Another lost tribe: Quantifying the experience of international medical graduates applying for a national training number (NTN) in the United Kingdom with a cross-sectional study.

Background: International medical graduates (IMGs) have a primary medical qualification obtained from outside their country of practice. In the United Kingdom (UK), postgraduate medical training after foundation years involves obtaining a national training number (NTN) in their specialty of choice by national selection. In this paper, we aim to quantify how IMGs feel to obtain an NTN and what unique obstacles they may face in doing so.

Laparoscopic assisted submucosal excision of an intussuscepting colonic lipoma.

Colonic lipomas are the most widespread non-epithelial tumours of the large bowel. They often present with absent, non-specific or intermittent symptoms. Intussusception is the most common complication that may occur as a result of such a lesion.