Local analgesia for infant pyloromyotomy. Does wound infiltration with bupivacaine affect postoperative behaviour?

abstract：:In the recent Falklands campaign four Army Field Surgical Teams were deployed in the two phases of the war. They functioned as Advanced Surgical Centres and operated on 233 casualties. There were 3 deaths. The patterns of wounding and the methods of casualty management are discussed and compared with other recent camp...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jackson DS,Batty CG,Ryan JM,McGregor WS

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 56 women who presented to the breast clinic with nipple discharge have been reviewed. Patients were selected for surgery by a triple assessment of clinical examination, discharge cytology and breast imaging. Surgical intervention was required in 17 women. Significant pathology was found in 11 cases incl...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Carty NJ,Mudan SS,Ravichandran D,Royle GT,Taylor I

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A change in the accepted routine of cross-leg repair is suggested in the interest of safety. In order to avoid infection in the donor site the skin graft is cut first. The flap is raised before the defect is prepared so that the problems of tension and 'tenting' are eliminated. This enables the flap to be sutured unde...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hirshowitz B,Crawford BS

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphadenopathy is a common presentation in surgical assessment units and has numerous differential diagnoses. In one-stop breast clinics, its discovery often raises concerns of malignancy. This case report focuses on the case of a 33-year-old pregnant woman presenting to the breast clinic with a right axillary lump, ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jalilzadeh Afshari S,Saad Abdalla Al-Zawi A,Idaewor P,Chicken DW

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Preliminary studies show that device assisted intravesical therapies appear more effective than passive diffusion intravesical therapy for the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) in specific settings, and phase III studies are now being conducted. Consequently, we have undertaken a non-...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Slater SE,Patel P,Viney R,Foster M,Porfiri E,James ND,Montgomery B,Bryan RT

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surgical skills courses are an important part of learning during surgical training. The assessments at these courses tend to be subjective and anecdotal. Objective assessment using multiple choice questions (MCQs) quantifies the learning experience for both the organisers and the participants. MATERIALS A...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： John J,Kuiper JH,Kelly CP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumcision is one of the commonest operations performed throughout the world for ritual, traditional or medical reasons. Self-circumcision may lead to disastrous complications. There have been reports of the complications following use of the constricting devices for improved sexual performance and for auto-erotic i...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sagar J,Sagar B,Shah DK

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a potentially fatal complication of hip arthroplasty and knee arthroplasty. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommend rivaroxaban for VTE prevention. Amid concerns over bleeding complications, the modified thromboprophylaxis policy of Chelsea and Westm...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Loganathan V,Hua A,Patel S,Gibbons C,Vizcaychipi MP

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：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 While clinical guidelines stress the importance of the judicious perioperative intravenous fluid administration, data show that adherence to these protocols is poor. The reasons have not been identified. We therefore audited the magnitude and indications of fluid and electrolyte administration in a teachi...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Simpson RG,Quayle J,Stylianides N,Carlson G,Soop M

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:The first 50 patients who underwent arthroscopic surgery as a half-day procedure in Doncaster Royal Infirmary were studied: 22 patients underwent an arthroscopic meniscectomy and 6 patients had other procedures. The mean return-to-work time for meniscectomy patients was 23.9 days. The cost improvement per patient, whe...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Redden JF

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five orthopaedic surgeons underwent eight motor and sensory tests while using four different glove combinations and without gloves. As well as single and double latex, surgeons wore a simple Kevlar glove with latex inside and outside and then wore a Kevlar and Medak glove with latex inside and outside, as recom...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Phillips AM,Birch NC,Ribbans WJ

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scintigraphy was performed on 180 patients with suspected biliary tract disease using technetium-99m-labelled derivatives of iminodiacetic acid. Most of the patients were also evaluated by conventional techniques and the results were correlated with the findings at operation and with histological examination of tissue...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ram MD

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a fatality due to massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage in a patient receiving prophylactic dabigatran etexilate following a total hip replacement. A 79-year-old woman was commenced on dabigatran for venous thromboembolic prophylaxis following a total hip replacement. She presented again four days after surge...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Carter A,Sarda P,George M,Corbett S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess and compare the safety and efficiency of a surgical unit at a District General Hospital and a Community Hospital for elective cold surgery. A retrospective survey was made using regional computer Hospital Activity Analysis data and monthly audit meeting records of all inpatients having selected elective gene...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sanger R,Clyne CA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new process has been used to develop Biogel Super-Sensitive gloves which are thinner but theoretically as strong as standard Biogel gloves. The two types of glove were compared for their effects on manual sensitivity and dexterity in a randomised controlled trial. The Super-Sensitive gloves impaired sensitivity sign...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Carter S,Choong S,Marino A,Sellu D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Technical skill has been formally assessed in the Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery Examinations (FEBVS) since 2002. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between expert assessment and trainee self-assessment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty-two examination candidates performed ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Pandey VA,Wolfe JH,Black SA,Cairols M,Liapis CD,Bergqvist D,European Board of Vascular Surgery.

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, inexpensive method for one-way collection and measurement of secretions is described. This method has been used successfully in surgical practice in Bath for more than 20 years (1). ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Chester JF,Britton DC

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer patients frequently develop bone metastases. A newly discovered peptide, Parathyroid Hormone Related Protein (PTHrP), causes humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy. We have studied whether production of this protein by breast cancers leads to the development of bone metastases or hypercalcaemia. PTHrP was ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Bundred NJ,Walls J,Ratcliffe WA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apposition of skin edges in plastic surgical procedures can be achieved by sutures or stainless steel staples. This retrospective study reviews 45 skin falp operations and finds that 20.6% of sutured flaps are complicated by partial necrosis or slow healing. These complications occur in 62.5% of stapled flaps. It is p...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Coupland RM

更新日期：1986-01-01 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:Wound ooze is common following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and persistent wound infection is a risk factor for infection, and increased length and cost of hospitalisation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We undertook a prospective study to assess the effect of tourniquet time, peri-articular local anaesthesia and ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Butt U,Ahmad R,Aspros D,Bannister GC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis has become a major issue for surgeons both in the UK and worldwide. Several different sources of guidance on VTE prophylaxis are available but these differ in design and detail. METHODS:Two similar audits were performed, one year apart, on the VTE prophylaxis presc...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Veeramootoo D,Harrower L,Saunders R,Robinson D,Campbell WB

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old man had aorto-iliac bypass for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). This was complicated by occlusion that needed extension of the graft to the right femoral artery. He was unable to move his right leg with numbness after surgery. This was caused by extensive lumbosacral plexopathy on the right side. Lumb...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Abdelhamid MF,Sandler B,Awad RW

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:The increased use of day facilities for children undergoing surgery and the provision of a paediatric home nursing team has resulted in a change in overall care of surgical children in hospital in Southampton. The ratio of day patients to inpatients has fallen from 1 : 2 in 1970 to 1 : 1 in 1976 and the early discharg...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Atwell JD

更新日期：1978-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The diagnostic performance of ultrasound-fine needle aspiration to identify thyroid nodules harbouring malignancy remains variable. The aim of this study was to determine thyroid nodule size and cytological classification as predictors of malignancy risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We conducted a retrospective...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jinih M,Faisal F,Abdalla K,Majeed M,Achakzai AA,Heffron C,McCarthy J,Redmond HP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00