Virtual Reality as a Surgical Care Package for Patients Undergoing Weight Loss Surgery: A Narrative Review of the Impact of an Emerging Technology.

While bariatric surgery is regarded as the most effective treatment for people with severe and morbid obesity, its pathway is regarded as a complex one due to the multidisciplinary approaches required from pre-surgery education until long-term management. This is essential to maintain weight loss and improve the quality of life after bariatric surgery. Although these approaches are broadened, patient education, pre-operative preparation, behavioural therapy, rehabilitation, and dietary changes are regarded as the main domains in such complex care.

Medical leadership and management in the United Kingdom.

Objective: This article aims to outline the historical development of medical leadership in the United Kingdom (UK), present recent advances, and discuss professional development and future prospects.

Conclusions: With increasing involvement of medical professionals in top managerial roles in the UK over the last 30 years, leadership development initiatives have been growing steadily and there is increasing recognition of the need for leadership and management skills for doctors. Such skills can help to greatly improve patient care as well as enhance organisational effectiveness and productivity.

Recurrent urolithiasis following parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism.

Introduction: The effect of parathyroidectomy on the incidence of recurrent stone formation is uncertain. We aimed to compare the biochemistry and recurrence rate of urolithiasis in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) and stone formation (SF) and non-stone formation (NSF) with idiopathic stone formers (ISF).

Methods: Patients with pHPT and SF (Group 1) were identified from a prospective database.