Abstract Aim To compare current practice at the local Plastic Surgery Department to national Standard British Society for of Hand BSSH guidelines recommend closed hand fractures. Method Retrospective data collection All procedures done within one month June 2021, it previous audit in Feb 2021 and close loop Electronic records Results (90.5 %) meet standard time presentation compared 76% 62% mee...

abstract background : the purpose of this study is to evaluate anterior cervical discectomy. materials and methods : this retrospective study was conducted on 43 patients underwent surgery through standard smith-robison technique with fusion. postoperative follow-up period was 24 months. clinical assessment was done through odom criteria, neck disability index and vas for neck pain. results : a...

Background The results of surgical trials are often challenged because of concerns about the experience and skill of the surgeons taking part. When well-established alternative surgical procedures exist, individual surgeons are usually more proficient in, and favour, a single approach. Conventional within-surgeon randomisation requires surgeons to be proficient in both procedures, which may ske...

Background: Knowing the conversion risk factors of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery, helps the surgeon to plan for surgery accordingly. This study aimed to determine the risk factors for converting laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery. Methods: In this analytical study, the case information of 1104 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Shahid Beheshti Hospi...

Accepted 18 September 2013. Published online first 11 October 2013. This is the pre?peer reviewed version of the following article: Tzemanaki, A., Walters, P., Pipe, A. G., Melhuish, C. and Dogramadzi, S. (2014) An anthropomorphic design for a minimally invasive surgical system based on a survey of surgical technologies, techniques and training. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Com...

PURPOSE Skin is a major organ at risk in breast-conserving therapy (BCT). The American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) recommendations require monitoring of maximum dose received, however, there is no unambiguous way of skin contouring provided. The purpose of this study was to compare the doses received by the skin in different models. MATERIAL AND METHODS Standard treatment plans of 20 patients...