extremely important to limit local expansion. The treatment of choice for melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy (MNTI) is surgical excision. Rehabilitation is also important with due attention to avoiding restriction maxillary growth, this was overcome by use of soft splint which has scantly been reported in literature.

Pediatric angiosarcomas are very rare and less studied. There exists a significant degree of confusion in histologically differentiating angiosarcomas from other endothelium derived tumors. We present here a case of right forearm mass in an infant with diagnostic dilemma, which later turned out to be angiosarcoma.

India is the second-most populous country in the world has about 76.6 million people at or over the age of 60, constituting above 7.7% of total population. A cross-sectional study of 300 cases of geriatric and non-geriatric population groups was conducted at well-established Trauma, Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical services centre in Central India. Mechanisms of injury sustained by the participants showed that Falls which include both Ground level falls (GLF) and Fall from height (>2 metres) contributed to 55.4% cases in the geriatric population. The next most common cause of trauma in the geriatric population was road traffic accidents amounting to 34.3% of the cases. Data on the injuries sustained by both the study cohorts in terms of the different body regions based on Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and Injury severity score (ISS) showed the head region was most consistently and maximally injured in both the study populations. Comorbidity profiles of geriatric and non-geriatric trauma populations showed significantly high hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, diminished hearing and vision among the geriatric group. The maximum number of geriatric patients underwent Orthopaedic and spine surgeries (44.9%), Intercostal drain placements (34.6%), while the non-geriatric population had a higher number of Craniotomies (40%) and Intercostal drain placement (33.5%) surgeries respectively. The geriatric population had a significantly higher crude mortality rate of 39.3% compared to the non-geriatric population ( 26.3% ). With reference to intervention procedures, the geriatric population had a lower percentage of operative intervention and a higher rate of conservative management as compared to the non-geriatric population.