Blood loss and transfusion requirements in total joint arthroplasty.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The increased use of diagnostic laparoscopy for management of right iliac fossa pain may have lowered the threshold for removing normal appendices, particularly as there is a perception that this practice carries little additional morbidity. The aim of this retrospective audit was to determine the negative...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Lee M,Paavana T,Mazari F,Wilson TR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rectus femoris origin injuries in adult athletes are uncommon. In the acute phase, conservative treatment seems to have a favourable outcome, with surgical repair reserved for unsuccessful cases only. However, a group of patients may develop chronic pain and disability after recovery from the acute phase due to heter...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： El-Husseiny M,Sukeik M,Haddad FS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first reported case of a partial thickness burn to the skin from discarded bone cement during a routine total hip replacement (THR). The patient required plastic surgical attention for 5 months before the skin was healed. We summarise the reported incidents of cement burns to various other structures an...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Burston B,Yates P,Bannister G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intraoperative neural monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve has been widely used to avoid nerve injury during thyroidectomy. We discuss the results of the change in surgical strategy after unilateral signal loss surgeries using intermittent intraoperative neural monitoring in a high-volume referral c...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gür EO,Haciyanli M,Karaisli S,Haciyanli S,Kamer E,Acar T,Kumkumoglu Y

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is considered by many to be the 'gold standard' treatment for benign prostatic enlargement. However, with the relatively recent introduction of pharmacological and other surgical treatment modalities, the performance of TURP appears to be in decline. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Wilson JR,Urwin GH,Stower MJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The management of acute left-sided colonic obstruction still remains a challenging problem despite significant progress. METHODS:A literature search was undertaken using PubMed and the Cochrane Library regarding the options in emergency management of left-sided colonic obstruction focusing on outcomes suc...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Trompetas V

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most women who have screening mammography and undergo subsequent open biopsy following an indeterminate core biopsy result are eventually found to have benign disease. However, a significant number have malignant disease and the rate of malignancy in such cases may be influenced by various factors. This s...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hunt RJ,Steel JR,Porter GJ,Holgate CS,Watkins RM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in the Western world, and yet the survival after potentially curative excisional surgery has improved little over the last half century. Newer tumour prognostic markers are not superior to conventional Dukes' staging and there are currently no markers which predict re...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Rayter Z,Leicester RJ,Mansi JL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) is a mandatory examination to enter higher surgical specialty training in the UK. It is designed to help to ensure that successful candidates are competent to practice as higher surgical trainees. The annual review of competence progres...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Scrimgeour D,Brennan PA,Griffiths G,Lee AJ,Smith F,Cleland J

更新日期：2018-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex perianal fistulas may at times be very difficult to treat. New vascularised tissue can reach the perineum from leg muscles and the omentum. A less well-known source is the labial fat tissue (modified Martius graft) which has a robust posterolateral pedicle and which can be useful as an adjunctive technique for...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Pinedo G,Phillips R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite published criteria predicting poor survival after operation for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA), little is known about the factors which influence surgeons not to operate. Questionnaires were sent to all 404 members of the Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, posing questions about...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Hewin DF,Campbell WB

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern stapling equipment makes it possible to perform the vertical banded gastroplasty without major technical difficulties. Follow-up to date confirms its efficacy as a weight reducing procedure in the morbidly obese. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Harrison RA,Clark CG

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：:In a prospective study of 100 patients presenting with acute right hypochondrial pain and diagnosed clinically by a qualified surgeon as having acute cholecystitis, we have shown that the diagnostic error can be considerable. Twenty-five of these patients were found to have a different diagnosis on subsequent investig...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Schofield PF,Hulton NR,Baildam AD

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isaac Newton, among others, observed that 'we see so far because we are standing upon the shoulders of giants'. In vascular surgery most of the giants have been European, and this is a heritage which we as Europeans can take pride in and build upon if we chose to do so. As in other areas of life, commitment is essenti...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Harris P

更新日期：1999-09-01 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

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：:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNSTs) are a rare but aggressive form of soft tissue sarcoma with few reported cases in the anatomic location seen with the case presented here. This case involves a 23-year-old man presenting with a soft tissue mass under the mandible found to be a MPNST, which was investig...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Olivier JB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction During ankle fracture fixation, iatrogenic trauma to retro fibula structures can result in morbidity and reoperation. We describe a safe zone for lag screw insertion. Materials and methods This study was completed in three sections. We identified the average entry and exit points for the lag screw using 4...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kaye AR,Marlow W,Williams G,Molloy AP,Mason LW

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobius vermicularis is responsible for a variety of diseases but rarely affects the liver. Accurate characterisation of suspected liver metastases is essential to avoid unnecessary surgery. In the presented case, following a diagnosis of rectal cancer, a solitary liver nodule was diagnosed as a liver metastasis du...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Roberts KJ,Hubscher S,Mangat K,Sutcliffe R,Marudanayagam R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Large, complicated ventral hernias are an increasingly common problem. The transversus abdominis muscle release (TAMR) is a recently described modification of posterior components separation for repair of such hernias. We describe our initial experience with TAMR and sublay mesh to facilitate abdominal wa...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Appleton ND,Anderson KD,Hancock K,Scott MH,Walsh CJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been renewed emphasis on research following the Calman recommendations for higher training. It is often considered essential for progression in training to have participated in research projects and to have some publications to one's credit. Orthopaedic surgery is usually thought to lag behind other discipli...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Singh GK,Qadir W,Deshmukh RG

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:A 74-year-old woman underwent a low anterior resection and defunctioning loop ileostomy for a T1 N1 M0 rectal adenocarcinoma. Three months following surgery she attended complaining of pain inferior to the loop ileostomy. A clinical examination demonstrated an extensive area of spreading cellulitis on the lower abdomi...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Davey PT,Burnside N,MacKenzie N,Conkey D,Carson J,Skelly RT

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Despite the widespread use of the EEA stapling device, little is known about the eventual fate of the stapled anastomosis. In a study of 38 stapled colonic anastomoses the staples were found to have passed out rectally in 11 patients (29%) within 6 months of surgery. Staple loss occurred only when the small or medium ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Kissin MW,Cox AG,Wilkins RA,Kark AE

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the largest reported case of pilomatrixoma in the literature. While pilomatrixomas typically present as small soft-tissue nodules of the head, neck and upper extremities, they can also present as much larger masses in atypical locations. When they present in their usual size, pilomatrixomas have typical im...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Beattie G,Tai C,Pinar Karakas S,Cham E,Idowu O,Kim S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brachytherapy involves the therapeutic implantation of a radio-active seed source into, or close to, prostate cancer. We report the rare case of a 76-year-old man who presented with a prostate abscess after months of intractable pelvic pain following prostate cancer treatment with iodine-125 brachytherapy. Despite mul...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Gilmore PE,Baird AD,Javle PM

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:My first aim is to present the state of burn care during the few years before the Battle of Britain in August-October 1940. This gives the climate of thought in which McIndoe and his collegues faced the challenge of burns. We are inclined to forget the helplessness of surgeons faced with extensive burns at that time. ...

journal_title：Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

authors： Jackson DM

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00