Videocystography with synchronous detrusor pressure and flow rate recordings.

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：:Over the past 15 years, 32 cases of tuberculosis have been seen and diagnosed in the surgical and gynaecological departments of the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. The average age of patients was 42.8 years. Of the sites affected, 17 had head, neck or axillary swellings, 6 affected the female genital tract, 3 ha...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hodgson TJ,Duncan JL,Rogers K

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical records of 116 patients who had 168 ureteric double J (pigtail) catheters inserted over a 6-year period between 1981 and 1987 were reviewed. Eighty-five patients had pigtails inserted for benign conditions and 31 for malignant disease. The pigtail catheters were inserted cystoscopically in 88 patients, per...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Smedley FH,Rimmer J,Taube M,Edwards L

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brachytherapy involves the therapeutic implantation of a radio-active seed source into, or close to, prostate cancer. We report the rare case of a 76-year-old man who presented with a prostate abscess after months of intractable pelvic pain following prostate cancer treatment with iodine-125 brachytherapy. Despite mul...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gilmore PE,Baird AD,Javle PM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma (EES) is a rare soft tissue neoplasm of primitive mesenchymal cells. There is a scarcity of data on EES involving the head and neck, with studies being over years or even decades. We are the first to report a case of EES involving the carotid artery and its subsequent surgical excision and ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kallala R,Nikkhah D,Nix P,Woodhead C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral cavity cancers are on the increase in the UK. Understanding site-specific epidemiological trends is important for cancer control measures. This study demonstrates the changing epidemiological trends in lip, intra-oral cavity and tongue base cancers in south-east England from 1987 to 2006. AIM: METHODS...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Olaleye O,Ekrikpo U,Lyne O,Wiseberg J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to identify whether clinicians are obtaining a valid consent for surgery, and ascertain the parents' perception of parental responsibility when giving consent for their children. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Adults consenting for 100 children were questioned about the possession of paren...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Elmalik K,Wheeler RA

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:The results of a 12-month prospective study of 113 patients show that intravenous urography has no place in the management of men with acute urinary retention without haematuria. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gajraj HA,Taube M

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tranexamic acid has been used for many years to minimise blood loss during surgery and, more recently, to reduce morbidity after major trauma. While small studies have confirmed reduction in blood loss during tonsillectomy with its use, the rate of primary haemorrhage following tonsillectomy has not been r...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Robb PJ,Thorning G

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of two chitosan formulations, Omni-Stat® granules and Celox Gauze®, in a model of major hepatic injury in the presence of clotting dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Major hepatic injuries in moderately heparinised swine were treated with either O...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Millner R,Lockhart AS,Marr R

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Spontaneous cervical lymphocoeles are extremely rare. Their surgical management can pose many challenges with the lack of clear surgical planes potentiating risks. We present the case of a patient with an extensive right-sided cervical lymphocoele. Surgical excision would have involved extensive surgery with risk to ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Qureishi A,Silva P,Lamyman A,Cox G

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction A bronchobiliary fistula (BBF) following liver directed therapy (resection/ablation) is a rare complication in which an abnormal communication between the biliary tract and bronchial tree is formed. This case report describes the successful management of a persistent BBF following multiple liver wedge res...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Pinsker N,Papoulas M,Sodergren M,Harrison P,Heaton N,Menon K

更新日期：2018-04-01 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:To address concerns about reduced opportunities for operative training, a programme of training operating lists for senior house officers was established. The entire patient pathway was used as a learning resource so that training was offered in a range of areas including development of knowledge, communic...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Feldman M,Nasmyth G

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of surgical treatment for portal hypertension during a 23-year period in a regional unit is reported and the immediate and subsequent management of patients with bleeding oesophageal varices is discussed. Fifty-four patients with recurrent varix haemorrhage uncontrolled by conservative methods h...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kirby R,Burke FD,Jones JD

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of HIV in the UK has been estimated to be 1 in 1000 of the population. Surgeons are at particular risk of occupational transmission from infected blood. To determine the effect of HIV on surgical practice we sent a questionnaire to 681 general surgeons in England and Wales; 450 replied (66%). Of those w...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Stotter AT,Vipond MN,Guillou PJ

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of 12 patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma is reviewed. All patients underwent total thyroidectomy. Local nodal and extracapsular spread was aggressively resected, followed by radiotherapy. No patient died from uncontrolled local disease. Prolonged survival after radical treatment is demonstrated e...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lannigan FJ,Watkinson JC,Clarke SE,Maisey MN,Shaheen OH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal cancer is an increasingly common disease in the UK. Sadly, the overall results of treatment remain poor with overall 5 year survival of approximately 10%. More than 50% of patients receive purely palliative care from the outset. Of those having potentially curative treatment, 40% will not survive the first...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Bancewicz J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This observational study investigated the incidence of distal radius fractures in children, to determine whether the rate is rising, the effect of seasonal variation on incidence and whether fracture type and rate of surgical intervention has changed, to help in determining costs for secondary care and to ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Mamoowala N,Johnson NA,Dias JJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gastric neuromodulation (GNM) has been advocated for the treatment of drug refractory gastroparesis or persistent nausea and vomiting in the absence of a mechanical bowel obstruction. There is, however, little in the way of objective data to support its use, particularly with regards to its effects on gas...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ullah S,Arsalani-Zadeh R,Sedman P,Avery G,Duthie GS,MacFie J

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：: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：:This review aims to change clinical practice and alert clinicians to consider that unrecognised coeliac disease may present acutely with abdominal pain. Targeting patients who have non-specific abdominal pain or coeliac-associated symptoms/diseases may improve diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sanders DS,Azmy IA,Hurlstone DP

更新日期：2006-03-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine the awareness of Clostridium difficile infection amongst healthcare professionals. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A total of 132 healthcare professionals (18 consultants, 40 trainee doctors, and 74 nursing staff) in our hospital were randomly surveyed using a questionnaire con...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Aroori S,Blencowe N,Pye G,West R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the largest reported case of pilomatrixoma in the literature. While pilomatrixomas typically present as small soft-tissue nodules of the head, neck and upper extremities, they can also present as much larger masses in atypical locations. When they present in their usual size, pilomatrixomas have typical im...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Beattie G,Tai C,Pinar Karakas S,Cham E,Idowu O,Kim S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The usual indications for oesophageal replacement in childhood are intractable corrosive strictures and long-gap oesophageal atresia. Generally, paediatric surgeons attempt to preserve the native oesophagus with repeat dilatations. However, when this is not successful, an appropriate conduit must be fashio...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Arul GS,Parikh D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess the safety and the efficacy of hepatic resective surgery in the treatment of single lobe hepatolithiasis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Retrospective analysis and comparison between hepatic resections in patients with hepatolithiasis (hepatolithiasis group [HG]) and liver masses...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Catena M,Aldrighetti L,Finazzi R,Arzu G,Arru M,Pulitanò C,Ferla G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00