South West Surgical Club were the guests of Professor Michael Brady and the Department of Surgery at Cork Regional Hospital, Wilton, Cork on 1st-2nd May 1981. The following are abstracts of papers read to the meeting. THE FROME EXPERIMENT VALUE OF SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER

a month, and ending with the maximum attainable in department, viz., Es. 700 a month. " A Friend" states tli^t, although previous service in a regiment in a subordinate capa city is allowed to count towards the periodic increments of Pa5' in the case of Apothecaries transferred afterwards to the medical charge of a civil station in the uncovenanted servicej similar service is not allowed to cou...

s of South West Vascular Surgeons Meeting held at St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, 14 February 1992 PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM CAUSING CLAUDICATION. W. G. Prout. Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a heritable disorder of elastic fibre leading to characteristic skin changes, angioid occular streaking and cardio-vascular problems. A 34 year old man presenting with int...

pointing at the mouse, shouted triumphantly, 'There it is!' Order having been restored by catching the mouse, the surgeon advanced once more towards the operating table. In doing so he struck his head violently against the rim of the operating lamp, not noticing that it had been placed somewhat lower than usual. He collapsed on to the floor, briefly concussed, and the patient sat up again, gazi...

the biggest problem in guerilla warfare and at one time we were carrying so many wounded on stretchers, with two men carrying, that there were few left to fight. Food was very scarce; we seemed to live on boiled billy goat-which tastes as the billy goat smells-and a rock hard maize bread "chicken mash," equally unpalatable. Vegetables were never seen. Later we could get sheep milk yogurt and in...

Advice is defined as“recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct.” This suggests or implies a request or need for direction. Advice from old to young is not always welcome, yet in today’s complex world of medical practice, there has never been a time when advice is more needed by young surgeons emerging into the medical environment. The enormous changes in the practice of vascular ...

The importance of non-technical skills to surgical performance is gaining wide acceptance. This article discusses the core cognitive and social skills categories thought to underpin medical knowledge and surgical expertise, and describes the rise of non-technical skill models of assessment in surgery. Behavior rating systems such as NOTSS (Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons) have been developed ...

Sleep medicine is an important component of current head and neck surgery practices. Furthermore, obstructive sleep apnea is an anatomic disease of the upper respiratory tract, a region of anatomy best known to head and neck surgeons. If head and neck surgeons choose to participate in the surgical treatment of sleep apnea, they must develop expertise in the evaluation and home sleep testing asp...