The surgical value of community hospitals: a closer look.

abstract：:We have reviewed the results of treatment of 159 consecutive limbs presenting with a clinical diagnosis of venous ulcer in 140 patients (70 male, aged 28-90 years, median 66 years). Of the patients, 61% were referred because of severe pain and 53% of the ulcers had been present > 2 years. Patients were evaluated clini...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Dunn JM,Cosford EJ,Kernick VF,Campbell WB

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroperitoneal paragangliomas are rare tumours arising from neural crest cells located near or in the autonomic nervous system; right from the skull bass to the pelvic floor. Often called the great masqueraders, their diagnosis and treatment is often difficult and fraught with danger, considering the close proximity ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Parmar K,Chandna A,Kumar S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory fibroblastic tumours are very rare. They are mostly located in the respiratory system. We present three cases of patients with fibroblastic tumours. The diversity of inflammatory fibroblastic tumours in the respiratory system and the surgical considerations are discussed. Our recommendation is that treatm...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lodhia JV,Christensen TD,Trotter SE,Bishay ES

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Multi-Professional Triage Teams (MPTTs) were created to reduce the caseload of hospital orthopaedic clinics and this prospective study evaluated referrals made to a district general hospital orthopaedic department from a lower limb MPTT clinic. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Over 9 months, 277 referrals to a lower ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rogers BA,Kabir C,Bradley N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new definition of the iliotibial tract is made. Its anatomical and physical characteristics are summarised and its known functions discussed. The various postures adopted by standing Man are looked at and one resting posture is closely analysed. Hence a new role is proposed for the iliotibial tract. In the hip bone ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Evans P

更新日期：1979-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To reduce junior doctors' hours by introducing an on-call system involving cross-cover at SHO level between two separate ENT units. DESIGN:Prospective collection of data on the cross-cover system introduced in September 1992 with analysis after 12 months. SETTING:ENT departments within Salford and Central ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hartley C,Rothera MP

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of distal venous embolisation of a peripheral intravenous cannula tip that had lost its structural integrity through repeated failed attempts of insertion of the same cannula, contrary to protocols for intravenous access. Radiological imaging confirmed the presence of a foreign body in the middle fin...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Khadim MF,Leonard D,Moorehead RA,Hill C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial screening by senior surgical staff of surgical patients referred for emergency hospital admission should result in improved patient management. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of this policy. The primary outcome measure was hospital admission rates. The number of operations, diagn...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gaskell DJ,Lewis PA,Crosby DL,Roberts CJ,Fenn N,Roberts SM

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:It is often accepted by hospital staff that patients would prefer to be at home for the Christmas and Easter holiday periods. This is one of the reasons that elective surgery is reduced at these times. However there is very little evidence to prove whether this is true. To investigate this question 310 patients attend...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Whiteley MS,Williams DJ,Hocken D

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:A series of 12 femoral herniae in children is presented. Nine were misdiagnosed, eight as inguinal hernia. Nine were reducible. The sex incidence, M:F was 7:5 and nine presented between the ages of 8 and 10 years. One presented as intestinal obstruction due to a Richter's hernia and two had had a previous ipsilateral ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Zaman K,Taylor JD,Fossard DP

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients have been studied in the 48 h after valve replacement to determine the possible contribution of abnormalities of left ventricular myocardial blood flow and oxygen consumption to the impaired cardiac performance which is sometimes evident in such patients. In the 14 patients making an uneventful rec...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Wisheart JD

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:John Hunter's observations on dental caries are described and various early speculative theories of its nature and causation are mentioned. With the demonstration in the late 19th century of the chemicoparasitic nature of the late 19th century of the chemicoparasitic nature of the disease attention focused on dietary ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Cohen B

更新日期：1982-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Urologists perform retrograde contrast studies of the ureters and pelvicalyceal systems in the operating theatre, both for diagnostic purposes and to guide instrumentation. We describe the development of a set of guidelines that aim to standardise the diagnostic quality of these studies and to reduce radi...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Harris MA,Marsh T,Llewellyn A,West A,Naisby G,Gowda BD

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent studies have shown that women who recall childhood abuse are at increased risk of emotional problems following a breast cancer diagnosis. How services should respond is unclear given the risk of compounding the emotional trauma of cancer with questioning about abuse. Our aim was to present the resea...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Clark L,Holcombe C,Fisher J,Salmon P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Necrotising fasciitis is a life-threatening illness that is often difficult to diagnose. Immediate debridement and intravenous antibiotic therapy are required to limit the spread of infection. This five-year audit aimed to review the number and outcomes of all cases of necrotising fasciitis admitted to a ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Swain RA,Hatcher JC,Azadian BS,Soni N,De Souza B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-attendance in the out-patient department has financial costs for the NHS and clinical implications to the non-attender and those awaiting an appointment. The aim of this audit was to quantify the percentage of non-attenders at colorectal clinics in a UK teaching hospital, assess which factors affected ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Corfield L,Schizas A,Noorani A,Williams A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:John Hunter's many contributions to surgery include the development of the scientific approach and possibly the first use of evidence-based medicine. This oration, concentrates on two other areas ? first, some of his contributions to orthopaedics and secondly past, present and future surgical training and competence. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Galasko CS

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:All tumours have certain broad characteristics in common, though they vary widely in their origin, distribution, shape, and mode of spread. The part played by anatomical factors in determining these variations is discussed and the need for the surgeon to bear these factors in mind in diagnosis and treatment is emphasi...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Levene AL

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Randomised controlled trials have shown that laparoscopic colorectal surgery is equal in terms of safety to open surgery. Benefits have been seen for length of stay, blood loss, immune suppression and analgesia requirements. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and feasibility of introducing lapa...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Smith JK,Acheson AG,Simpson JA,Stewart J,Beckingham IJ,Gornall CB,Williams JP,Robinson MH,Maxwell-Armstrong CA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 27-year-old man who underwent percutaneous atrial septal defect (ASD) repair using the Amplatzer(®) (St Jude Medical, St Paul, MN, US) septal occluder (ASO). Six weeks later, he presented with heart failure and was found to have an aorto-right atrial fistulation. He required urgent surgical de...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Bashir M,Abudhaise H,Mustafa H,Fok M,Bashir A,Hammoud I,Mascaro J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer (2004) and the Cancer Reform Strategy (2007) support the premise that assessment and discussion of patients' needs for physical, social, psychological, and spiritual wellbeing sho...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rogers SN,Thomson F,Lowe D

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pulmonary staging in colorectal cancer (CRC) has traditionally been carried out by means of plain chest radiograph (CXR), although computerised tomography (CT) imaging of the chest is increasingly being performed for this purpose. The aim of this study was to assess the value of pre-operative thoracic CT f...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： McIntosh J,Sylvester PA,Virjee J,Callaway M,Thomas MG

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Complications of epidural catheterisation can cause significant morbidity. Epidural abscess following epidural catheterisation is rare and the reported incidence is variable. The purpose of this study was to review the incidence of epidural abscess in patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Wallace D,Bright E,London NJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of selective arterial embolisation for patients presenting with major hepatic trauma is described. We have used this technique successfully in four patients, three of whom had continued bleeding after emergency laparotomy. It can abolish localised intrahepatic arterial haemorrhage and arteriovenous shunt...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Pain JA,Heaton ND,Karani JB,Howard ER

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00