Introduction: Robotic surgery has been increasingly used in fashioning various surgical
anastomoses. Our aim was to collect and analyze outcomes related to anastomoses performed …

Full article: Electrosurgical devices: are we closer to finding the ideal appliance? A critical
review of current evidence for the use of electrosurgical devices in general surgery Skip to …

The incidence of incisional hernia after kidney transplantation varies between 1.1% and 3.8%.
These are usually repaired electively using polypropylene mesh. We present here a case …

Tension faeco-pneumothorax is rare, typically occurring following strangulation of a
diaphragmatic hernia. We report the case of a 69-year-old gentleman with a previous history of …

Aims Interaction between students and patients is a universal and essential component of a
high-quality medical education. However, little work has been done to assess the attitudes of …

Key Clinical Message This case highlights the possible complications of biliary stents, which
may include migration and impaction in the gastrointestinal tract. It also emphasizes the …

Idiopathic ulcer of the caecum is a rare condition of unknown aetiology. Its clinical presentation
may mimic various pathologies, including appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease and …

At the age of 17, she was transplanted to the right iliac fossa, but lost the kidney to rejection
and underwent graft nephrectomy. A year later, she received a live donor transplant from her …

Methods Data from RAKT recipients was compared in a 1: 2 ratio to a control group of
consecutive OKT recipients. All transplants were performed by the same surgeon. The primary …

Background: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is routinely practised for axillary staging with
25-30% having positive SLN. Ki-67, a cell-cycle antigen and proliferative marker has been …