Research

Research Projects - Extramural

S. NO.

Client/Organization’s Name

Nature of Assignment

Duration of assignment

1.

Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge Medical School

A study of the hepato-biliary blood supply using monochromatic and dichromatic resin cast of human livers.

1 year

2.

Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge Medical School

The vascular basis for biliary complications in liver transplantation - a study of 477 liver transplants.     

6 months

3.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Radiodiagnosis

Evaluation of the thick-walled gall bladder with power Doppler angiography – can malignancy be predicted?

2 years

4.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Microbiology

Comparative evaluation of the impact of preoperative bile re-feeding and bile salt feeding on the incidence of portal and systemic endotoxemia in patients with surgical obstructive jaundice. 

 

1 year

5.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Nuclear Medicine

Pattern of Gastric emptying following pancreatico-duodenectomy - a comparison of Pylorus Preserving and classical Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy.        

2 years

6.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Radiodiagnosis

Changes in the pattern of hepatic blood flow in patients with surgical obstructive jaundice following surgical decompression using colour Doppler imaging, their correlation with the pattern of recovery of  liver function, morbidity and mortality, and their predictive value for postoperative prognosis.

2 years

7.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology

Evaluation of Polyvisceral Resection in locally advanced Gastric Malignancies – a Retrospective study.          

2 years

8.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Medical Genetics

The impact of splenectomy on transfusion requirement of Indian Thalassemia major and intermedia patients (jointly with the department of Medical Genetics, SGPGIMS)        

2 years

9.

SGPGIMS – Department of Surgical Gastroenterology

A prospective randomized trial of 24-hours Co-amoxiclav versus five days Ceftriaxone-Tobramycin-Metronidazole prophylaxis  in colo-rectal surgery     

2 years

10.

SGPGIMS, KCH London, University of Cambridge, and Kyoto, Japan

Biliary complications in split liver and living related liver transplantation – correlation of the donor anatomy with postoperative biliary complications in the recipients of split liver living donor grafts and the living related donor. (Multicentric)

 

11.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology, Pathology  and Radiotherapy.

Ampullary carcinoma- does preoperative endoscopic papillotomy adversely affect patient survival in early lesions?

10 years

12.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology,      and Radiotherapy.

Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in gall bladder carcinoma.

5 years

13.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology,      Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy.

Evaluation of role of PETCT in assessment of therapeutic response in unresectable gall bladder cancers: a pilot study.

Concurrent

14.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology,      and Radiotherapy.

Preoperative chemoradiation for unresectable gall bladder cancers – Can inoperable gall bladder cancer be downgraded?  A feasibility study

Concurrent

15.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology, and Gastroenterology.

Randomised controlled trial of duodenoscopic sphincterotomy followed by cholecystectomy versus cholecystectomy and choledocholithotomy in patients with choledocholithiasis and cholelithiasis. 

2 years

16.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Radiodiagnosis

Cholecystectomy and drainage - ultrasonographic and radioisotopic evaluation

1 year

17.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology,     and Gastroenterology.

Comparison of Duodenal bile vs. gall bladder bile in predicting gall stone composition in-vivo. 

 

1 year

18.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology,     and Gastroenterology. Value of biliary microscopy in predicting gall stone composition. 1 year

19.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology,     and Nuclear Medicine.

Bile leak after T-tube removal - a scintigraphic study.

2 years

20.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology, Immunology and Department of Surgery, KGMC Lucknow.

"Serum immunoglobulin and complement changes in patients of obstructive jaundice following surgery".

18 months

21.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Radiodiagnosis

Comparative evaluation of sonography, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and MR Cholangiography in accurately predicting the anatomy of the proximal biliary tree in patients with iatrogenic bile duct injuries.

2 years

22.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology

Continuous versus interrupted suture hepaticojejunostomy – safety and economics.

2 years

23.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology

Dynamic Air leak test in the evaluation and management of cyst-biliary communications in hydatid disease of the liver

2 years

24.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology

Testing the integrity of hepaticojejunostomy – use of the air leak test. 3 years

25.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology

Dynamic air leak test reduces the incidence of bile leak and associated morbidity after hepaticojejunostomy.

3 years

26.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology

Relevance of air insufflation test in bowel anastomosis. 2 years.

27.

SGPGIMS – Departments of Surgical Gastroenterology and Pathology A study of pseudo-papillary     tumors of the pancreas.

2 years.

28. SGPGIMS – Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Radiology Gravity dependent and hand held ‘push’ injection method of cholangiography: A comparison of outcomes and efficacy

Completed

29.

SGPGIMS – Department of Surgical Gastroenterology

Unconventional shunts in EHPVO – Friends in need!

Completed

30.

SGPGIMS – Department of Surgical Gastroenterology

Determinants of curative resection in incidental gallbladder carcinoma with special reference to timing of referral

Completed

31

SGPGIMS – Department of Surgical Gastroenterology

Liver Resections for Benign Biliary Strictures

Completed.

32

SGPGIMS – Department of SGE and Radiotherapy

Consolidation CTRT versus observation in locally advanced gallbladder cancers

Ongoing