Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Hospital in Wejherowo1 Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Medical University in Gdańsk2 Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, Jagiellonian University in Cracow3 Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Medical University in Łódź4 Department of General, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgery of the Alimenta...

BACKGROUND The number of Canadians who self-refer for bariatric surgery outside of Canada or to private clinics within Canada remains undefined. The outcomes from this questionable practice have not been evaluated systematically to date. METHODS We completed a chart review of known cases referred to our center for complications related to medical tourism and bariatric surgery. RESULTS We pr...

A successful programme is reported from Mozambique for training middle-level health workers to perform fairly advanced surgical procedures in remote areas where the services of consultants are virtually unobtainable. Manpower and financial constraints obliged Mozambique to train medical assistants to perform surgical work in rural areas, where three broad priorities were identified: pregnancy-r...

on an exceedingly dull afternoon.’ [3]. He had abandoned Introduction wet collodion plates because he could not stand the smell of the ether necessary in their preparation. Maddox Physicians have been quick to appreciate the pleasures and applications of photography. In 1863 Oliver Wendell lamented that the pressures of clinical practice prevented further photographic experimentation. Although ...

abstract background: ethics was discussed for many years in medical ethics through rules, theories, hypothesis and religious. there are some organs in iran that working on ethics. department of medical science is one of them that has his own instructions on ethics. this study aims to review some of the challengeable issues in medicine. conclusion: department of ethics in iranian academy of medi...

Constantin Țîbîrnă - notorious personality of medical science, founder a local surgery, promoter the training highly qualified staff, Politician and State, Deputy, Pedagogue-Teacher, with activity during 60 years (1950- 2010), creator School Thoraco-abdominal Surgery, oro-maxillo-facial, oncological, infantile, Honorary Member Academy Sciences Moldova, one founders Medical Republic Promoter Int...