Exploring athlete pain assessment experiences and priorities; a two-part qualitative series of athlete and physiotherapist interactions. Part One. "Gauging and discerning" - Athlete & physiotherapist pain assessment experiences and interactions.

Objectives: To explore the content (subjective questions, objective tools and outcome measures) and discuss the nature (qualitative elements and wider considerations) of the athlete pain assessment by facilitating shared understandings of athletes and sports physiotherapists.

Design: Qualitative research using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach.

Methods: We carried out focus groups comprising a deliberate criterion sample using a constructivist perspective.

Exploring athlete pain assessment experiences and priorities; a two-part qualitative series of athlete and physiotherapist interactions. Part Two. "Forging our future" - Athlete and physiotherapists' priorities for pain assessment and beyond.

Objectives: To explore the priorities and directions of athlete upper and lower limb pain assessment by facilitating shared understandings of athletes and sport physiotherapists.

Design: Qualitative research using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach.

Methods: We carried out focus groups comprising a deliberate criterion sample using a constructivist perspective.

Breath Testing in the Surgical Setting: Applications, Challenges, and Future Perspectives.

Background: The potential for exhaled breath to be a valuable diagnostic tool is often overlooked as it can be difficult to imagine how a barely visible sample of breath could hold such a rich source of information about the state of our health. However, technological advances over the last 50 years have enabled us to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in exhaled breath, and this provides the key to understanding the wealth of information contained within these readily available samples.

Summary: VOCs are produced as a by-product of metabolism; hence, changes in the underlying physiological processes will be reflected in the exact composition of VOCs in exhaled breath.

Peri-operative thrombophilia in patients undergoing liver resection for colorectal metastases.

Background: Routine chemical venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis for liver surgery remains controversial, and often delayed post-operatively due to perceived bleeding risk. This study asked whether patients undergoing hepatectomy for colorectal metastases (CRM) were at risk from VTE pre-operatively, and the impact of hepatectomy on that risk.

Methods: Single-centre prospective observational cohort study of patients undergoing open hepatectomy for CRM, comparing pre-, peri- and post-operative haemostatic variables.

Comparative Analysis of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair in Neonates and Infants.

Background: This study analyzed our cohort of infants (age below 12 mo) who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR), comparing those 3 months and below (corrected premature) to above 3 months (term infants) corrected age at the time of surgery.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of a single surgeon and associated trainees' experience of LIHR in infants below 12 months over a 5-year period (2013-2018) was performed. The operative technique involved a 5-mm scope and 3-mm instruments for herniorrhaphy with 4/0 Prolene purse-string suture.