The Frequency of Stoma-Related Readmissions After Emergency and Elective Ileostomy Formation: The Leicester Experience.

Background Approximately 9,000 patients undergo ileostomy formation each year in England. This includes those formed in both the elective and emergency settings. Recent studies have indicated a stoma-related complication rate of up to 83%.

Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of a hands-on surgical robotics workshop for medical students and early-career doctors.

Despite the increased adoption of robotic surgery across various specialities, medical students and early-career doctors have limited exposure. This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a hands-on surgical robotics workshop for those early-career medics. 26 participants with minimal prior exposure to robotic surgery attended a workshop using the Versius robotic surgical system and Virtual Reality simulation platforms.

Significance of thickening of the upper gastrointestinal tract on cross sectional imaging: Endoscopic correlation.

Aim: To report the endoscopic findings for a cohort of patients referred for discussion at a specialist oesophago-gastric multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meeting, on the basis of CT mural thickening.

Patients And Methods: The records of patients discussed at a regional oesophago-gastric MDT during the time 1 April 2014 to 5 February 2016 were reviewed in order to identify patients who were endoscopy naïve at the time of CT and scans re-reviewed to measure maximum wall thickness.

Results: 456 patients were referred for discussion, 126 met the inclusion criteria.

A mesenteric defect causing internal herniation and ischaemia of both the ascending and sigmoid colons, treated with a bowel preserving surgery.

Internal hernias due to mesenteric defects are a rare cause of bowel obstruction, but once present their complications are associated with a high morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a 24-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department with a 6-hour history of abdominal pain. Initial surgical review, taking into consideration the patient's clinical, biochemical and radiological findings, led to the patient being taken for immediate surgical exploration.