A new cuffed oesophageal prosthesis for the management of malignant oesophago-respiratory fistula.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cochlear implants are surgically inserted electrical devices that enable severely or profoundly deaf individuals to interpret sounds from their environment and communicate more effectively. As a result of their electrical nature, they are susceptible to electromagnetic interference and can be damaged by e...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Frampton SJ,Ismail-Koch H,Mitchell TE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-parasitic splenic cysts are rare entities. In pregnancy, they are rarer still, with as few as seven cases reported in the literature. There is little consensus regarding the optimal management of this condition in pregnancy. Although small, the theoretical risk of intrapartum splenic rupture is associated with a f...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kapp J,Lewis T,Glasgow S,Khalil A,Anjum A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'vascular' aetiology of headache is questioned. An alternative hypothesis based on sensitisation of sensory nerve endings by neurogenic plasma extravasation is discussed. The development of drugs which selectively inhibit the release of vasoactive neuropeptides from perivascular sensory nerves may benefit patients...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Macfarlane R

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of a leiomyosarcoma in the inguinal canal in a patient presenting clinically with an inguinal hernia. The clinical details, histological findings and surgical management are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Patel R,Chana P,Armstrong J,Lawrence R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarization between proponents of intact canal wall tympanoplasty and radical (modified) mastoidectomy in the treatment of cholesteatoma and other irreversible temporal bone lesions can be avoided in many cases by the use of one or more special techniques. These include (a) Gelfilm (no-graft) induction of tympanic me...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Goodhill V

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:Intact parathyroid hormone (PTHi) has a relatively short half-life and levels fall significantly within 15 min of the successful excision of all the abnormal parathyroid glands during surgery for hyperparathyroidism. Monitoring this fall has been suggested as useful in decreasing the failure rate of neck explorations ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Madira W,Robertson GS,London NJ,Iqbal SJ,Bell PR,Veitch PS

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：AIM:Only half of those patients undergoing major lower limb amputations for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) are likely to mobilise on a prosthesis. This study aimed to determine whether a surgeon's experience influenced the quality of the residual limb and thus the likelihood of the stump being suitable for a prosthe...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Cosgrove CM,Thornberry DJ,Wilkins DC,Ashley S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Carpal tunnel decompression is the most commonly performed surgical procedure within a hand unit. Although very effective, the complications following the procedure can be significant. In an attempt to identify the causes of such complications, we assessed whether seniority of the surgeon impacts on outcom...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Akhtar S,Sinha S,Bradley MJ,Burke FD,Wilgis SE,Dubin NH

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Thyroidectomy is associated with certain known complications, including recurrent laryngeal or superior laryngeal nerve injury and hypocalcaemia due to hypoparathyroidism. Other much rarer complications include oesophageal injury with oesophageal fistula formation. In this report, we describe the clinical course of a ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rabie ME

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 12 femoral herniae in children is presented. Nine were misdiagnosed, eight as inguinal hernia. Nine were reducible. The sex incidence, M:F was 7:5 and nine presented between the ages of 8 and 10 years. One presented as intestinal obstruction due to a Richter's hernia and two had had a previous ipsilateral ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Zaman K,Taylor JD,Fossard DP

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic surgery has become the standard for colorectal cancer resection in the UK but it can be technically challenging in patients who are obese. Patients whose body fat is mainly inside the abdominal cavity are more challenging than those whose fat is mainly outside the abdominal cavity. Abdominal ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Scott SI,Farid S,Mann C,Jones R,Kang P,Evans J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study suggests that appendicectomy should be routinely performed at laparoscopy for suspected acute appendicitis and that this can be achieved with minimal morbidity. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Grabham JA,Sutton C,Nicholson ML

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:The pattern of preoperative investigation was audited in 256 patients entering hospital for elective surgery over a 12-week period. During the initial 6 weeks (phase one), no guidance was given to the house surgeons and the investigations were assessed as being 'indicated' or 'not indicated' according to preset criter...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Billings PJ,Davies JP,Richards R,Aubrey DA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case of a very unusual cause of an acute groin lump in a 71-year-old woman that was presumed initially to either be an incisional or inguinal hernia. However, with subsequent computed tomography it was shown to be thrombophlebitis of collateral vessels secondary to a previous deep vein thrombosis. This case...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Davey PT,Byrnes C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Patients with large ptotic breasts undergoing immediate implant-based reconstruction often require skin-reducing mastectomy to optimise the aesthetic outcome. However, healing complications, especially at the resulting inverted T-junction, leading to wound dehiscence, infection, skin necrosis, implant exp...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kankam H,Hourston G,Forouhi P,Di Candia M,Wishart GC,Malata CM

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The early experience with total prosthetic replacement of the hip from the making up of the first models in 1940 and the actual insertion of a small series in 1951 is described. The introduction of modified designs and the teething troubles experienced with them is dealt with, including the use of acrylic cement as a ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： McKee GK

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gross enlargement of the male breast with skin redundancy and ptosis cannot be effectively managed by subcutaneous mastectomy alone. A technique is described in which the excess breast tissue and skin are excised along a design which allows the nipple-areolar complex, mounted on a vertical deepithelialised pedicle, to...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ward CM,Khalid K

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a rare cause of the acute abdomen in adults and carries one of the highest mortality rates in gastroenterology. However, its rarity confines research to small case reports. Both its pathogenesis and aetiology remain enigmatic in adult patients, proving timely diagnosis and management...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Schapira B,Nazarian S,Thanapal M,Parmar C,Mukhtar H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine whether tailoring the extent of resection would allow radical gastric cancer surgery to be performed safely in a UK population. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 180 consecutive patients (median age 70 years; male:female ratio 2:1) undergoing resection for gastric aden...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lamb P,Sivashanmugam T,White M,Irving M,Wayman J,Raimes S

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The equivalence of breast-conserving surgery followed by postoperative radiotherapy against mastectomy is now firmly established in patients with early breast cancer. The results of surgery in large-breasted women can be poor, with radiation-induced fibrosis, chronic pain and poor cosmesis contributing to ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Currie A,Chong K,Davies GL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jejunal perforation is a known complication of abdominal trauma. We report two cases of jejunal perforation presenting nearly 2 months following blunt injury to the abdomen and discuss possible mechanisms for delayed small bowel perforation. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Subramanian V,Raju RS,Vyas FL,Joseph P,Sitaram V

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare disorder due to coeliac trunk compression by the median arcuate ligament, resulting in coeliac artery stenosis characterised by chronic, recurrent abdominal pain. Patients with MALS are often middle-aged females presenting with a triad of postprandial epigastric pain, ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rubinkiewicz M,Ramakrishnan PK,Henry BM,Roy J,Budzynski A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful treatment of major burns depends upon accurate and early fluid replacement in the first 36 h. A burns calculator has been designed, based upon the Muir and Barclay formula, which should facilitate the estimation of fluid requirements in burned patients and therefore improve their immediate management in...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jenkinson LR

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since its first publication in 1997, minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) has developed into the predominant minimally invasive surgery of the thyroid. A major advantage over conventional thyroid surgery is the superior cosmetic result. However, there are still few data comparing the lon...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sahm M,Otto R,Pross M,Mantke R

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00