BACKGROUND The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) protocol is considered beneficial in emergent evaluation of trauma patients with blunt or penetrating injury and has become integrated into the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocol. No guidelines exist as to the use of ultrasonography in trauma in Denmark. We aimed to determine the current use of ultrasonography for asse...

Introduction: The introduction of foreign bodies into the rectum is a frequent practice considered as proctological emergency. Objective: We report our experience in trauma by body during over 20 years Thoraco-abdominal Trauma Surgery Service Civil Hospital Fray Antonio Alcalde Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. Materials and Methods : Retrospective cross-sectional study (1999-2018) carried out with...

M any different physicians perform cosmetic and reconstructive surgical procedures of the face. Limited studies have suggested that medical students are most likely to choose a plastic surgeon or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for various facial procedures. To our knowledge, these limited studies have not involved more than several hundred medical students in limited geographic areas. Owing ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) has been used prior to total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH), but evidence for its use is lacking. Our study seeks to assess whether or not completion of preoperative MBP prior to TLH improves visualization of the surgical field, bowel handling, or overall ease of the operation. METHODS Women aged 18-65 years undergoing TLH for beni...

Abstract Background Postoperative check radiographs are routine practice in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery, allowing for radiographic assessment of components evidence bony injury (1). All trauma cases requiring postoperative imaging as per operation note should have this completed a timely fashion. Method Patient records were assessed over 4 months across two sites within an NHS Trust to deter...

UNLABELLED Switzerland, the country with the highest health expenditure per capita, is lacking data on trauma care and system planning. Recently, 12 trauma centres were designated to be reassessed through a future national trauma registry by 2015. Lausanne University Hospital launched the first Swiss trauma registry in 2008, which contains the largest database on trauma activity nationwide. M...

The surgical armamentarium for the treatment of massive facial trauma has undergone a dramatic shift from early management strategies. Although tenants acute continue to prioritize airway and cardiopulmonary support, improved functional outcomes are achievable with an emphasis on definitive free tissue transfer. use workhorse donor flaps, such as radial forearm, fibula, latissimus, have become ...

Minimally invasive surgery is a technique that permits interventions through very small incisions. This minimises the patients’ trauma and permits a faster recovery in comparison with classical surgery. The disadvantage of this surgery technique, though, is its complexity, requiring a high training effort of the surgeon. In this paper, we present a general surgery simulator for training surgeon...

THE CHILD referred to in this report was first seen by a surgeon at the age of eleven weeks because of the presence of constricting bands around the base of the right thumb and middle finger, associated with shortening of the left index finger. These features had been present since birth. The surgeon recognised the condition as a form of ainhum and kept the child under review. It was eventually...