Acupuncture therapy for chronic lower back pain: a systematic review.

abstract：:The pattern of preoperative investigation was audited in 256 patients entering hospital for elective surgery over a 12-week period. During the initial 6 weeks (phase one), no guidance was given to the house surgeons and the investigations were assessed as being 'indicated' or 'not indicated' according to preset criter...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Billings PJ,Davies JP,Richards R,Aubrey DA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of pyomyositis of the piriformis muscle. This case, the first in the English speaking literature of piriformis involvement in a juvenile, serves to illustrate the need for a high index of suspicion when treating children with symptoms related to impalpable pathology deep in the pelvis and th...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Burton DJ,Enion D,Shaw DL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy and complications of postoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in confirming and treating choledocholithiasis found at intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS:Patients who had undergone ERCP f...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lynn AP,Chong G,Thomson A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The optimal method for creation of a pericardial window (PW) is still controversial and it remains a surgical challenge, mainly in obese patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a novel approach that has not been described previously, for creation of a PW in patients with ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Altman E,Rutsky O,Shturman A,Yampolsky Y,Atar S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to reduce the high recurrence rate after repair of parastomal hernia, a technique was devised in which non-absorbable mesh was used to provide a permanent closure of the gap between the emerging bowel and abdominal wall. Seven patients were treated during the period 1990-1992. Five-year follow-up has giv...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Morris-Stiff G,Hughes LE

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：AIM:To identify what proportion of patients who, having sustained an initial distal radial fragility fracture and a subsequent femoral neck fracture, had had their osteoporosis addressed in the interval between the two events. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The hospital electronic information system was used to identify all pat...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Smith MG,Dunkow P,Lang DM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An increasing quantity of data is required to guide precision medicine and advance future healthcare practices, but current analytical methods often become overwhelmed. Artificial intelligence (AI) provides a promising solution. Plastic surgery is an innovative surgical specialty expected to implement AI i...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Murphy DC,Saleh DB

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-woven alginate dressing has been used on experimental, full and partial thickness wound models for periods up to 14 days, to assess its effects on wound healing. Histological evaluation has shown that it is an effective haemostat, generally well tolerated by body tissues. Good epidermal healing was seen on all w...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Barnett SE,Varley SJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of an 89-year old Caucasian woman admitted with confusion and severe clinical manifestations of acute hypercalcaemia. There was no history suggestive of any malignancy and initial management included correction of the hypercalcaemia with intravenous fluid therapy. Sestamibi parathyroid scintigraph...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： D'cruz RT,Seet JE,Parameswaran R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:INTRODUCTIONAbstracts presented at national and international scientific meetings are an important educational resource. However, the work is not peer reviewed and little is known about the quality or validity of the presented results and the fate of such abstracts.MATERIALS AND METHODSThis is a retrospective cohort s...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Balasubramanian SP,Kumar ID,Wyld L,Reed MW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All surgical procedures are characterised by a sequence of steps and instrument changes. Although surgical efficiency and training in operative technique closely relate to this process, few studies have attempted to analyse it quantitatively. Because efficiency is particularly important in day surgery and lower third ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Shepherd JP,Brickley M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Patients with large ptotic breasts undergoing immediate implant-based reconstruction often require skin-reducing mastectomy to optimise the aesthetic outcome. However, healing complications, especially at the resulting inverted T-junction, leading to wound dehiscence, infection, skin necrosis, implant exp...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kankam H,Hourston G,Forouhi P,Di Candia M,Wishart GC,Malata CM

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthopaedic outpatient waiting lists are long and the majority of referrals are for conditions that do not respond to surgical intervention. Many of these patients are best managed by physiotherapy, orthotics or steroid injections, which can be administered by an appropriately trained physiotherapist. The effectivenes...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Weale AE,Bannister GC

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surgical intervention has become a common component in the management of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or suffering from the clinical consequences of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We investigated the evolution of this involvement at a tertiary referral centre fo...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Dua RS,Wajed SA,Winslet MC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although examination under anaesthesia and panendoscopy (EUAP) has traditionally been used in the assessment of patients presenting with oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the era of modern medicine with its advanced imaging techniques has meant that the indications for this techn...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kerawala CJ,Bisase B,Lee J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intestinal intubation with a Jones' tube has been suggested to reduce the incidence of recurrent adhesive obstruction. This paper describes our experience of this technique. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective case-note review was performed on 68 patients admitted to a teaching hospital who were identifi...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Fazel MZ,Jamieson RW,Watson CJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine whether tailoring the extent of resection would allow radical gastric cancer surgery to be performed safely in a UK population. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 180 consecutive patients (median age 70 years; male:female ratio 2:1) undergoing resection for gastric aden...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lamb P,Sivashanmugam T,White M,Irving M,Wayman J,Raimes S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The correction of anaemia prior to total hip arthroplasty reduces surgical risk, hospital stay and cost. This study considers the benefits of implementing a protocol of identifying and treating pre-operative anaemia whilst the patient is on the waiting list for surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From a prospec...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rogers BA,Cowie A,Alcock C,Rosson JW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of cuts in surgical beds and operating lists upon the waiting list. To evaluate the effects of the Waiting List Initiative upon the total number of patients on the waiting list, the number of patients waiting for more than one year, and the ratio of patients with low priority, non-li...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Umeh HN,Reece-Smith H,Faber RG,Galland RB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delay in operating on trauma patients leads to increased morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay and overall cost. The urgency of operative intervention depends on the injury sustained. There are no published guidelines on what constitutes a reasonable delay between admission and operation. As part of the clinic...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lankester BJ,Paterson MP,Capon G,Belcher J

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:A young woman who presented with loin pain and pyuria after a prolonged period of investigations and treatment, finally having a nephrectomy for non-functioning kidney, was revealed to have schistosomial infestation with an adult worm in the ureter. Unusually, she only developed bladder manifestations later. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ajit MK,Groenewald EA,Speakman M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) is now a well established method for kidney procurement from living donors. In our centre, LDN is currently offered only to donors suitable for left nephrectomy. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of testicular pain and swelling following LDN. METH...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jalali M,Rahmani S,Joyce AD,Cartledge JJ,Lewis MH,Ahmad N

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare disorder due to coeliac trunk compression by the median arcuate ligament, resulting in coeliac artery stenosis characterised by chronic, recurrent abdominal pain. Patients with MALS are often middle-aged females presenting with a triad of postprandial epigastric pain, ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rubinkiewicz M,Ramakrishnan PK,Henry BM,Roy J,Budzynski A

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Malignant oesophago-respiratory fistula is an incurable and distressing condition. Surgery is difficult, unsatisfactory or impossible, and standard oesophageal tubes often fail to occlude the fistula. A new tube is described which relieves dysphagia and occludes the fistula without risk of pressure necrosis. After ins...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Irving JD,Simson JN

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide guidance about the risks which should be disclosed to patients and documented during the consent process. METHODS:The Delphi Consensus Technique was used to decide what constitutes mandatory risk disclosure for three index procedures. Documentation of risk on consent forms was audited and compare...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Edwards TJ,Finlay I,Wilkins DC,Lambert AW

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 24 patients where the lower border of a cervical goitre was poorly defined, the value of simple lung function tests in the prediction of the presence of a retrosternal goitre was assessed. At operation there were nine patients with retrosternal extension (Group I) and 15 without (Group II). The preoperative PEF rat...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Stephenson BM,Shandall AA,Griffith GH

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00