Table of Contents
Editorial
| Value Based Medicine | |
| Anuruddha M Abeygunasekera | 1 |
Research Papers
| The role of Pudendal Nerve Terminal Motor Latency (PNTML) in the assessment of the external anal sphincter function | |
| MSB Tillakaratne, DN Samarasekera | 3-6 |
| Value of assessing post prandial blood glucose as a surrogate for fasting blood glucose in an outpatient medical clinic: a descriptive study | |
| TP Weerarathna, AS Dissanayake | 6-9 |
| Aerobic bacteria associated with symptomatic gallstone disease and their antimicrobial susceptibility | |
| PRL Gomes, SSN Fernando, DD Weerasekara, VGNS Velathanthiri, MSM Rizny, MM Weerasekara, Rohan Mahendra | 9-13 |
| The position, dimensions and morphological variations of mental foamen in mandibles | |
| LBL Prabodha, BG Nanayakkara | 13-15 |
| Audit on epilepsy among patients attending a Neurology Clinic | |
| KP Karunatilake, KD Pathirana, DI Kariyawasam | 16-18 |
Reviews
| Incorporating social, behavioral and ethical components in medical curricula: the need and the challenges | |
| Bilesha Perera, Vasantha Devasiri, Susirith Mendis, Gayani Punchihewa | 19-22 |
| Novel risk factors in Cardiovascular disease | |
| HMM Herath | 22-25 |
| Computer vision syndrome | |
| Saman Wimalasundera | 25-29 |
Point of View
| Rapid health assessment following mass disaster | |
| H Edirimanne | 30-31 |
| Review of ethico-legal aspects of tissue retention in the medico-legal practice in Sri Lanka | |
| UCP Perera | 32-34 |
Miscellany
| Medical history of Galle | |
| Sarath Lekamwasam | 35-36 |
| Inquests and doctors | |
| LBM Fernando | 37-38 |
| Anger management | |
| Chandanie G Hewage | 39-40 |
| Clinical Audit - What is it and how to do it? | |
| Sandhya K Lokuarachchi | 41-43 |
Case Reports
| A young man presenting with pleural effusion: presumably due to acute pancreatitis from sodium valproate | |
| MCB Galahitiyawa, JDVC Lekamwasam, RMSK Ratnayake, P Manivannan, MRP Weerawansa | 44 |
| A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | |
| DSDS Jayaratne, Athula Dissanayake | 45-46 |
| Immunologic pericarditis following trauma to the pericardium | |
| LBM Fernando, Ajith Lamahewa | 47 |
| An unusual case of dengue haemorrhagic fever with retinal and vitreous haemorrhages | |
| MDPR Fernando, JDVC Lekamwasam | 48-49 |
| A case of Rosai Dorfman disease | |
| Priya Amaraweera, HAS Perera | 49-50 |
| A case report of von Willebrand disease complicated with gastric antral angiodysplasia | |
| BV Hasheni, PDN Perera, MK Ragunathan | 51-52 |
| A pregnant mother with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis | |
| RD Kannangara, MK Ragunathan, Anoma Perera | 53-54 |
| Remission of diabetes mellitus after treatment with pioglitazone | |
| SS Jayasinghe, LM Hettihewa, SW Gunasekara, S Palangasinghe, KG Imendra, TP Weerarathna | 54-56 |
| Hydrocele – are we treating the cause or the effect? | |
| Hemantha Sudasinghe, Sudhira Herath | 56-57 |
| Glomus tumours - painful subungual lesion | |
| AHMP Anuruddha, BL Perera, MB Samarawickrama, MNA Mudarawa | 58-59 |
| A bilateral radical dissection of the neck – a patient with metastatic salivary adenocarcinoma | |
| Hemantha Sudasinghe, Sudhira Herath | 59-60 |
| Spontaneous pneumoperitoneum: a challenge for the surgeon | |
| AHMP Anuruddha, BL Perera, MB Samarawickrama, WUPC Gunaratne, LP Kolombage | 61-62 |
| Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient | |
| Darshana Wickramasinghe, Bandula Perera, Preethi Perera | 62-63 |
Correction of Error
| Pattern of private sector drug prescriptions in Galle: A descriptive cross sectional study | |
| KP Ruwan, C Prasad, BDN Ranasinghe | 64-68 |
Galle Medical Journal ISSN: 1391-7072
SLJOL supported by INASP