Publications by authors named "Karl Mainprize"
Objective: Our aim was to audit the diagnostic and survival outcomes of colonoscopy in octogenarians and to determine if it confers any survival benefit.
Methods: A review of a prospectively maintained database over a two year period between October 2005 and September 2007 was undertaken. Data on numerous outcome variables and survival were collected and analysed.
Background: Serosal appendicitis is a histopathological diagnosis of an inflammatory reaction on the surface of the appendix caused by an extra appendiceal source of inflammation.
Objective And Methods: A retrospective review of a pathology database in a district general hospital identified patients with serosal appendicitis and a preoperative diagnosis of appendicitis. Two groups emerged: patients with serosal appendicitis secondary to a known cause of intra-abdominal inflammation and those in whom the cause remained unknown.