AFMRC PROJECTS APPROVED BY DGAFMS IN 2004 Project Title No 3234/2004 CLINICAL STUDY OF MODIFIABLE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN OBESE DEFENCE PERSONNEL AND EFFECT OF LIFESTYLE CHANGES WITH & WITHOUT SIBUTRAMINE 3235/2004 DETECTION OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN ICU AND CANCER PATIENTS : A CORRELATIVE STUDY OF VENTILATION PERFUSION SCAN, D-DIMER ASSAY AND MULTI SLICE CT ANGIOGRAPHY 3236/2004 EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF HEPATITIS B VACCINE IN HIGH RISK HEALTH CARE WORKERS 3237/2004 STUDY OF CMV STATUS IN DONORS & RECIPIENTS OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION AND ITS EFFECT ON IMMEDIATE POST TRANSPLANT COURSE 3238/2004 A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF DEFENCE PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS 3239/2004 EFFECTS OF BOTULINIUM TOXIN A IN CHILDREN WITH SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY 3240/2004 ACAMPROSATE FOR RELAPSE PREVENTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 3241/2004 COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TOPICAL 50% ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF HUMAN PLACENTA WITH TOPICAL PUVA THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF ACRAL VITILIGO 3242/2004 A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL PROFILE IN AN EXISTING COHORT OF HIV SEROPOSITIVE INDIVIDUALS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS COINFECTION 3243/2004 A STUDY OF COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION IN SERVICE AMPUTEES 3244/2004 DIABETIC DYSLIPIDEMIA, ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUCTION AND EFFECT OF TREATMENT 3245/2004 PRESCRIPTION AUDIT STUDY IN AN ARMED FORCES TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL USING THE DEFINED DAILY DOSE (DDS)CONCEPT 3246/2004 PREVALENCE OF ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH MULTI SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION AND WITH LUNG Principal Worker SURG CAPT YD SINGH SURG CDR PS TAMPI LT COL MR BHAGAT LT COL R RAMASETHU LT COL R RAMASETHU SURG CDR SHEILA S MATHAI SURG CDR A TRIPATHI SURG CDR R DHIR LT COL N NAITHANI MRS KALPANA SRIVASTAVA LT COL N KOTWAL MAJ AK GUPTA LT COL DS BHAKUNI Project No Title PARENCHYMAL DISORDERS 3247/2004 EVALUATION OF PREDECTIVE VALUE OF ANO RECTAL MANOMETRY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPHINCT EROTOMY IN FISSURE-IN-ANO 3247/2004 EVALUATION OF PREDECTIVE VALUE OF ANO RECTAL MANOMETRY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPHINCT EROTOMY IN FISSURE-IN-ANO 3248/2004 COMPARISON OF TWO SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SURGERY OF GRADE II SPONDYLOLISTHESIS 3249/2004 BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK FOR UPPER LIMB SURGERY USING PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATOR 3250/2004 A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF MISOPROSTOL VERSUS EXTRA- AMNIOTIC SODIUM CHLORIDE INFUSION FOR INDUCTION OF LABOUR 3251/2004 OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF HAEMORRHOIDS; A RANDOMISED TRIAL COMPARING THE INFRARED COAGULATION WITH THE RUBBER BAND LIGATION 3252/2004 EVALUATION, DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT OF POST CHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME 3253/2004 TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF LOW -DOSE VASOPRESSIN IN CATECHO-LAMINES RESISTANT SEPTIC SHOCK 3254/2004 COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF INDO CYANINE GREEN FUNDUS ANGIOGRAPHY (ICGFA) AND FUNDUS FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY (FFA) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MACULAR DISORDERS 3255/2004 A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY & EFFICACY OF MICRO INCISION CATARACT SURG (MICS) WITH ROLLABLE IOL IMPLANT IN COMPARISON TO PHACO-EMULSIFICATION CATARACT SURG WITH FOLDABLE I OL IMPLANT (AS RECORDED IN AFMRC PROJECT NO. 2259/99): 3256/2004 ENDOSCOPIC POWERED ADENOIDECTOMY AS A SAFE ALTERNATE TO CONVENTIONAL ADENOIDECTOMY IN SERVING PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES 3257/2004 ROLE OF EMBRYO GLUE IN IMPLANTATION 3258/2004 CLINICO- IMMUNO – HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF PTERYGIUM WITH EMPHASIS TO CORRELATE AETIOLOGY AND TENDENCY OF RECURRENCE AS Principal Worker SURG CDR SC PATRA SURG CDR SC PATRA SURG CDR KI MATHAI LT COL FB BHOT SURG CDR ZK ANTONY SURG CDR SC PATRA SURG CDR CS NAIDU WG CDR RM SHARMA COL RP GUPTA LT COL TS AHLUWALIA MAJ R DATTA LT COL RK SHARMA LT COL JKS PARIHAR Project No Title WELL AS EFFICACY OF STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THESE CASES 3259/2004 TO COMPARE THE EFFICACY, BENEFITS AND MORBIDITY OF LAPROSCOPIC UROLOGIC SURGERY , HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY OVER OPEN SURGICAL PROCEDURES AMONG TROOPS WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR PERFORMANCE STATUS 3260/2004 TO CREATE A UNIFIED ARMED FORCES SURGICAL REGISTRYA PILOT STUDY 3261/2004 TO COMPARE VARIOUS ASPECT OF LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED COLONIC RESECTIONS WITH OPEN COLONIC RESECTIONS 3262/2004 TO STUDY THE CHANGES OF P300 EVOKED RESPONSE POTENTIALS WITH CHANGES IN CONCENTRATIONS OF ESTROGEN, PROGESTERONE , LH, FSH AND TESTOSTERONE IN FEMALES 3263/2004 EVALUATION OF THE RESPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINER FOR ENHANCEMENT IN PULMONARY FUNCTIONS AND EXERCISE CAPACITY 3264/2004 STUDY OF COLOUR DISCRIMINATION AND DARK ADAPTATION DURING SIMULATED HYPOBARIC HYPOXIA 3266/2004 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION AT EXTRA-PULMONARY SITES 3267/2004 TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY ON PLASMA NORADRENALINE, ADRENALINE AND DOPAMINE IN DEPRESSED PATIENTS 3268/2004 TO EVALUATE THE ROLE OF VARIOUS IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS IN WOMEN WITH REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE 3269/2004 SUB-CATEGORIZATION OF ACUTE LEUKEMIAS (AMLS & ALLS) BY FISH CYTOGENETICS: “DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS”. 3270/2004 EVALUATION OF SEROPREVALENCE OF SCRUB TYPHUS IN 26 INF DIV LOCATIONS 3271/2004 EFFICACY OF SECOND MOLAR TO ACHIEVE ANCHORAGE CONTROL IN MAXIMUM ANCHORAGE CASES 3272/2004 EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT ARCH DESIGNS FOR Principal Worker COL A KAYASTHA LT COL RPS GAMBHIR LT COL CK JAKHMOLA MAJ KARUNA DATTA SURG CDR B SUDARSAN WG CDR SANJAY SHARMA SURG LT CDR N NATH VIVEK AMBADE LT COL SUJATA JETLEY LT COL DK MISHRA LT COL LS VAZ LT COL SM LONDHE SURG LT CDR (D) Project No Title ORTHODONTIC INTRUSION OF TEETH 3273/2004 TRIAGE OF CHEST PAIN SYNDROMES BY MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHO CARDIOGRAPHY 3274/2004 CAPNOGRAPHY FOR MONITORING AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN CHILDREN WITH EXPIRATORY WHEEZE 3275/2004 EVALUATION OF STROKE WITH CT PERFUSION 3276/2004 RADIATION DOSE ESTIMATION TO THE CRITICAL ORGANS OF PATIENTS DURING MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY 3277/2004 DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE CONCENTRATION OF ORAL MR CONTRAST AGENT FOR ABDOMINAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING 3278/2004 ABSENT P53 PROTEIN IN CANCERS REFLECT POOR RESPONSE TO CHEMOTHERAPY AND SURVIVAL 3279/2004 A STUDY OF ACUTE HCV INFECTION IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE PATIENTS ON MAINTENANCE HAEMODIALYSIS AND RESPONSE TO INTERFERON THERAPY 3280/2004 HIV AIDS STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY IN ARMED FORCES 3281/2004 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CRANIAL FIXATION TECHNIQUES AFTER CRANIOTOMY 3282/2004 EARLY MEDICAL ABORTION USING MIFEPRISTONE AND MISOPROSTOL 3283/2004 PREVALENCE OF HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS IN CERVICAL SMEAR BY DNA PCR TESTING IN THE PATIENTS ATTENDING GYNECOLOGY OPD AND ITS COMPARISON WITH PAP SMEAR 3284/2004 EFFICACY OF A SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTORMODULATOR-ORMELOXIFENE IN MANAGEMENT OF DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING 3286/2004 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF HBOT IN DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS USING DOPPLER ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT 3287/2004 COMPARISON OF TISSUE REPAIR WITH BILAYER LYPROPELENE MESH REPAIR IN MALE GROIN HERNIAS 3288/2004 CLINICO SURGICAL EVALUATION OF EFFICACY OF Principal Worker SS CHOPRA SURG CDR H JAGANNAYAKULU SURG CDR GAURAV NARULA SURG CDR IK INDRAJIT SURG CDR BS GILL LT COL CM SREEDHAR LT KCOL AJIT VENNIYOOR LT COL AK NAGPAL LT COL RS CHATTERJEE SURG CDR KI MATHAI SURG CDR V MOHINDRA SURG CAPT SUSHIL KUMAR COL TK BHATTACHARYA SQN LDR GK MISHRA SQN LDR MANOJ KUMAR SURG CDR TR Project No Title VARIOUS TYPES OF GLAUCOMA VALVES IN ADVANCED AND COMPLICATED GLAUCOMA 3289/2004 ASSESSMENT OF CERVICAL CANCER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY RESPONSE BY SERUM SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN 3290/2004 MANAGEMENT OF POST TRAUMATIC PARAPLEGIA WITH MOSS-MIAMI SPINE FIXATION SYSTEM 3291/2004 MANAGEMENT OF PROXIMAL FEMORAL FRACTURES USING PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAIL (PFN) 3292/2004 TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF YOGA ON 24 HR ESOPHAGEAL PH 3293/2004 IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY, A TOOL FOR DEFINING STANDARDS OF MIDDLE EAR DYNAMICS FOR EAR CLEARANCE RUN OR FOR FLYING AS AN AIRCREW / PASSENGER 3294/2004 AN AUDIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF CREW MEMBERS OF AN-32 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT 3295/2004 STUDY OF EFFECTS OF HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION THERAPY ON DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS AND COMMINUTED FRACTURES USING ILIZAROV RING FIXATOR 3296/2004 REAL TIME RECORDING OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY DURING DIVING UNDER WATER 3297/2004 STUDY OF THE METHYLENE TETRA HYDRO FOLATE REDUCTASE (MTHFR) C677T POLYMORPHISM AND PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS AS RISK FACTORS IN CORONARY AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES IN INDIANS. A PILOT STUDY 3298/2004 DETERMINATION OF LEAD AND MERCURY TOXICITY IN HIGH EXPLOSIVES ORDNANCE FACTORY WORKERS 3299/2004 PLASMA VIRAL LOAD, T LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS AND TNF-a AS PROGNOSTIC MARKERS OF HIV-TB COINFECTION IN THE SETTING OF CONCOMITANT ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY 3300/2004 SUBTYPING OF HLA B27 ANTIGEN IN INDIAN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES 3301/2004 MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF BETA- Principal Worker BERA LT COL MANASH BISWAS COL KR SALGOTRA LT COL IP ARORA MAJ KARUNA DATTA WG CDR CS THAKUR WG CDR S MISHRA SURG CAPT P SARIN SURG CDR H JAGANAYAKULU LT COL JYOTI KOTWAL LT COL RB KOTABAGI LT COL(MRS) K KAPILA LT COL U BASAK LT COL VS Project No Title THALASSEMIA 3302/2004 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SINGLE DONOR PLATELET(SDP) PREPARATION BY BAXTER CS 3000 AND HAEMONETICS MCS WITH A STUDY OF ADVERSE DONOR REACTION 3303/2004 A STUDY OF RUBELLA ANTIBODY PREVALENCE IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS 3304/2004 DETERMINATION OF NASO-PHARYNGEAL CARRIER RATE OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDES AMONGST RECRUITS OF A TRAINING CENTRE 3305/2004 A FIELD TRIAL TO COMPARE THE EFFICACY OF IMIDACLOPRID, FIPRONIL AND SYNTHETIC PYRETHROID OVER PROPOXUR IN THE CONTROL OF COCKROACHES 3306/2004 A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ORTHODONTIC OF LEVELING PROCEDURES WITH CONTINUOUS AND SEGMENTED ARCH MECHANICS 3307/2004 USE OF INTRA ORAL TITANIUM DISTRACTOR TO INCREASE THE VERTICAL HEIGHT OF RESIDUAL ALVEOLAR RIDGE TO ENABLE THE FABRICATION OF PROSTHESIS TO REHABILITATE PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS CONTITION 3308/2004 SEROTONIN SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES IN DEPRESSION : CLINICAL CORRELATES AND THE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT 3309/2004 TO STUDY THE INCIDENCE OF VENOUS GAS EMBOLISM (VGE) USING PULSE DOPPLER TECHNIQUE, ON EXPOSURE TO STANDARD AIRCREW ALTITUDE CHAMBER TRAINING PROTOCOLS IN THE INDIAN AIR FORCE 3310/2004 ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND SENSITIVITY TESTING OF M. TUBERCULOSIS ISOLATES FROM CASES OF EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS USING KIRCHNER’S LIQUID CULTURE MEDIUM ALONG WITH LJ MEDIUM-AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY OF ISOLATION IN PAUCIBACILLARY CASES 3311/2004 A STUDY OF EMOTIONAL DISORDERS AND STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AND THEIR EFFECT ON METABOLIC CONTROL Principal Worker NIJHAWAN LT COL D SWARUP COL J DUTTA LT COL S CHATURVEDI LT COL VK AGRAWAL LT COL JAIDEEP SENGUPTA COL GK THAPLIYAL SURG CDR AA PAWAR WG CDR VV JOSHI COL J JENA Surg Lt Cdr A Tripathi Project Title No 3312/2004 3D ULTRASONOGRAPHY FOR SMALL PARTS IMAGING 3313/2004 ROLE OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS IN CAUSATION OF SKIN DISEASES 3314/2004 CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF THE HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HBO) IN MICROVASCULAR FREE TISSUE TRANSFER PROCEDURES 3315/2004 COMPARISON OF ND – YAG LASER, CO2 LASER AND COLD STEEL IN TREATMENT OF MASS LESIONS OF UPPER AERO DIGESTIVE TRACT 3316/2004 SCREENING OF BLOOD DONORS FOR HIV-1 VIRUS p24 ANTIGEN AND HIV – RNA 3317/2004 HLA ANTIGENS AMONG INDIAN SCHIZOPHRENICS 3318/2004 STUDY ON GENETIC VARIATION IN GENE 38 AND GENE54 IN INDIAN STRAIN OF VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS Principal Worker Surg Cdr PC Hande Lt Col MPS Sawhney Surg Capt YP Monga Surg Cdr S Badhwar Surg Cdr RN Mishra Lt Col U Basak Lt Col S K Chumber