Fetal extraperitoneal rectal perforation: A case report

Fetal extraperitoneal rectal perforation is a very rare condition, but prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment produce overall good outcome. Its etiology and pathophysiology are poorly understood. Only 16 cases have been reported worldwide. We report another case of fetal extraperitoneal rectal perforation managed by us.Keywords: extraperitoneal, fetal, rectal perforation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Choithram Hospital & Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh,  Indi

Stealth Surgery in Pediatric Age Group-an Aesthetic Alternative

Introduction: We used a subcutaneoscopic technique that places incisions at unnoticeable sites to avoid unsightly scars. Materials and Methods: This is a review of five consecutive cases operated by stealth approach between January 2015 and December 2016. Three cases underwent subcutaneoscopic excision of dermoid cyst and two underwent stealth tenotomy for torticollis. All patients underwent stealth surgery as previously described with few technical modifications. Results: All five cases underwent successful subcutaneoscopic surgery without the need for conversion. The mean operative duration of the procedure was 45 min.(Range,40-50min) for the external angular dermoid excision and 67.5 min(Range,60-75 min.) for the sternomastoid tenotomy. There were no complications, and all patients had excellent cosmesis. Conclusion:Subcutaneoscopic excision of dermoid cyst is a technically feasible procedure in pediatric patients and provides excellent cosmesis

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as on-demand QoS enabler for Multimedia Applications in Smart Cities

The evolution of drones and similar small wingspan UAVs has resulted in their use in many commercial applications. This has allowed investigating the potential use of drones in the context of Internet of Things. In the recent past, there is ample evidence indicating the use of UAVs as a means to supplement mobile infrastructure to extend it for surveillance, monitoring, data collection and providing on-demand network access capabilities. This paper explores the potential of UAVs to act as on-demand QoS enablers for TCP-based applications within Smart Cities, particularly those applications that require low connection delays, reliability and high throughputs such as multimedia streaming.Many multimedia rich applications, such as live streaming, multi-player online gaming are mostly tied down to fixed-line broadband infrastructure. Mobile cloud technologies and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) address the challenge by bringing the computing, storage and networking resources to the edge and integrating with the base station, thereby providing better content delivery. The paper presents a concept of UAV-based aerial MEC, which hosts a TCP-proxy that acts as an `On-Demand QoS' enabler to TCP-based applications in Smart Cities reducing the overall-connection delays and increasing the throughput thereby enhancing the end-user experience. With the technologies available in literature we demonstrate that a UAV-based aerial MEC with the capability to migrate QoS-enabling processes from the edge to the core and edge to the edge, to support mobile applications, is feasible