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Associate Professor, Section of General Surgery, Department of Surgery
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Benchmarking of trauma care worldwide: The potential value of an ...
World Journal of Surgery (2014)
Adil H. Haider, Zain G. Hashmi, Sonia Gupta, Syed Nabeel Zafar, et al.
Background: National trauma registries have helped improve patient outcomes across the world. Recently, the idea of an International Trauma Data ...
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Inter-facility transfer of surgical emergencies in a developing country: effects ...
World Journal of Surgery (2014)
Salma Khan, Hasnain Zafar, Syed Nabeel Zafar and Naveed Haroon
Objectives: Outcomes of surgical emergencies are associated with promptness of the appropriate surgical intervention. However, delayed presentation of surgical patients ...
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Massive transfusion for trauma care in a lower middle income ...
Journal of Surgical Research (2014)
A.A. Shah, A.H. Haider, Z.G. Hashmi, M. Kisat, et al.
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Should damage control surgery be performed in a limited resource ...
Journal of Surgical Research (2014)
M.T. Kisat, S. Zafar, Z.G. Hashmi, A. Pardhan, et al.
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Predictors of sepsis in moderately severely injured patients: An analysis ...
Surgical Infections (2013)
Mehreen Kisat, Cassandra V. Villegas, Sharon Onguti, Syed Nabeel Zafar, et al.
Background: Post-traumatic sepsis is a significant cause of in-hospital death. However, socio-demographic and clinical characteristics that may predict sepsis in ...
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Hospital-based trauma quality improvement initiatives: First step toward improving trauma ...
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (2013)
Zain G. Hashmi, Adil H Haider, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Mehreen Kisat, et al.
Background: Injuries remain a leading cause of death in the developing world. Whereas new investments are welcome, quality improvement (QI) ...
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Repair of large and giant incisional hernia with onlay mesh ...
International Journal of Surgery (2013)
Ayaz Ahmad Memon, Aimal Khan, Hasnain Zafar, Ghulam Murtaza, et al.
Purpose: Ventral incisional hernias, especially large and giant, carry significant post repair complications. This retrospective review is undertaken to determine ...
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Traumatic pancreatic injury: An elusive diagnosis: Experience from a developing ...
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2013)
Ayaz Ahmed Memon, Hasnain Zafar, Rushna Raza and Ghulam Murtaza
Objective: To determine the frequency of pancreatic injury in patients presenting with trauma and to review the mechanism of injury, ...
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Intraperitoneal lignocaine (lidocaine) versus bupivacaine after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Results of ...
Journal of Surgical Research (2012)
Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Rushna Raza, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Faisal Shamim, et al.
Abstract Background Intraperitoneal local anesthetics have been shown to improve postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). However, the choice of ...
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Laparoscopic splenectomy for haematological disorder: Our experience
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2012)
Hasnain Zafar, Aamir Hameed, Amyn Pardhan, Ghulam Murtaza, et al.
Laparoscopic splenectomy has universal acceptance due to less morbidity and decreased incidence of per-operative and postoperative complication. It is not ...
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Predictors of positive Head CT scan and neurosurgical procedures after ...
Journal of Surgical Research (2012)
Mehreen Kisat, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Asad Latif, Cassandra V. Villegas, et al.
Background: There continues to be an ongoing debate regarding the utility of head CT scans in Patients with a normal ...
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Emergency incisional hernia repair: a difficult problem waiting for a ...
Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research (2012)
Hasnain Zafar, Masooma Zaidi, Irfan Qadir and Ayaz Ahmed Memon
Background Emergency repair of incarcerated incisional hernia with associated bowel obstruction in potentially or contaminated field is technically challenging due ...
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Duhamel's procedure for adult hirschsprung's disease
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (2012)
Mehreen Adhi, Salma Khan, Hasnain Zafar and Muhammad Arshad
An adult presented with chronic constipation and abdominal mass. Clinical features, abdominal radiographs and barium enema revealed features consistent with ...
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Outcome of selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal injuries from ...
British Journal of Surgery (2012)
S. Nabeel Zafar, A. Rushing, E. R. Haut, M. T. Kisat, et al.
Background:The aim of this study was to investigate trends in the practice of selective non-operative management (SNOM) for penetrating abdominal ...
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Risk factors for the development of intra-abdominal abscess following splenectomy ...
Journal of Surgical Research (2012)
M.G. Hashmi, M.T. Kisat, K.A. Rehman, S. Zafar, et al.
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Risk factors of gallbladder cancer in Karachi-a case-control study
World Journal of Surgical Oncology (2011)
A. Rehman Alvi, Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui and Hasnain Zafar
Background:Gallbladder carcinoma (GC) is a relatively rare malignancy worldwide but is the second commonest gastrointestinal cancer in Pakistani women. Gallstones ...
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Isolated adult hypoganglionosis presenting as sigmoid volvulus: a case report.
Journal of Medical Case Reports (2011)
Irfan Qadir, Muhammad Musa Salick, Abrar Barakzai and Hasnain Zafar
Introduction:Isolated hypoganglionosis is a rare cause of intestinal innervation defects. It is characterized by sparse and small myenteric ganglia, absent ...
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Terrorist bombings: Medical response in a developing country
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2011)
Hasnain Zafar, Ahmed Jawad, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Ayaz Ahmed Memon, et al.
Objective: To evaluate the process of transport and immediate Emergency Department (ER) management of mass casualties following the recent bomb ...
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Treatment of complex fistula in ano with cable-tie seton: a ...
Isrn Surgery (2011)
Ayaz Ahmad Memon, Ghulam Murtaza, Rizwan Azami, Hasnain Zafar, et al.
Objective:To determine the fecal incontinence and recurrence rate in Patients with complex fistula in ano managed with cable tie seton ...
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T-tube management of late esophageal perforation
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (2011)
Irfan Qadir, Hasnain Zafar, Mubashir Zareen Khan and Hasanat Mohammad Sharif
Esophageal perforation is a serious condition with a high mortality rate. Management strategy of such a patient depends on the ...
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Localised fungal infection in a prosthetic mesh treated conservatively.
BMJ Case Reports (2011)
Mehwash Nadeem, Hasnain Zafar and Muhammad Shahrukh Effendi
Infection remains one of the most challenging complications of mesh hernioplasty. The authors report a case of a 28-year-old male ...
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T-tube management of late esophageal perforation
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (2011)
Irfan Qadir, Hasnain Zafar, Mubashir Zareen Khan and Hasanat Sharif
Esophageal perforation is a serious condition with a high mortality rate. Management strategy of such a patient depends on the ...
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Evolution of trauma management at a tertiary care hospital: A ...
International Journal of Surgery (2010)
Shahryar Noordin, Salim Allana, Tashfeen Ahmad, Ata-Ul-Aleem Bhatti, et al.
Objective: To analyze the characteristics of polytrauma Patients and to assess the outcome of trauma care as this specialty has ...
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Transfer delay and in-hospital mortality of trauma patients in Pakistan.
International Journal of Surgery (London, England) (2010)
Afrasyab Khan, Hasnain Zafar, Syed Nadir Naeem and Syed Ahsan Raza
Background:Mortality and morbidity in trauma remain a major problem in developing countries. Organized emergency response systems for transfer of trauma ...
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Amoebic liver abscess: experience in a south Asian country
Tropical Doctor (2010)
Abdul Rehman Alvi, Farrukh Rizvi, Syed Faraz Kazim, Kiran Ejaz, et al.
Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is endemic in south Asian countries.The current study was undertaken in order to evaluate the clinical ...
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