The Relationship Between Peri-Operative Systemic Inflammation and Survival in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.

Background: An association between preoperative markers of systemic inflammation and inferior mortality following abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair has been observed. The prognostic value of the postoperative inflammatory response remains unreported in patients with AAA. This study aimed to describe the association between the perioperative inflammatory response and mortality in patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair and open surgical repair (OSR) for infrarenal AAA.

The Needle and the Damage Done: A Retrospective Review of the Health Impact of Recreational Intravenous Drug Use and the Collateral Consequences for Vascular Surgery.

Background: The UK has one of the highest rates of recreational drug use and consequent deaths in Europe. Scotland is the "Drug deaths capital of Europe." Intravenous drug use can result in limb- and life-threatening pathology.

A prospective observational study of the utility of early diagnostic laparoscopy for right lower abdominal pain: a safe and effective diagnostic and therapeutic tool.

Background And Aims: Diagnostic laparoscopy is commonly performed for diagnosis of right lower abdominal pain and its use is increasing in the emergency setting. Some studies have reported that diagnostic laparoscopy and laparoscopic appendicectomy have advantages over conventional surgery. Many emergency surgeons now perform diagnostic laparoscopy for both clinically diagnosed appendicitis and when the diagnosis is in doubt.