Is Internal brace augmentation a gold standard treatment compared to isolated Modified Brostrom Gould repair for chronic lateral ligament ankle instability? Effect on functional outcome and Return to preinjury activity: A retrospective analysis.

Introduction: Modified Brostrom Gould (MBG) repair is widely accepted procedure for chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI), but there are limitations with regards to strength of repair and risk of reinjury and complications. Internal brace has been recently used as augmentation of standard MBG repair. It provides stronger construct, facilitates early mobilisation and protects repaired ligament with minimal surgical morbidity.

Bleomycin Electrosclerotherapy Treatment in the Management of Vascular Malformations.

Background: Intralesional injection of a sclerosing agent is a standard treatment for vascular malformations, but many repeat treatments are often required to achieve a response. The temporary application of an electrical field to the treated area increases cellular membrane permeability and therefore augments drug delivery.

Objective: To report a case series of patients with vascular malformations who received bleomycin electrosclerotherapy (EST).

Out of hours magnetic resonance imaging for suspected cauda equina syndrome: lessons from a comparative study across two centres.

Background: Cauda equina syndrome, a rare but disabling spinal surgical emergency, requires prompt investigation, ideally using magnetic resonance imaging as patients may require decompressive surgery. Out of hours access to magnetic resonance imaging is only routinely available in major trauma centres and neurosurgical units. Patients in regional hospitals with suspected cauda equina syndrome may require transfer for diagnostic imaging.

Establishing scald prevention measures in UK maternity units from takeaway drinks.

Aim: To identify policies on the consumption of hot drinks by patients and visitors on all perinatal and postnatal wards in the United Kingdom, and to seek the opinions of members of the wider burns MDT as to whether standardised patient education or regulation of hot drinks around newborn babies is required.

Methods: All maternity units with postnatal wards across the United Kingdom were surveyed to establish availability of hot drinks on site and whether these were permitted on postnatal wards around infants. An online questionnaire was distributed to members of the British Burn Association to ascertain opinions on hot drinks policies.

Poorly differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas have high incomplete excision rates with UK minimum recommended pre-determined surgical margins.

Background: In the UK, the British Association of Dermatology-British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (BAD-BAPRAS) guidelines recommend excision of high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCCs), including poorly differentiated cSCCs, with a minimum peripheral margin of 6 mm.

Objectives: We assess whether the BAD-BAPRAS minimum margin achieves histological clearance in poorly differentiated cSCCs.

Patients And Methods: Demographics, surgical notes and histological reports from all patients having a primary cSCC excised at the Plastic Surgery Department of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK, between January 2017 and April 2018 were analysed.