Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes Following Thyroid Surgery for Malignant or Benign Disease: Deficits Persist in Cancer Survivors Beyond Five Years.

Background: Thyroid cancer diagnoses are increasing and treatment can lead to significant morbidity. Long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in thyroid cancer is understudied and lacks reference populations. This study compares long-term HRQoL between patients with thyroid cancer or benign disease, following thyroid surgery.

Patient perceptions of surgical telehealth consultations during the COVID 19 pandemic in Australia: Lessons for future implementation.

Introduction: Prior studies of telehealth report high levels of patient satisfaction, but within carefully selected clinical scenarios. The COVID-19 pandemic led to telehealth replacing face-to-face care for many surgical consultations across a variety of situations. More evidence is needed regarding patient perceptions of telehealth in surgery, in particular, exploring barriers and facilitators associated with its sustained implementation beyond the pandemic.

Utilization of telehealth by surgeons during the COVID 19 pandemic in Australia: lessons learnt.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the rapid and widespread adoption of telehealth. There is a need for more evidence regarding the appropriateness of telehealth, as well as greater understanding of barriers to its sustained use within surgery in Australia.

Methods: A survey weblink was sent via email to 5558 Australian Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in August 2020.

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as jaundice with biliary and gastric outlet obstruction. A case report.

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) can be an aggressive malignancy that has a propensity to spread to atypical locations, most commonly to lung, bone, lymph node. RCC presenting as obstructive jaundice with gastric outlet obstruction has rarely been cited in literature. This study presents a case of advanced RCC in a patient with obstructive jaundice and associated gastric outlet obstruction from a large right renal RCC with malignant retrocaval lymphadenopathy invading the duodenum and distal common bile duct.

Experience With the Axillary Artery as an Arterial Cannulation Site in Patients With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection.

Background: The optimal arterial cannulation site in patients undergoing surgical management of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) remains controversial. The axillary artery is rarely involved in the dissection process, provides antegrade flow in the descending aorta and minimises intraoperative malperfusion. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a single surgeon's experience of axillary artery cannulation for ATAAD repair.