Laparoscopic preperitoneal repair for primary falciform ligament herniation.

abstract：:The initial teaching and learning experience of four surgeons performing a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is reported. A total of 33 patients underwent the laparoscopic approach for Nissen fundoplication. Two patients also underwent concomitant cholecystectomy. A loose 360 degrees fundoplication secured by three o...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Watson DI,Reed MW,Johnson AG,Stoddard CJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The demand for elective hand surgery in England is predicted to double by 2030 compared with 2011. With such increase in demand, the UK must seek strategies to reduce costs of treatment while still maintaining standards of care. Carpal tunnel decompression performed in a treatment room rather than in theat...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Palial V,Kheiran A,Siddiqui S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three cases that presented with symptoms suggestive of appendicitis but were found at operation to have an inflamed solitary caecal diverticulum. All were treated successfully with diverticulectomy or inversion of the diverticulum. We wish to highlight this diagnosis and its surgical management so that inf...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Connolly D,McGookin RR,Gidwani A,Brown MG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We have previously shown that Picolax bowel preparation causes a significant dehydrating effect, which can be minimised by administering a calculated volume of intravenous fluid. The aim of this prospective study was to assess whether peri-operative outcome is affected by administering a calculated volume ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sanders G,Arthur CH,Hosie KB,Lambert AW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotising fasciitis is a rare, serious infection of the deep fascia leading to subcutaneous tissue necrosis. It is extremely important for this condition to be identified and treated promptly as it bears significant mortality. We describe a case of necrotising fasciitis after laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery. To o...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Yiasemidou M,Majumder S,Basheer M

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:Introduction Large, complicated ventral hernias are an increasingly common problem. The transversus abdominis muscle release (TAMR) is a recently described modification of posterior components separation for repair of such hernias. We describe our initial experience with TAMR and sublay mesh to facilitate abdominal wa...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Appleton ND,Anderson KD,Hancock K,Scott MH,Walsh CJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Arthroscopy is the established 'gold standard' diagnostic investigation for detection of shoulder disorders. We aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of arthroscopy with magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) for detection of shoulder disorders. METHODS Patients who underwent arthroscopy by a single surge...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Saqib R,Harris J,Funk L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bochdalek hernias rarely contain an intrathoracic kidney, and there are few reports of their operative repair. A woman presented with progressive dyspnoea limiting her quality of life. Imaging showed a Bochdalek hernia containing omentum, large bowel and the left kidney. The woman was unexpectedly admitted to the inte...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Halle-Smith JM,Pande R,Griffiths EA

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:Clinical, operative, and conventional radiological criteria may provide insufficient indications for exploration of the common bile duct. The technique of contact cholangiography improves the radiographic definition, especially in the obese, and has resulted in more positive choledochotomies and in fewer negative expl...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Baxter-Smith DC,Middleton MD

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 4-year review of 509 patients with chronic pancreatitis, the incidence of clinically manifest fixed common bile duct (CBD) stenosis was 9% (45 patients). In 76% this was alcohol related, and pancreatic calcification was present in 51%. All patients presented with unrelenting jaundice and five (11%) had cholangiti...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Huizinga WK,Thomson SR,Spitaels JM,Simjee AE

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Introducing laparoscopic colorectal surgery is a challenge to the whole surgical team. It is usual for an assistant to hold the laparoscope and be responsible for the surgeon's view of the operative field and a lack of expertise in the assistant can add significant difficulties. The EndoAssist is a robotic...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gilbert JM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We detail the unusual occurrence of successive episodes of diabetic myonecrosis in both lower and upper limbs in a young woman with diabetic end organ dysfunction. We highlight the importance of recognising this as a differential diagnosis for acute limb pain in diabetic patients and advocate conservative measures fo...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Welck MJ,Vetpillai P,Balaji V,Jennings R,Goodier WD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Congenital absence of the anterior arch of the atlas is incredibly rare with only two cases reported previously in the literature. We present a third case of a medically fit patient who suffered neck trauma with an abnormal odontoid peg x-ray, which subsequently demonstrated a congenital non-fusion of the anterior ve...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Thavarajah D,McKenna P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hip fractures are common injuries in elderly patients presenting to the trauma surgeon. Mortality following such injuries approaches 10% at one month, rising to 30% at one year. Of those who survive, most experience a decrease in mobility and independence. The authors believe that the general public are no...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： McBride TJ,Panrucker S,Clothier JC

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Three hundred and forty consecutive patients received successful spinal anaesthesia with 0.5% plain bupivacaine. A small randomised study of 40 of these cases showed little difference between 3.5 and 3 ml; however, analysis of its use in 200 patients receiving 3.5 ml (mean block T10.5 +/- 1 segment) and 100 receiving ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ryan DW,Pridie AK,Copeland PF

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Postoperative urinary retention requiring urethral catheterisation increases the risk of joint sepsis following arthroplasty. Spinal anaesthesia with opiate administration is used widely in lower limb arthroplasty. We sought to establish whether the choice of opiate agent had any effect on the incidence of...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Fernandez MA,Karthikeyan S,Wyse M,Foguet P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intraoperative neural monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve has been widely used to avoid nerve injury during thyroidectomy. We discuss the results of the change in surgical strategy after unilateral signal loss surgeries using intermittent intraoperative neural monitoring in a high-volume referral c...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gür EO,Haciyanli M,Karaisli S,Haciyanli S,Kamer E,Acar T,Kumkumoglu Y

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report details an unusual, but preventable, error in surgical site marking. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Williams G,Roche A,Hennessy M,Gannon J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a personal series of 162 tumours, 101 were pleomorphic adenomas 28 of which were removed by elective local extra capsular dissection and 73 by a conventional nerve dissection. There were no recurrences in either group after a mean follow-up 10.3 years, range 3-21 years for local dissection and 8.3 years, range 3-22...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hancock BD

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brachial plexus is related intimately to the clavicle such that injury can occur primarily and most commonly at the time of trauma through traction or it can occur secondarily, mainly owing to hypertrophic non-union with exuberant callus formation, causing compression of the plexus. The movement-dependent rearrang...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Thavarajah D,Scadden J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:More aesthetically acceptable treatment options have been sought to minimise the morbidity associated with open surgery for gynaecomastia. This study investigated the use of a vacuum-assisted biopsy device (VABD) and liposuction to provide minimally invasive approach. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients diagnos...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Qutob O,Elahi B,Garimella V,Ihsan N,Drew PJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Recent studies have shown that women who recall childhood abuse are at increased risk of emotional problems following a breast cancer diagnosis. How services should respond is unclear given the risk of compounding the emotional trauma of cancer with questioning about abuse. Our aim was to present the resea...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Clark L,Holcombe C,Fisher J,Salmon P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in the Western world, and yet the survival after potentially curative excisional surgery has improved little over the last half century. Newer tumour prognostic markers are not superior to conventional Dukes' staging and there are currently no markers which predict re...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rayter Z,Leicester RJ,Mansi JL

更新日期：1995-03-01 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: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