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Safe investigation of isolated change in bowel habit with a flexible sigmoidoscopy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
(2019-07)INTRODUCTION: Public awareness campaigns have led to increasing referrals of patients to colorectal surgery for possible cancer. Change in bowel habit, is traditionally described as a symptom of a left sided bowel cancer. ... -
A safe method to evacuate pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic surgery in suspected COVID-19 patients.
(http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/publications/annals/, 2020-05)The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges to surgery and protection of staff in the operating theatre. Aerosol and surface viability of the virus has been shown to last at least hours, with viability lasting days ... -
Safety and effectiveness of hormonal treatment versus hormonal treatment with vigabatrin for infantile spasms (ICISS): a randomised, multicentre, open-label trial.
(2017-01)BACKGROUND: Infantile spasms constitutes a severe infantile epilepsy syndrome that is difficult to treat and has a high morbidity. Hormonal therapies or vigabatrin are the most commonly used treatments. We aimed to assess ... -
Safety and feasibility of breast lesion localization using magnetic seeds (Magseed): a multi-centre, open-label cohort study.
(2018-02)PURPOSE: Wire localization has several disadvantages, notably wire migration and difficulty scheduling the procedure close to surgery. Radioactive seed localization overcomes these disadvantages, but implementation is ... -
Safety of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Major Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Prospective, Multicenter Cohort Study.
(2017-01)Background: Significant safety concerns remain surrounding the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) following gastrointestinal surgery, leading to wide variation in their use. This study aimed to determine ... -
Safety of short, in-hospital delays before surgery for acute appendicitis: Multicentre cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis
(2014-05)To determine safety of short in-hospital delays before appendicectomy. BACKGROUND: Short organizational delays before appendicectomy may safely improve provision of acute surgical services. METHODS: The primary endpoint ... -
Same day arterial embolisation followed by hepatic resection for treatment of giant haemangioma.
(2016-02)Cavernous haemangiomas are the most common tumour of the liver; they are benign in nature and have an incidence of up to 7.3% at autopsy. Occasionally, they may cause symptoms necessitating intervention. We report the case ... -
Scapholunate interosseus ligament reconstruction on a cadaver: A technique
(2014-09)BACKGROUND: Acute rupture of the scapholunate interosseus ligament is a relatively frequent occurrence which can be repaired primarily by direct suturing. However, patients are often seen a few weeks after injury when most ... -
Scarf osteotomy in the management of symptomatic adolescent hallux valgus.
(2012-06)PURPOSE: This study was designed to assess the utility of the scarf osteotomy in the management of symptomatic adolescent hallux valgus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a case series of 29 patients (39 feet) with a mean ... -
School-entry vision screening in the United Kingdom: practical aspects and outcomes
(2014)PURPOSE: To describe and assess an orthoptist-led vision screening service for school-entry (reception class) children, and report outcomes from one healthcare trust in the UK. METHODS: A total of 3721 children (aged 4-5 ... -
Screening exons 16 and 17 of the amyloid precursor protein gene in sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease
(2016)Early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) can be familial (FAD) or sporadic EOAD (sEOAD); both have a disease onset <65 years of age. A total of 451 sEOAD samples were screened for known causative mutations in exons 16 and ... -
Screening for dementia in primary care.
(2013)The literature on the diagnosis of dementia in primary care has been summarised in a meta-analysis that indicated that GPs recognise three in four patients with dementia using clinical judgment alone whilst highlighting ... -
Screening of the cervical spine in subacromial shoulder pain: A systematic review
(2018-07)Background: Subacromial shoulder pain is a common clinical presentation with much diagnostic uncertainty. Some of this uncertainty relates to the involvement of the cervical spine as a source or contribution to subacromial ... -
Seasonal variation in trauma admissions to a level III trauma unit over 10 years
(2020-07)Introduction: Major trauma centres have improved morbidity and mortality for moderate and severely injured patients. Less injured patients may be treated in facilities less resourced for trauma care. In these units, ... -
Seeking beauty: understanding the psychology behind orthognathic surgery.
(2015-12)Orthognathic surgery to correct serious skeletal discrepancies of the jaw improves both function and appearance, but patients should spend a lot of time thinking about, discussing, and planning operations that have such a ... -
Selective oestrogen receptor antagonists inhibit oesophageal cancer cell proliferation in vitro.
(2018-02)BACKGROUND: Oestrogen receptors (ER) have a well-established role to the initiation, progression and regulation of responses to treatment of breast, prostate, and lung cancers. Previous data indicates altered ER expression ...
