Introduction: There is a growing body of work that suggests warmup can positively impact a performers physical and cognitive agility, enable better focus and lead to lesser errors. and cognitive skills is an accepted practice in many domains such as sports or music. While the level of involvement of psychomotor and cognitive skills in surgery […]
Introduction: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a rare, inherited benign intestinal polyposis syndrome that has historically required multiple laparotomies throughout the patient’s lifetime. Frequent endoscopic screening and resection of the hamartomatous polyps reduces the risk of local complications such as intestinal obstruction or intussusception. In certain situations, an endoscopic polypectomy may not be technically possible and a […]
Background: Despite the good results reported after laparoscopic fundoplication, failure is still a major problem. Hiatal disruption is one of the common patterns of anatomicalfailure, after primary open or laparoscopic antireflux surgery. To prevent hiatal hernia recurrence some authors recommend the use of prosthetic meshes for reinforcement of the hiatal crura. The aim of the […]
Introduction: Evidence suggests that poor information transfer and communication practices are a leading cause of medical errors and adverse events. Despite this, little is known about what these communication failures are, why they occur and how to prevent them. We conducted an interview study to identify information transfer and communication problems across the entire surgical […]
Aims: The aim of this study was to describe the trends in uptake of minimally invasive oesophagectomy in England over last 12 years (1996-2008). Methods: The Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) database is a record based system that since 1986 has collected patient-level data from all English NHS trusts. We examined HES data between April 1996 […]