All India Institute of Medical Sciences Guwahati

Beyond surgery: a scoping review of pharmaceutical approaches in treating congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia

Congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia (CPT) remains one of the challenging conditions, with high rates of nonunion and refracture despite advances in surgical technique. Pharmacologic and biologic adjuncts have been introduced to enhance bone healing, but their role is incomplet...

School-level clustering and individual correlates of adolescent substance use in India: a multicentre multilevel study

Adolescent substance use is a growing health burden in India, yet evidence mostly focuses on individual-level correlates while overlooking potential school-level heterogeneity and contextual characteristics within school settings. This study examined individual- and school-level...

Purulent Sterile Wound Discharge Associated with Antibiotic Loaded Calcium Sulphate Beads: A Materiovigilance Case Report

Background: Antibiotic loaded calcium sulphate (CS) beads are emerging biomaterials used to provide sustained local antibiotic delivery in orthopaedic surgery. However, their use has been associated with wound discharge, which is purulent, serous, or serosanguineous in nature, al...

Instructor-led design, interactive delivery, assessment, and Loop(iDIAL) method for teaching with gamification based assessment

Conventional didactic and slide-based instruction increasingly struggles to sustain the attention of digitally habituated students. Interactive learning modules offer an alternative, but have historically required instructional designers, software engineers, and licensed authorin...