A prospective study of the case-notes of MRSA-positive patients: a vehicle of MRSA spread.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main barriers to short stay thyroidectomy are haemorrhage, bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy causing respiratory compromise and hypocalcaemia. This study assessed the safety and effectiveness of thyroidectomy as a 23-hour stay procedure. METHODS:All patients undergoing total or completion thyr...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Perera AH,Patel SD,Law NW

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It is well documented that music plays a role in reducing anxiety levels. Its role in reducing intra-operative anxiety levels in surgical patients while awake is less well known. We report the effects of music on intra-operative patient anxiety in both the elective and trauma plastic surgical setting. ME...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sadideen H,Parikh A,Dobbs T,Pay A,Critchley PS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity ranks as the 12th most common cancer in the world and the 8th most frequent in males. It accounts for up to one-third of all tobacco-related cancers in India. Cancer of the gingivobuccal complex is especially common in Indians due to their tobacco habits. This rev...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Misra S,Chaturvedi A,Misra NC

更新日期：2008-10-01 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 '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：INTRODUCTION:Modernisation of Medical Careers dictates a shortening of the training required to achieve consultant status. Precisely what type of work these consultants could be expected to accomplish, and be trained to do, is not clear. The objective of this study was to demonstrate a method of stratifying urological ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Payne SR,Shaw MB

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perirectal sepsis is a potentially severe complication which may follow minor anorectal intervention and be slow to be diagnosed and treated. We report the presentation and outcome of three patients with perirectal sepsis of differing aetiologies. Awareness of the possible diagnosis, urgent investigation with cross-se...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Aldouri AQ,Alexander DJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare infiltrative histiocytic disorder with around 800 cases being reported worldwide. Patients most commonly present with skeletal pain, but the condition has been shown to affect multiple other organs. We describe a rare presentation in which the disease infiltrated the sinuses and affec...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lee JDE,Gill C,Muzaffar J,Ahmed S,Amel-Kashipaz R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seatbelt associated blunt trauma to the rectum is a rare but well recognised injury. The exact mechanism of hollow visceral injury in blunt trauma is unclear. Stress and shear waves generated by abdominal compression may in part account for injury to gas containing structures. A 'seatbelt sign' (linear ecchymosis acro...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： El Kafsi J,Kraus R,Guy R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective controlled randomised study has been performed of 100 consecutive patients undergoing varicose vein surgery. One group underwent saphenofemoral flush ligation and multiple lower leg avulsions with the leg exsanguinated with a Rhys-Davies cuff, and ischaemia maintained with a pneumatic tourniquet. The oth...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Thompson JF,Royle GT,Farrands PA,Najmaldin A,Clifford PC,Webster JH

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:Introduction Angiolipoma is a histological variant of lipoma and is the most common neoplasm in the trunk and extremities of young adults. It is extremely rare in elderly people, and its size is ≤4cm. Few data are available for large angiolipomas. Case History An 86-year-old patient was admitted to our surgical depart...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Papakonstantinou PE,Korkolopoulou P,Lassithiotakis D,Lolis ED

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:Retroperitoneal abscesses can be gastrointestinal, urological or vascular in origin, and can spread via the retrofascial compartment through the psoas muscle to the lower limb. We describe the case of a 73-year-old woman with right knee pain for three weeks, a cellulitic right thigh and cholestatic liver function test...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Granger L,Rao M,Rambani R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2006 the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death undertook a large prospective study of trauma care, which revealed several findings pertaining to the management of head injuries in a sample of 493 patients. METHODS:Case note data were collected for all trauma patients admitted to ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Smith NC,Findlay GP,Weyman D,Freeth H

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergency operating patterns in a district general hospital were significantly altered by the introduction of an afternoon emergency theatre list co-ordinated by a consultant anaesthetist. Before the introduction of the list, 88% of emergency operations were carried out after 17.00, with 40% of cases waiting until...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lovett BE,Katchburian MV

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:One hundred and four patients with second, third degree or thrombosed prolapsed piles, treated by cryotherapy, were studied pre- and postoperatively. A computer analysis was made of all relevant data such as pile mass, freezing time and results of treatment. The method, which is easy to perform and cost effective, is ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Southam JA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Transnasal oesophagoscopy is a relatively new method of examining the upper aerodigestive tract via the nasal passage as an outpatient procedure without the need for sedation. It has been shown to be a well tolerated, safe and accurate technique, that can therefore be used in the investigation of patients...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sanyaolu LN,Jemah A,Stew B,Ingrams DR

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:From the experience of treating 91 patients with a proven recurrent ulcer we consider that if a proven ulcer is shown to be present and a gastrin-secreting tumour is excluded an appropriate reoperation will almost always produce a successful result (94 per cent). Before subjecting patients to reoperation all attempts ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Steinberg DM,Masselink BA,Alexander-Williams J

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of inhaled foreign bodies in the respiratory tract and problems in their removal are reviewed with reference to experience in a series of 41 cases, 36 of them in children under 4 years old. Bronchoscopic removal under general anaesthesia is preferred to inhalational therapy and postural drainage. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Bose P,El Mikatti N

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital cholesteatoma is a rare entity. It arises from aberrant epithelial remnants left at the time of closure of the neural groove, between the 3rd and 5th week of embryonic life. Otoscopy typically shows a pearly white mass, medial to the intact tympanic membrane, primarily in the anterosuperior quadrant, withou...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Mahanta VR,Uddin FJ,Mohan S,Sharp JF

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding from the edge of an ileostomy site is a common problem. In those who have undergone a proctocolectomy with ileostomy formation in conjunction with a risk of chronic liver disease (even with normal liver function tests), this may be due to peristomal varices. If this is the case, significant, difficult-to-cont...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Farquharson AL,Bannister JJ,Yates SP

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of congenital abnormalities in predisposing to portal hypertension and variceal haemorrhage needs to be remembered when these effects manifest in childhood, as portal venography will permit elucidation of the complicated congenital developmental abnormalities underlying the pathological condition and ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Marks C

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade fibre supplementation has achieved widespread acceptance in the management of symptomatic diverticular disease, although the efficacy of this treatment has been debated. We have conducted a retrospective review of 72 patients admitted to hospital with symptomatic diverticular disease over a ten ye...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Leahy AL,Ellis RM,Quill DS,Peel AL

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internet provides the public with unregulated access to a wide range of medications. We present the case of a 43-year-old man who purchased oral tadalafil gel on the internet and injected it into his left radial artery. He presented 48 hours after injection with signs of ischaemia distal to the injection site requ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Vaughan EM,Yeung D,West CC,Tadros A,Curnier A

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy (ETS) has recently become established as a successful treatment for severe palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis. In this unit the indications for ETS have been broadened to include patients with Raynaud's syndrome and critical upper limb ischaemia and this paper is primarily concern...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Nicholson ML,Dennis MJ,Hopkinson BR

更新日期：1994-09-01 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