MRSA enteritis causing a high stoma output in the early postoperative phase after bowel surgery.

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:Involvement of regional lymph node is a critical sign in prognosis of gastric cancer. Radiological techniques are commonly used to evaluate the extension of gastric cancer. But their sensitivity and specificity are low especially in the early stage. Our aim was to assess the value of gastric lymphoscintigr...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ozmen MM,Zulfikaroglu B,Kucuk NO,Ozalp N,Aras G,Koseoglu T,Koç M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of the technique of promoting dissolution of retained gallstones in the biliary tree is briefly reviewed. Present methods are described in detail and our own experience recorded. We have treated six patients with retained calculi by means of heparinized saline and sodium cholate infusions of the common bil...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Wheeler MH

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ureteric stenting is a common urological procedure. Forgotten stents have a well-documented morbidity and mortality. Therefore, we asked the question, is a stent register an important factor in reducing the number of lost or overdue stents? PATIENTS AND METHODS:We conducted a retrospective review of 203 p...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Tang VC,Gillooly J,Lee EW,Charig CR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Extensor mechanism ruptures might be easily overlooked and misdiagnosed, and delayed diagnosis of quadriceps tendon rupture is frequent. However, the literature recommends early surgical repair within 72 h. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This paper describes a new simple clinical diagnostic test that directly evalu...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jolles BM,Garofalo R,Gillain L,Schizas C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A term neonate was born with a grossly swollen and discoloured left hand and forearm. He was transferred from the local hospital to the plastic surgical unit, where a diagnosis of compartment syndrome was made and he underwent emergency forearm fasciotomies at six hours of age. Following serial debridements of necroti...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Martin B,Treharne L

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ureteric obstruction is a rare consequence of inguinoscrotal hernias. We report the case of a 71-year-old man who presented with a left hemiscrotal swelling and ipsilateral hydronephrosis. Following investigations, he was found to have a sliding inguinal hernia involving the left ureter. His left inguinal hernia was r...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Ahmed S,Stanford R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal stent migration is a recognised complication; however, few present distal to the stomach causing obstruction. To date, this has never been reported as occurring later than 2 years after insertion. An 84-year-old woman presented with small bowel obstruction secondary to a fractured migrated metallic oesopha...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Harries R,Campbell J,Ghosh S

更新日期：2010-09-01 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: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：:Of 1,033 patients with colorectal carcinoma, 238 (23%) presented with obstruction. The majority of tumours (74%) were potentially curable (Dukes B/C) at presentation. Tumours situated at the splenic flexure, transverse or descending colon were most likely to obstruct. Perioperative mortality was high following either ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Waldron RP,Donovan IA

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Contact with rat saliva or faeces can lead to infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis and the condition known as 'rat bite fever'. We report a case of septic arthritis of the hip due to this organism following a bite on the finger of a 14-year-old boy from a rat for sale in a pet shop. The case was successfully tr...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Downing ND,Dewnany GD,Radford PJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive angiomyxoma (AAM) was first reported in 1983 as a distinct, slow growing, benign but locally infiltrative, soft tissue tumour. It usually arises in the pelvic and perineal organs, mostly in women. A 47-year-old woman was found to have a large encapsulated retroperitoneal aggressive angiomyxoma. The mass was...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Adwan H,Patel B,Kamel D,Glazer G

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：: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 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：:INTRODUCTION Reporting surgeons' outcomes has recently been introduced in the UK. This has the potential to result in surgeons becoming risk averse. The aim of this study was to investigate whether reporting outcomes for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery impacts on the number and risk profile (level of fitness) ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Saratzis A,Thatcher A,Bath MF,Sidloff DA,Bown MJ,Shakespeare J,Sayers RD,Imray C

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:A randomised, double-blind study was conducted to assess the influence of intra-articular and subcutaneous prilocaine with adrenaline on postoperative pain in day case arthroscopy of the knee. The time to first dose of oral analgesia postoperatively was significantly prolonged in those patients receiving prilocaine bu...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： White AP,Laurent S,Wilkinson DJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：:This study compares the assessment of lymph nodes by the surgeon, at the time of operation, with the pathologist's assessment on the resected specimen in 85 cases of total gastrectomy with extended lymphadenectomy for gastric carcinoma. There was correlation in 67% of cases, in 28% the disease was overstaged, and in o...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Park KG,Chung SC,McGuire L,Li AK,Crofts TJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operative cholangiography is for most surgeons a routine part of every cholecystectomy. Computerised digital subtraction angiography was adapted for operative cholangiography using a portable machine. After cannulation of the cystic duct the background image was subtracted before injecting contrast. Only the contrast ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Motson RW,Shinkwin MA,May AR,Akhtar N

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：: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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Lipomas of the gastrointestinal tract are rare, slow-growing lesions that comprise 0.4% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms. They can cause dysphagia, dyspnoea or sudden choking. CASE HISTORY:Due to rarity of this condition and its uncommon presentation, a literature review was carried out (PubMed). This se...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Sestini S,Gisabella M,Pastorino U,Billé A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-held Doppler (HHD) examination and duplex ultrasound scanning of patients with varicose veins are more accurate than clinical assessment alone. To assess how the introduction of HHD and the availability of duplex ultrasound scanning affects patient management, a retrospective review was carried out comparing the ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Pleass HC,Holdsworth JD

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of unilateral digital ischaemia in the upper limb secondary to embolisation from atheromatous plaques in the proximal subclavian artery are presented. Digital subtraction angiography or arch aortography were used to demonstrate the site of atheroma. In one case diagnostic delay resulted from failure to visu...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Bryan AJ,Hicks E,Lewis MH

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal herniation of the small bowel through a defect in the falciform ligament and subsequent small bowel obstruction is exceedingly rare with the majority of previous cases being attributed to congenital abnormalities. As laparoscopic techniques approach the forefront of modern surgery, an iatrogenic source for a ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Dusu K,Dindyal S,Gadhvi V

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00