A brief comparison of orthopaedic training in English-speaking countries.

abstract：AIM:Only half of those patients undergoing major lower limb amputations for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) are likely to mobilise on a prosthesis. This study aimed to determine whether a surgeon's experience influenced the quality of the residual limb and thus the likelihood of the stump being suitable for a prosthe...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Cosgrove CM,Thornberry DJ,Wilkins DC,Ashley S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study suggests that appendicectomy should be routinely performed at laparoscopy for suspected acute appendicitis and that this can be achieved with minimal morbidity. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Grabham JA,Sutton C,Nicholson ML

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:This paper considers the potential role of videoconferencing technology for postgraduate dental and medical education. Drawing on work from the University of Bristol Dental School, it presents an analysis of the potential cost savings achievable by using videoconferencing compared to traditional face-to-face teaching ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Cook JH,Stevens CD

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 825 consecutive patients with colorectal cancer presenting to three general surgeons in a district general hospital over a 10-year period are reported. In all, 735 patients had an operation and are grouped according to whether their operation was within 24 h of admission (n = 63), more than 24 h...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kingston RD,Walsh SH,Jeacock J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant central lumbar disc protrusions can pose a significant operative challenge. Clinically, these patients are at risk of permanent disability, due not only to preoperative neural compromise caused by the protrusion itself but also to the potential iatrogenic risks associated with the standard extradural microdiscec...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Tulloch I,Papadopoulos MC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with ulcerative colitis who, in the period following surgery, developed recurrent episodes of acute adrenal insufficiency presenting clinically as a high output ileostomy. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rai S,Hemingway D

更新日期：2003-03-01 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

abstract：:Introduction Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is considered the gold standard surgical treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia. The number of TURPs performed has declined significantly over the last three decades owing to pharmaceutical therapy. TURP da...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Young MJ,Elmussareh M,Morrison T,Wilson JR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1999, a statement of best practice in primary total hip replacement was approved by the Council of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and by the British Hip Society (BHS) to provide a basis for regional and national auditable standards. We have compared practice in the North West Region of England ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Malik MH,Gambhir AK,Bale L,Pradhan N,Porter ML

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:A technique of dissection of the sinuatrial node and of the atrioventricular node and main conducting bundles of the ox heart, without injection, is described. Museum specimens prepared in this way are illustrated. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Tompsett DH,Barrett GS

更新日期：1975-01-01 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:Patients undergoing colorectal surgical resections have a high incidence of surgical site infection (SSI). Many patient-specific risk factors have been recognised in association with SSI in such patients, but environmental contamination is increasingly recognised as a contributor to hospital-acquired infec...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Brady RR,Kalima P,Damani NN,Wilson RG,Dunlop MG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value and accuracy of a scoring system applied to clinical examination, aspiration cytology and mammography has been assessed in the diagnosis of 224 consecutive 'new' patients attending a breast clinic with a breast lump. In 72 of 99 patients with breast cancer (80%) the scores were high enough to allow definitiv...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Smallwood J,Khong Y,Boyd A,Guyer P,Herbert A,Cooke T,Taylor I

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Screening for prostate cancer with serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) remains a controversial topic. The UK NHS Executive has issued extensive guidance stressing the importance of adequate counselling prior to performing this test. This study aims to assess men's knowledge of the PSA test at the time of...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lamplugh M,Gilmore P,Quinlan T,Cornford P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case a 48-year-old man who was diagnosed with an upper limb deep vein thrombosis post clavicle fracture. He was successfully investigated with a computed tomography (CT) venogram, thrombophilia was excluded, and he was subsequently treated with a 3-month course of anticoagulation. We illustrate this case ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jones RE,McCann PA,Clark DA,Sarangi P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Portal and mesenteric venous thrombosis is a rare but potentially serious complication after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. There are no consistent studies that prove the safety and effectiveness of oral anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis with rivaroxaban after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The objectiv...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rodríguez JI,Kobus V,Téllez I,Pérez G

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：: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：:Using ward rounds in the department of surgery at a major teaching hospital, and with the help of the preregistration house officers (PRHO), we assessed whether the lesson taught to us by Semmelweis had been forgotten. We asked the PHROs to count the number of patients examined by their consultant or registrar on a wa...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Daniels IR,Rees BI

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Introducing laparoscopic colorectal surgery is a challenge to the whole surgical team. It is usual for an assistant to hold the laparoscope and be responsible for the surgeon's view of the operative field and a lack of expertise in the assistant can add significant difficulties. The EndoAssist is a robotic...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gilbert JM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromas of the common bile duct are extremely rare. The lack of specific clinical or radiological features makes preoperative diagnosis in the absence of histology difficult. We report the case of a female patient who presented with obstructive jaundice and evidence of a common bile duct stricture on imaging. Sh...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： De Rosa A,Gomez D,Zaitoun AM,Cameron IC

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:Severe hand injuries constitute the largest number of acute referrals to this plastic surgery unit, the admission of these patients often displacing routine admissions due to bed shortages, thus increasing waiting list time. This study showed that a high percentage of these injuries were alcohol-related and were there...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Marston RA

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the efficacy of emergency thoracotomy performed for thoracic trauma in the accident and emergency department, a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent this procedure and were brought to hospital by the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service was carried out. Between 1991 and 1994, 16 patients had emer...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jahangiri M,Hyde J,Griffin S,Magee P,Youhana A,Lewis T,Wood A

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Improving Outcomes Guidance (IOG) for patients with carcinoma of the penis states that treatment should be provided supraregionally to populations of 4 million or greater who treat over 25 cases of penis cancer each year. This study assesses the impact of this guidance on the management and outcomes of...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Bayles AC,Sethia KK

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Little is known about the outcome after pancreatic debridement in the district general hospital (DGH) setting and the debate about centralisation of pancreatic surgical services continues. We retrospectively reviewed our experience over 2 years, looking particularly at mortality, morbidity and cost. Of 12 cases treate...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Catto JW,Alexander DJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00