Comparison of surgical and radiological interventions for thrombosed arteriovenous access.

Introduction:: To compare open surgical and radiological interventions for thrombosed arteriovenous access for dialysis.

Methods:: A retrospective analysis of access procedures and dialysis episodes from 1 December 2002 to 30 November 2015 with follow-up up to 1 August 2016. Hospital records and dialysis database interrogated for further interventions and length of functional use.

Conservation of the axilla: an audit of sentinel lymph node biopsy after a new start.

Background: Four hundred twenty-eight patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer were assessed. All patients underwent axillary ultrasonographic scanning preoperatively or at the time of initial breast imaging. Suspicious axillary glands underwent core needle biopsy under ultrasonographic guidance.