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Saturday night burns: an increasing problem?
(Euro-Mediterranean Council for Burns & Fire Disasters, 2015-03-31)In Italy the economic crisis has caused changes in behavior in daily as well as leisure activities. For instance, night clubs have changed both their scenography and what they can offer. From simply providing a place to ... -
Lessons from surgery and anaesthesia: evaluation of non-technical skills in interventional radiology.
(Sage, 2015-11)In the medical profession, surgery and anaesthesia are leading the way in identifying human errors that negatively affect patient safety. Evidence suggests that the implementation of non-technical skills assessments reduces ... -
Apparent Skin Discoloration about the Knee Joint: A Rare Sequela of Metallosis after Total Knee Replacement
(Hindawi, 2015-03-05)Introduction. Metallosis is a phenomenon most commonly associated with hip replacement. However it can occur in any metallic implant subject to wear. Wear creates metal debris, which is deposited in the surrounding soft ... -
Actuator pin fracture in magnetically controlled growing rods: two cases.
(Elsevier, 2015-12-17)Magnetically-controlled growing rods (MCGR) are used in the management of early-onset scoliosis (EOS). Each MCGR contains a telescopic actuator that serves as the distraction element when stimulated by an external remote ... -
Problems and solutions in delivering global surgery in the 21st century.
(Wiley, 2016-02)Surgery has had low priority in global health planning, so the delivery of surgical care in low- and middle-income countries is often poorly resourced. A recent Lancet Commission on Global Surgery has highlighted the need ... -
The woman with unexplained anaemia.
(BMJ, 2015-12-15)A 77-year-old woman was admitted to hospital for 3 weeks to treat cellulitis and investigate unexplained anaemia. Earlier, when her neck had been examined on outpatient review of her lymphoedema, a large fungating tumour ... -
A technique to visualise the urethral meatus in difficult male catheterisations.
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Waterlow score as a surrogate marker for predicting adverse outcome in acute pancreatitis.
(Royal College of Surgeons, 2016-01)Introduction Introduced originally to stratify risk for developing decubitus ulcers, the Waterlow scoring system is recorded routinely for surgical admissions. It is a composite score, reflecting patients' general condition ... -
Revisiting the Anterolateral Ligament of the Knee.
(Thieme, 2015-12-18)Recent research has suggested that the anterolateral ligament (ALL) of the knee may have an important role in preventing persistent rotatory instability following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.For this ... -
Complication rates in sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma.
(Elsevier, 2015-12-17)