Surgery in Safe Hands

No . 3 Robotic Surgery : in Safe Hands

he practice of surgery has been integral to human civilization, with ancient texts from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, India and China highlighting various surgical procedures and tools. The Sushruta Samhita, from India, discusses surgical techniques from simple incisions and probing, to deeply invasive hernia surgery & caesarian sections. The Code of Hammurabi, dating back to 1754 BC, contains sp...

Are we really in safe hands? How safe is safe?

After safe sex, safe surgery?

Robinson et al found no benefit between those who were treated with steroids and those who were not.'" The results of further studies in patients suffering from combined burns and smoke inhalation injury suggest that giving steroids leads to increased mortality and morbidity, mainly because infection occurs more often." 12 Early treatment of smoke inhalation focuses on keeping the upper airways...

The future of British otorhinolaryngology is in safe hands.

One of the most exciting developments in British otorhinolaryngology is the setting up of trainee networks to enhance research and audit. Mehta and colleagues have asked themselves whether they can design and deliver a national audit of how epistaxis is managed, given the perceived wide variations and lack of data. They confirm that they can and that there is variation in the management of epis...

I-4: A Simple and Safe Technique for Varicocele Surgery

s:2127:"Varicocele is the most common pathologic finding in men in infertility study programs and is the most treatable cause of male infertility. Its correction is performed by different surgical techniques, none of which is yet acknowledged as the "gold standard." Some of them, especially the microsurgical ones, are very time consuming and thus expensive; furthermore, all varicocele surgery i...