Profile of spine and joint tuberculosis on Pakistan's Afghan frontier.

abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) usually presents in infancy with respiratory failure requiring urgent surgical correction. Mortality in this group of patients remains poor and persistent pulmonary hypertension is a significant contributor. It is therefore rare for patients to reach adulthood undiagnosed. CDH is ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Manson HJ,Goh YM,Goldsmith P,Scott P,Turner P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Insulinoma is a rare, but curable, endocrine tumour. The ability to localise the tumour accurately before or during surgery is an important factor in the management of these elusive lesions, which has been extensively debated. We have reviewed our experience of these lesions to establish the role of locali...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ravi K,Britton BJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-attendance in the out-patient department has financial costs for the NHS and clinical implications to the non-attender and those awaiting an appointment. The aim of this audit was to quantify the percentage of non-attenders at colorectal clinics in a UK teaching hospital, assess which factors affected ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Corfield L,Schizas A,Noorani A,Williams A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed account is given of the mechanics of converting the manuscript results from a period of research into a thesis that is also a first-class, readable book. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kelly MJ

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year-old woman underwent a low anterior resection and defunctioning loop ileostomy for a T1 N1 M0 rectal adenocarcinoma. Three months following surgery she attended complaining of pain inferior to the loop ileostomy. A clinical examination demonstrated an extensive area of spreading cellulitis on the lower abdomi...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Davey PT,Burnside N,MacKenzie N,Conkey D,Carson J,Skelly RT

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Pseudoaneurysm formation following ankle arthroscopy is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication. The placement of anterior ankle portals carries inherent risk to the superficial and deep peroneal nerves, as well as to the dorsalis pedis artery. Anatomical variations in the dorsalis pedis and the ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Parikh S,Dawe E,Lee C,Whitehead-Clarke T,Smith C,Bendall S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The diagnostic performance of ultrasound-fine needle aspiration to identify thyroid nodules harbouring malignancy remains variable. The aim of this study was to determine thyroid nodule size and cytological classification as predictors of malignancy risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We conducted a retrospective...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jinih M,Faisal F,Abdalla K,Majeed M,Achakzai AA,Heffron C,McCarthy J,Redmond HP

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:General anaesthesia is infrequently requested for bronchography in small children. The clinical indications, recommendations for the anaesthetic technique, and problems associated with the investigation are discussed. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ryan DW

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recording of medical data has developed from crude non-specific classifications to complex systems tailor-made for individual practices. The development of the Read Clinical Classification has produced a complex classification which is user friendly and covers the whole of medicine. The classification allows uniqu...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： James NK

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 700 cerebral vascular operations have been undertaken on the Surgical Unit of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, for stroke prophylaxis, the majority being carotid endarterectomies. One of the unique features of the latter procedure is the marked instability of postoperative blood pressure. The relation of this c...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lumley JS

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Preliminary studies show that device assisted intravesical therapies appear more effective than passive diffusion intravesical therapy for the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) in specific settings, and phase III studies are now being conducted. Consequently, we have undertaken a non-...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Slater SE,Patel P,Viney R,Foster M,Porfiri E,James ND,Montgomery B,Bryan RT

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the primary fellowship results showed that on average candidates were scoring a significantly higher mark in the MCQ than in the essay or viva. The level of MCQ marking has therefore been reset to the standards of the other parts of the examination. The need for continually monitoring the results of all ex...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lumley JS,Browne PD,Elcock NJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive cephalic spread of solution occurred in three out of seven cases studied during coeliac plexus blockade. Spread on to cardiac nerves and plexus may be a factor in hypotension following this procedure. Incremental dosage and careful screening is recommended. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hardy PA,Wells JC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internet provides the public with unregulated access to a wide range of medications. We present the case of a 43-year-old man who purchased oral tadalafil gel on the internet and injected it into his left radial artery. He presented 48 hours after injection with signs of ischaemia distal to the injection site requ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Vaughan EM,Yeung D,West CC,Tadros A,Curnier A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of perioperative blood transfusion on cancer progression remains controversial because retrospective clinical studies have produced conflicting results. We have collected data prospectively on 379 patients undergoing curative surgery for colorectal adenocarcinoma and assessed the effect of variables, includ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sene A,Jeacock J,Robinson C,Walsh S,Kingston RD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial disease changes the shape of Doppler ultrasound waveforms recorded noninvasively from arteries in the lower limbs. These changes can be described numerically by computer analysis of waveforms, and techniques currently in use are pulsatility index, Laplace transform and principal component analysis. These wave...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Campbell WB

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric spiral organisms were first described in man in 1939 and identified as Helicobacter pylori causing peptic ulcers in the early 1980s. Surgical specimens of gastric resections from 1939 showed H. pylori to be present. Full-thickness sections of gastric mucosa from gastric specimens from the eighteenth-century Hu...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Walker MM,Baron JH

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The series comprises 6 patients (mean age, 21 years) who presented with an epidermoid cyst of the testis between 1991 and 1998. Pre-operative ultrasonography suggested the presence of a testicular cancer in 3 patients who underwent a radical orchidectomy. The ultrasound successfully predicted the true diagnosis in 3 p...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gupta SK,Golash A,Thomas JA,Cochlin D,Griffiths D,Jenkins BJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much is known about the late intestinal side effects of radiation, comparatively little has been published about its acute complications. We present a case of a small bowel obstruction due to acute radiation enteritis. As radiotherapy continues to expand its role in the management of oncological disease, cli...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Curtis NJ,Bryant T,Raj S,Bateman AR,Mirnezami AH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and four patients with second, third degree or thrombosed prolapsed piles, treated by cryotherapy, were studied pre- and postoperatively. A computer analysis was made of all relevant data such as pile mass, freezing time and results of treatment. The method, which is easy to perform and cost effective, is ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Southam JA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information was collected about 302 women referred for breast symptoms and seen in surgical outpatient or outreach clinics during one month at two hospitals in Sheffield. Three-quarters of the women (n = 244) were referred to specialist breast clinics, 22% (n = 70) were referred to general surgical clinics and 3% (n =...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Laver RC,Reed MW,Harrison BJ,Newton PD

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Minimally-invasive, video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) was developed to reduce scarring/trauma associated with cervical incisions used in open thyroidectomy. Results from various centres have been published internationally but none from the UK. This study reports the first results from the UK and compare...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Samy AK,Ridgway D,Orabi A,Suppiah A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the secretin-pancreozymin test, duodenal aspirate cytology and hypotonic duodenography (the Triple Test), performed during a single duodenal intubation in patients with pancreatic or ampullary carcinoma, chronic pancreatitis and non-pancreatic disease were analysed retrospectively. Thirty-five of 36 car...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Thompson HH,Brown CL,Murray RS,Wingate DL,Ritchie HD

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is based on a Hygienist Panel Meeting held at St Anne's Manor, Wokingham on 24-25 June 2009. The panel agreed that greater use should be made of antiseptics to reduce reliance on antibiotics with their associated risk of antibiotic resistance. When choosing an antiseptic for clinical use, the Biocompatibil...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Leaper D,McBain AJ,Kramer A,Assadian O,Sanchez JL,Lumio J,Kiernan M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trauma care has evolved rapidly over the past decade. The benefits of operative fracture management in major trauma patients are well recognised. Concerns over early total care arose when applied broadly. The burden of additional surgical trauma could constitute a second hit, fuelling the inflammatory response and pre...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Bates P,Parker P,McFadyen I,Pallister I

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We performed a retrospective radiological audit of the hip resurfacings carried out in our trust over a five-year period. Abnormal cup inclination angle (CIA) and stem shaft angle (SSA) are recognised risk factors for revision in hip resurfacing. Our aims were to identify the CIA and SSA for hip resurfacin...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ramisetty N,Krishnan KM,Partington PF

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique is presented for the control of bleeding from the posterior aspect of an aortic end-to-end anastomosis. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hosseinpour AR,Rajan S,Nashef SA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Appendicectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed in general surgery. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of open appendicectomy (OA), laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA) and single port laparoscopic appendicectomy (SPLA). METHODS:Fifty consecutive patients with suspected acute appendicitis...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jiang X,Meng HB,Zhou DL,Ding WX,Lu LS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Enhanced recovery programmes have been established in some areas of elective surgery. This study applied enhanced recovery principles to elective oesophageal and gastric cancer surgery. Methods An enhanced recovery programme for patients undergoing open oesophagogastrectomy, total and subtotal gastrectomy...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gatenby PA,Shaw C,Hine C,Scholtes S,Koutra M,Andrew H,Hacking M,Allum WH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00