Is abdominal wall tenderness a useful sign in the diagnosis of non-specific abdominal pain?

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The effect of primary total knee replacement on the employment status of 56 patients under 60 years of age was examined at a mean follow-up of 64 months. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 56 primary total knee replacements performed on patients under the age of 60 years by two surgeons between 1996 and 2003...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lyall H,Ireland J,El-Zebdeh MY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is often used for patients who would not previously have been treated, due for example, to their poor general condition or their symptoms being relatively mild. The approximate overall initial success and complication rates are 80% and 10%, respectively. Iliac angioplasties ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Armstrong MW,Torrie EP,Galland RB

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：:We report the case of a 58-year-old woman presenting with dysphagia secondary to an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm arising from a heterotopic pancreas in the oesophageal wall. This was successfully treated with a laparoscopic/thoracoscopic ivor Lewis oesophagectomy. Dysphagia is the most common symptom of oe...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Crighton E,Botha A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobius vermicularis is responsible for a variety of diseases but rarely affects the liver. Accurate characterisation of suspected liver metastases is essential to avoid unnecessary surgery. In the presented case, following a diagnosis of rectal cancer, a solitary liver nodule was diagnosed as a liver metastasis du...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Roberts KJ,Hubscher S,Mangat K,Sutcliffe R,Marudanayagam R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:INTRODUCTION Often, left-sided colorectal surgery requires splenic flexure mobilisation (SFM) to allow a tension-free anastomosis to be carried out. This step is difficult and not without risk. We investigated a system of anatomical siting of the splenic flexure using computed tomography (CT). METHODS The Shrewsbury S...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Meecham L,Brookes A,Macano C,Stone T,Cheetham M

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Ureteric lithiasis is a common urological problem in Kuwait. Because of the different interventional approaches, we carried out an audit on the morbidity associated with the surgical management of the disorder. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The surgical records were reviewed of all patients with the diagnosis of ure...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kehinde EO,Al-Awadi KA,Al-Hunayan A,Okasha GH,Al-Tawheed A,Ali Y

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:The salient steps of a 20-year programme of research into the nature of burn disease are described. By burn disease we mean the late mortality and morbidity following burns. We have isolated a burn toxin which is derived from a thermal polymerization of cell membrane lipoproteins within the dermis and have studied its...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Allgöwer M,Städtler K,Schoenenberger GA

更新日期：1974-11-01 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

abstract：:This study investigates incidence and outcome of iatrogenic vascular complications needing surgery in a single vascular unit serving interventional vascular radiology and interventional cardiology. Evolution of diagnostic and interventional cardiovascular radiology, along with the introduction of non-surgical therapie...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lewis DR,Bullbulia RA,Murphy P,Jones AJ,Smith FC,Baird RN,Lamont PM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 50 patients who had scrape cytology of the excision cavity after conservative surgery for breast carcinoma, 10 (20%) had malignant cells remaining in the cavity recognised by cytology. Of these patients, 18 had histological evidence of tumour at the resection margin, giving an accuracy of the cytology of 84%, a sen...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lucarotti ME,White H,Deas J,Silver IA,Leaper DJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with phyllodes tumour of the breast is discussed. During follow-up, she presented with intestinal obstruction caused by ileocaecal intussusception. The cause of the intussusception was metastatic phyllodes tumour, which is a unique presentation. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Morcos BB,Baker B,Hashem SA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total colectomy, mucosal proctectomy and ileal pouch formation has been carried out in 18 patients over a 4 year period. The rectum was divided 5 cm above the anorectal junction and a J-shaped ileal pouch was formed with a 15 cm limb. Two patients had an initial colectomy for toxic dilatation of the colon and mucosal ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Taylor TV

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few years, minimally invasive oesophagectomy has become an increasingly popular approach for oesophagectomy showing advantages in terms of fewer postoperative complications, shorter hospital stay and faster recovery. We present the case of a 60-year-old man with a lesion of the distal third of the oesophag...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Annicchiarico A,Dalmonte G,Morini A,Marchesi F

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:While some degree of specialization is essential in surgery there remains a place for the general surgeon. The tendency to regard surgical intensive care as a specialty should be resisted. Similarly the surgery of trauma should remain in the field of the general surgeon in full co-operation with the orthopaedic surgeo...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Allgöwer M

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 10-year period (December 1984 to December 1994), 1500 cases of frostbite were treated at a tertiary care medical facility. They were all males with their ages ranging from 17 to 43 years. All the patients sustained the frostbite injury in the northeastern part of Pakistan known as the Karakoram range of mount...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hashmi MA,Rashid M,Haleem A,Bokhari SA,Hussain T

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Isolated monocular ischaemic events are thought to be low risk for stroke recurrence. In the presence of carotid stenosis however, the risks should not be treated similarly and surgical intervention should be considered at an early stage. The aim of this study was to determine the vascular risk profile and...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Cheng SF,Zarkali A,Richards T,Simister R,Chandratheva A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a waiting list initiative scheme 566 operations were performed on 447 patients in 104 sessions over a period of six months. In addition the names of 78 other patients were deleted from the waiting list. Special attention was paid to pre-operative education and assessment of patients by information sheets and 'quest...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Parmar JR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Radial scars are benign breast lesions; their appearance on mammography may, however, mimic carcinoma. Needle core biopsy is performed for pre-operative diagnosis and, currently in Wales, all lesions with benign biopsy results are surgically excised. We have reviewed all cases of needle core biopsy-diagno...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Osborn G,Wilton F,Stevens G,Vaughan-Williams E,Gower-Thomas K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubular ectasia of the rete testis is a pathologically benign process with complex and varied aetiology. It must be differentiated from neoplastic disease of the testis clinically with patient age, mode of presentation, tumour marker status and the characteristic ultrasound and Doppler study findings. Awareness and di...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Nair R,Abbaraju J,Rajbabu K,Anjum F,Sriprasad S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection is an important arbiter of success or failure of surgical practice and the incidence of infection is incorporated into all surgical audit systems. If audit is to be of value the outcome end points of clinical practice must be defined. We have attempted to derive clinical definitions suitable for bedside diag...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Peel AL,Taylor EW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of bacteriological contamination of drainage fluid (water constituting the underwater seal plus drainage effluent) was studied in 38 patients (50 chest drains), up to 6 days after thoracotomy. No bacteriological contamination was demonstrated in any of the samples taken during this period of time. We con...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hornick P,John LC,Wallis J,Wilkins V,Rees GM,Edmondson SJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty patients scheduled for vaginal surgery under lumbar epidural block were randomly allocated into two groups, one of which received ethamsylate intravenously prior to induction of anaesthesia. Ethamsylate did not reduce the blood loss at operation in these patients. The possible factors underlying this observation...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Smith GB,Eltringham RJ,Nightingale JJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative review of changing patterns between 1997 and 2002 of who performs appendicectomy and a snapshot of the surgical approaches in use. It also indicates the stage at which competency in appendicectomy may be achieved by contemporary trainees in surgery and anaesthesia. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lansdown MR,Gray AJ,Treasure T,Layer GT

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a prospective trial of 100 consecutive patients undergoing primary total hip or knee arthroplasty in order to assess their blood transfusion requirements amid recent fears of the transmission of viruses, particularly hepatitis C, from donor to recipient. Of the patients, 84% were transfused one or more units...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Clarke AM,Dorman T,Bell MJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new definition of the iliotibial tract is made. Its anatomical and physical characteristics are summarised and its known functions discussed. The various postures adopted by standing Man are looked at and one resting posture is closely analysed. Hence a new role is proposed for the iliotibial tract. In the hip bone ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Evans P

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An observational study was conducted of 105 patients presenting with an open fracture of the tibia or ankle to determine the impact of a dedicated orthoplastic operating list on our management of these injuries over the time period January 2012 to July 2014. There were 51 patients before and 54 after the introduction ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Fernandez MA,Wallis K,Venus M,Skillman J,Young J,Costa ML

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00