Introduction. Pituitary surgery has seen a recent shift from a microscopic to an endoscopic
trans-sphenoidal approach. We present our early experience with endoscopic surgery and …

Introduction The management of hydrocephalus in paediatric patients where the peritoneum
has failed can be challenging. One option is to perform a ventriculo-cholecystic shunt. …

Medical training in the UK provides limited exposure to formal training in leadership and
management, and yet the role of a consultant or general practitioner requires such skills which …

Methods: A retrospective case note review was carried out of adolescent girls (11–17 years)
referred with a primary breast symptom to a tertiary Paediatric Surgical Service. Results: …

Methods: A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) was used to determine the impact of key
variables on healthcare professionals’(HCP) treatment preferences for operable breast cancer …

Methods: Data were collected retrospectively over a two year period from 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2014.
Histology reports were viewed, recording cavity shave margin data and any …

Methods: 80 patients who had undergone breast surgery (benign or breast cancer) were
randomly selected after stratification for tumour grade. Paired breast (tumour) tissue and pre-…

Methods: Thirteen consecutive patients undergoing lipomodelling without an implant for
congenital breast asymmetry were included in this study. All patients were offered alternative …

OWL 2 extends the W3C OWL Web Ontology Language with a small but useful set of
features that have been requested by users, for which effective reasoning algorithms are now …

… The records are clearer in Locusta, where we have distinguished three occasions when
bumps are seen (Tsukahara & Horridge, 1977). Dark-adapted (DA) bumps are initiated at very …