Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences s16

Place: Mysore Date:

From, DR. PANKAJ GUPTA Post Graduate Student in M.S GENERAL SURGERY. Dept. of Surgery, MMC&RI, MYSORE

To, The Dean and Director Mysore medical college and research institute Mysore

THROUGH PROPER CHANNEL

Respected sir,

Subject: Acceptance of registration and forwarding of dissertation topic,

In accordance with the above cited subject, I the undersigned studying Post Graduate Course in M.S. General Surgery have been allotted the dissertation topic “A CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF POST OPERATIVE WOUND INFECTION”, under the guidance of Dr. SHIVANANDA, Professor and unit chief , Department of general surgery, MMC&RI ,Mysore.

I request you to kindly forward the dissertation topic in the prescribed form to the University for Approval.

Thanking you, Yours faithfully,

DR. PANKAJ GUPTA Signature of the guide Dr. SHIVANANDA Professor and Unit Chief Department of surgery MMC&RI ,Mysore

Place: MYSORE Date: From, The Professor & Head of the Department, Department of surgery, MMC&RI, Mysore

To, The Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. THROUGH PROPER CHANNEL

Respected sir, As per the regulations of the University for registration of Dissertation topic, the following Post Graduate in M.S. in General Surgery has been allotted the dissertation topic as follows, by the Official Registration Committee of all qualified and eligible guides of the Department of surgery. NAME TOPIC GUIDE DR.PANKAJ GUPTA “A CLINICAL AND Dr.SHIVANANDA Post Graduate Student Professor and unit cheif BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF in M.S in GENERAL Department of surgery, SURGERY. POST OPERATIVE WOUND MMC&RI, Mysore Dept. of Surgery, INFECTION”. MMC&RI, Mysore

Therefore, I kindly request you to communicate the acceptance of the dissertation topic allotted to the PG student at an early date.

Thanking you, Yours faithfully

DR.PANKAJGUPTA

Signature of the guide Dr. SHIVANANDA Professor and Unit Chief Department of surgery MMC&RI, Mysore RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

KARNATAKA, BANGALORE

ANNEXURE—II

PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECT FOR DISSERTATION 1 DR. PANKAJ GUPTA . POST GRADUATE STUDENT NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND IN M.S GENRALSURGERY, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, ADDRESS MMC&RI,MYSORE

MYSORE MEDICAL 2 NAME OF THE INSTITUTION COLLEGEAND . RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MYSORE MS GENERAL SURGERY

3 COURSE OF STUDY AND . SUBJECT

31 ST MAY 2012 4 DATE OF ADMISSION TO THE . COURSE

TITLE OF THE TOPIC “A CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF 5 . POST OPERATIVE WOUND INFECTION”.

6 BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED WORK: . 6.1 NEED FOR THE STUDY:

Surgical wound infections continue to consume a considerable portion of health care finance. Even though the complete elimination of wound infection is not possible, a reduction of the observed wound infection rate to a minimum level could have marked benefits in terms of both patient comfort and resources used1.

The initial principles helped to change surgical therapy from a dreaded event, with infection and death commonplace, to one that alleviates suffering and prolongs life with predictable success when carefully performed.

With the introduction of antibiotic therapy in the middle of the 20 th century a new adjunctive method to treat and prevent surgical infection was fostered.

However, not only have postoperative wound and hospital-acquired infections continued but wide spread antibiotic therapy has not often made prevention and control of surgical infection more difficult.

The present generation of surgeons has seen increasing numbers of serious infections related to a complex combination of factors including the performance of more complicated and longer operation an increase in the number of geriatric patients with accompanying chronic or debilitating diseases many new surgical procedures with implants of foreign materials, a rapidly expanding number of organ transplants requiring the use of 9 SIGNATURE OF THE CANDIDATE Dr. PANKAJ GUPTA

INCIDENCE OF NON HEALING 10 REMARKS OF THE GUIDE ULCERS ARE MORE, HENCE STUDY OF THIS IS USEFUL FOR PROGNOSIS AND TO KNOW VIRULENCE OF ORGANISM

11 11.1 NAME OF THE GUIDE Dr. SHIVANANDA PROF & UNIT CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY, MMC & RI MYSORE

11.2 SIGNATURE Dr M A SHERIFF PROF & HOD, 11.3 HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL DEPARTMENT SURGERY, MMC & RI MYSORE

11.4 SIGNATURE

12 12.1 REMARKS OF THE DEAN & DIRECTOR

12.2 SIGNATURE