Meta-analysis of retrojugular versus antejugular approach for carotid endarterectomy.

abstract：:Introduction The weekend effect is a perceived difference in outcome between medical care provided at the weekend when compared to that of a weekday. Clearly multifactorial, this effect remains incompletely understood and variable in different clinical contexts. In this study we analyse factors relevant to the weekend...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Briggs W,Guevel B,McCaskie AW,McDonnell SM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The usefulness of thoracic damage control (DC) for trauma requiring a thoracotomy is not established. The aim of this study was to clarify the usefulness of thoracic packing as DC surgery. METHODS:This was a retrospective case series study of 12 patients with thoracic trauma suffering uncontrollable intra...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Moriwaki Y,Toyoda H,Harunari N,Iwashita M,Kosuge T,Arata S,Suzuki N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of unilateral digital ischaemia in the upper limb secondary to embolisation from atheromatous plaques in the proximal subclavian artery are presented. Digital subtraction angiography or arch aortography were used to demonstrate the site of atheroma. In one case diagnostic delay resulted from failure to visu...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Bryan AJ,Hicks E,Lewis MH

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the suitability of the day surgery environment for most patients undergoing elective plastic surgery, day plastic surgery has not been universally adopted in the United Kingdom. The experience of one plastic surgeon gained in treating 5970 patients as day cases out of a total of 12,461 patients over 10 yea...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ward C

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic papillotomy without cholecystectomy has been performed in 20 elderly patients with complications of bile duct stones. Good biliary drainage was achieved in 17, and there were no complications. One cholecystectomy was subsequently required. Later deaths have been due to unrelated causes. It is concluded that...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Leow CK,Thompson MH

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction There is a known correlation between anaerobic threshold (AT) during cardiopulmonary exercise testing and development of cardiopulmonary complications in high-risk patients undergoing oesophagogastric cancer surgery. This study aimed to assess the value of routine retesting following neoadjuvant chemother...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Drummond RJ,Vass D,Wadhawan H,Craig CF,MacKay CK,Fullarton GM,Forshaw MJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rare case of a big oesophageal liposarcoma causing dysphagia and weight loss in a 75-year-old patient. Endoscopically, a pedunculated lesion with subtotal obstruction of the oesophageal lumen had been detected and thoracoabdominal oesophageal resection with gastric sleeve reconstruction was performed. Sur...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Mehdorn AS,Schmidt F,Steinestel K,Wardelmann E,Greulich B,Palmes D,Senninger N

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Luc's abscess is a rare but important complication of acute otitis media (AOM), whereby infection spreads from the middle ear, resulting in a subperiosteal collection beneath the temporal muscle. Unlike other extracranial abscesses relating to AOM, Luc's abscess is not believed to involve the mastoid bone. We present ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Scrafton DK,Qureishi A,Nogueira C,Mortimore S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the current scale of provision of patient information materials by consultant surgeons in UK NHS and private sector hospitals. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of the responses of 12,555 surgical patients to surveys evaluating surgical services provided by specific consultants. SETTING:7 NHS Trusts and ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Meredith P,Emberton M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Admission for overnight or longer hospital stay from a day-case unit is an unwelcome event. This audit was designed to identify the incidence of unplanned admissions and also to detect the potential factors for such overstays. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Details of plastic surgical day-case patients were obtaine...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Mandal A,Imran D,McKinnell T,Rao GS

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:The causes of pain in the amputation stump or in the so-called phantom limb are far from clear and a wide variety of methods of treatment have been used with varying degrees of success. Surgical techniques do not always give lasting relief and it is suggested that conservative methods such as vibration therapy and var...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Berger SM

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Antegrade insertion of ureteric stent has become an established mode of management of upper tract obstruction secondary to ureteric pathology. It is conventionally performed as a two-stage procedure for various reasons but, more recently, a one-stage approach has been adopted. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We disc...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Chitale S,Raja V,Hussain N,Saada J,Girling S,Irving S,Cockburn JF

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research performed in the late 1960s, using 24Na, suggested that the perfusion of skin and subcutaneous tissues is critically dependent on the relationship between capillary (Pc) and tissue pressures (Pt). Perfusion changes differed significantly between controls and patients with venous disease and the differences co...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Chant A

更新日期：1999-03-01 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

abstract：AIMS:To compare the effect of buffered commercial 1% xylocaine (with 1:200,000 adrenaline) and the unbuffered commercial 1% xylocaine (with 1:200,000 adrenaline) preparation on pain during infiltration and procedure. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A randomised, double blind controlled trial involving 85 patients who underwent b...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Younis I,Bhutiani RP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As general surgeons, we are regularly referred patients with epigastric pain. There are a huge number of common pathologies which cause this complaint, most of which are gastrointestinal in origin. Although the old adage goes 'common things are common', we must always keep our minds open to the possibility of the unco...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sharkey A,Cooper G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous rupture of colon or rectum is a rare event. Protrusion of several loops of small bowel through the anal orifice is a bizarre condition which has only rarely been reported in the literature. We report the first case where Thiersch repair was used to manage spontaneous perforation of rectal prolapse and prov...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Shoab SS,Saravanan B,Neminathan S,Garsaa T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) is a mandatory examination to enter higher surgical specialty training in the UK. It is designed to help to ensure that successful candidates are competent to practice as higher surgical trainees. The annual review of competence progres...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Scrimgeour D,Brennan PA,Griffiths G,Lee AJ,Smith F,Cleland J

更新日期：2018-10-05 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：:Failure to provide sufficient information to a patient when seeking consent can result in a claim in negligence. When determining what information to provide, you should be guided by what this particular patient needs to know in order to make an informed decision. Adult patients must be assumed to have capacity to giv...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Shah J,Fitz-Henry J

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：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：:A new method of audit delivery is described, based on the first large scale comparative audit meeting held at The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The concept of comparative audit is introduced and the methods of undertaking such an exercise are described. This comparative audit processed the clinical activity of...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Emberton M,Rivett R,Ellis BW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wound infiltration with bupivacaine provided complete postoperative pain relief in 14 of 19 women undergoing excision biopsy of a benign breast lump under general anaesthesia. Fifteen patients formed a control group in whom the wound was infiltrated with saline. They had inadequate relief of pain despite receiving sig...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Owen H,Galloway DJ,Mitchell KG

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：:It is timely to review the place of surgery in the treatment of thyroid disease when for some years endocrinologists, pharmacologists, and radiotherapists have made most of the running. This account falls naturally into three parts, simple, malignant, and toxic goitre. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Taylor S

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of salmonella septic arthritis of the knee in a middle-aged woman with the following predisposing conditions: long-term corticosteroids and microscopic collagenous colitis. The patient presented with enteritis caused by the same strain 3 months before the arthritis. The first series of cultures were...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Katsoulis E,Pallett A,Bowyer GW

更新日期：2004-07-01 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