Laparoscopic fundoplication for gastro-oesophageal reflux.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate the intra- and inter-observer variation of the Schatzker and AO/OTA classifications in assessing tibial plateau fractures, using plain radiographs. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty tibial plateau fractures were classified independently by six observers as per the Schatzker ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Charalambous CP,Tryfonidis M,Alvi F,Moran M,Fang C,Samarji R,Hirst P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the effect of buffered commercial 1% xylocaine (with 1:200,000 adrenaline) and the unbuffered commercial 1% xylocaine (with 1:200,000 adrenaline) preparation on pain during infiltration and procedure. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A randomised, double blind controlled trial involving 85 patients who underwent b...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Younis I,Bhutiani RP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the operating microscope was introduced more than 50 years ago, its use was at first confined to otolaryngology and, later, to ophthalmology. More recently its use in the development of microvascular techniques has led to spectacular advances in the field of replantation and reconstructive surgery. The organi...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： O'Brien BM

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annular small bowel ulceration is rare. We report three patients who presented with signs of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss. In two patients the main presenting symptom was intermittent abdominal pain while the third patient subsequently developed abdominal pain during the course of investigation. Preoperative lo...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ballantyne KC,Morris DL,Hawkey CJ,Hardcastle JD

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scintigraphy was performed on 180 patients with suspected biliary tract disease using technetium-99m-labelled derivatives of iminodiacetic acid. Most of the patients were also evaluated by conventional techniques and the results were correlated with the findings at operation and with histological examination of tissue...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ram MD

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1999, a statement of best practice in primary total hip replacement was approved by the Council of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and by the British Hip Society (BHS) to provide a basis for regional and national auditable standards. We have compared practice in the North West Region of England ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Malik MH,Gambhir AK,Bale L,Pradhan N,Porter ML

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal stent migration is a recognised complication; however, few present distal to the stomach causing obstruction. To date, this has never been reported as occurring later than 2 years after insertion. An 84-year-old woman presented with small bowel obstruction secondary to a fractured migrated metallic oesopha...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Harries R,Campbell J,Ghosh S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Adequate peri-operative analgesia following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) promotes earlier rehabilitation but remains problematic because of the drug side-effects. Peri-articular multimodal drug infiltration (PMDI) has been developed as an alternative strategy to avoid such complications. Autologous retran...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gill I,Gallagher K,Busch CA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism may be cured surgically by complete excision of abnormal parathyroid tissue. Reoperation for persistent hypercalcaemia due to residual abnormal parathyroid tissue may be associated with a high complication rate. It is possible to assay intact parathormone (iPTH) intraoperatively and as iPTH...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Tan P,Leveson SH,Wilkinson H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the surgical workload on a renal unit, with particular reference to non-transplant-related surgery and to assess the workload in relation to surgical staffing levels. DESIGN:Prospective audit of all surgical procedures carried out on patients in acute or chronic renal failure, and on transplanted p...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Raftery AT

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of selective arterial embolisation for patients presenting with major hepatic trauma is described. We have used this technique successfully in four patients, three of whom had continued bleeding after emergency laparotomy. It can abolish localised intrahepatic arterial haemorrhage and arteriovenous shunt...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Pain JA,Heaton ND,Karani JB,Howard ER

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tailgut cysts are rare benign retrorectal cysts arising from persistent remnants of an embryonic hindgut. Malignant transformation inside this lesion is very uncommon and occurrence of neuroendocrine tumours in this context is extremely rare. We report the case of a 56-year-old woman who underwent surgical excision of...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Mora-Guzmán I,Alonso-Casado A,Rodríguez Sánchez A,Bermejo Marcos E

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromas of the common bile duct are extremely rare. The lack of specific clinical or radiological features makes preoperative diagnosis in the absence of histology difficult. We report the case of a female patient who presented with obstructive jaundice and evidence of a common bile duct stricture on imaging. Sh...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： De Rosa A,Gomez D,Zaitoun AM,Cameron IC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite published criteria predicting poor survival after operation for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA), little is known about the factors which influence surgeons not to operate. Questionnaires were sent to all 404 members of the Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, posing questions about...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hewin DF,Campbell WB

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic nephroma is a rare lesion, but there has been an increased number of cases reported in the recent literature. Most cases have been discovered incidentally either on routine examination or during radiological investigations. There are two peaks of incidence, one in childhood and one in middle age and the conditi...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Upadhyay AK,Neely JA

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify what proportion of patients who, having sustained an initial distal radial fragility fracture and a subsequent femoral neck fracture, had had their osteoporosis addressed in the interval between the two events. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The hospital electronic information system was used to identify all pat...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Smith MG,Dunkow P,Lang DM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective was to assess the impact on the management of colorectal patients treated in a district general hospital within the first year after the introduction of transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data were collected for consecutive unselected patients who underwent TEM. Co...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Mihai R,Borley N

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroperitoneal paragangliomas are rare tumours arising from neural crest cells located near or in the autonomic nervous system; right from the skull bass to the pelvic floor. Often called the great masqueraders, their diagnosis and treatment is often difficult and fraught with danger, considering the close proximity ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Parmar K,Chandna A,Kumar S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessory nerve injury produces considerable disability. The nerve is most frequently damaged as a complication of radical neck dissection, cervical lymph node biopsy and other surgical procedures. The problem is frequently compounded by a failure to recognise the error immediately after surgery when surgical repair h...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： London J,London NJ,Kay SP

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite an increasing emphasis on data-driven quality improvement, few validated quality indicators for emergency surgical services have been published. The aims of this study therefore were: 1) to investigate whether the acute cholecystectomy rate is a valid process indicator; and 2) to use this rate to e...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Palser TR,Navarro AP,Swift S,Beckingham IJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the assessment of lymph nodes by the surgeon, at the time of operation, with the pathologist's assessment on the resected specimen in 85 cases of total gastrectomy with extended lymphadenectomy for gastric carcinoma. There was correlation in 67% of cases, in 28% the disease was overstaged, and in o...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Park KG,Chung SC,McGuire L,Li AK,Crofts TJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conflicting reports exist for the efficacy of intermittent wound perfusion with bupivacaine in the relief of postoperative pain. A study was devised to assess postoperative pain relief objectively using a Patient Controlled Analgesic Device (PCAD) during continuous wound perfusion with bupivacaine or saline. Thirty co...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Chester JF,Ravindranath K,White BD,Shanahan D,Taylor RS,Lloyd-Williams K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients undergoing colorectal surgical resections have a high incidence of surgical site infection (SSI). Many patient-specific risk factors have been recognised in association with SSI in such patients, but environmental contamination is increasingly recognised as a contributor to hospital-acquired infec...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Brady RR,Kalima P,Damani NN,Wilson RG,Dunlop MG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracobilia and pleurobiliary fistulae secondary to obstructed choledocholithiasis are rare complications of gallstone disease. We present the case of a 64-year-old man with gallstone pancreatitis who developed a pleurobiliary fistula secondary to an obstructing ductal calculus, and was successfully managed non-opera...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Frampton AE,Williams A,Wilkerson PM,Paterson IM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 21 patients (18 female) whose intractable constipation was treated by colectomy between 1976 and 1985 is reported. There was no mortality attributable to surgery in this series. Total colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis was the preferred operation, but it produced a satisfactory result in only 12 patient...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Walsh PV,Peebles-Brown DA,Watkinson G

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The analgesia provided for children is often less than for adults with the same underlying pathology. This paper attempts to quantify the postoperative analgesic requirements of patients undergoing appendicectomy. METHODS:Patients between 6 and 30 years of age who underwent an unscheduled appendicectomy were prosp...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lambert AW,Mayor A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyromatosis is a rare entity and usually appears as a consequence of the seeding on previous parathyroid surgery which was applied for the secondary hyperparathyroidism. A 63-year-old woman presented with a history of subtotal thyroidectomy 20 years ago and parathyroidectomy due to primary hyperparathyroidism (PH...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Haciyanli M,Karaisli S,Gucek Haciyanli S,Atasever A,Arikan Etit D,Gur EO,Acar T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Incisional hernia is a common complication of laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Extraction site may influence the rate of incisional hernias. Major risk factors for the development of incisional hernias include age, diabetes, obesity and smoking status. In this study, we investigated the effect of specimen ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Navaratnam AV,Ariyaratnam R,Smart NJ,Parker M,Motson RW,Arulampalam TH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The necessity of an outpatient (OP) consultation for patients referred for minor surgery under local anaesthetic (LA) was examined. Two separate prospective studies were performed. The first comprised 107 patients referred for minor surgery, who were assessed in the outpatient department (OPD), before being booked for...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Johnson RC,Pullan RD,Hedges AR,Stamatakis JD

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the differential diagnosis of a swollen elbow, the palpation of the supratrochlear glands is useful. They are not enlarged in a traumatic elbow joint. They are enlarged, discrete and shotty in rheumatoid arthritis. In tuberculosis, they are enlarged, matted and they may caseate and form a cold abscess on the medial...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Patel DA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00