OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS IN ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES-A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE.

Orthopaedic surgeries pose various risks to the health of orthopaedic surgeons: radiation, noise, infection, chemical exposure, and musculoskeletal injury. These are associated with short and long-term health problems including malignancy and teratogenicity. Orthopaedic surgeons' health is critical to ensure optimal patient care.

Node negative duodenal adenocarcinoma is associated with long-term patient survival following pancreaticoduodenal resection.

Background: Duodenal adenocarcinoma (DA) is a rare gastrointestinal malignancy. There is limited data reporting patient outcomes following radical pancreatic resection for DA. We assessed the disease-free (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for DA in our institution.

[Successful treatment of a stage III pleural empyema following a COVID-19 infection].

Parapneumonic pleural effusion is a common complication of pneumonia and can progress to empyema. Pleural empyema is a life-threatening infection, which can be treated with antibiotics and interventional drainage but in later stages often requires surgery. Here we describe the first case of pleural empyema following a COVID-19 infection with no respiratory failure in a previously healthy and athletic patient.

Follow up colonoscopy may be omissible in uncomplicated left-sided acute diverticulitis diagnosed with CT- a retrospective cohort study.

International guidelines recommend colonoscopy following hospitalisation for acute diverticulitis. There is a paucity of evidence supporting the efficacy of colonoscopy in this context, particularly for patients with CT-diagnosed uncomplicated left-sided diverticulitis. This study aims to investigate the frequency that colorectal cancer (CRC) and advanced adenomas (AA) are identified during follow-up colonoscopy after hospitalisation with CT-proven left-sided diverticulitis for the first time in a UK population.

Methylation of MYLK3 gene promoter region: a biomarker to stratify surgical care in ovarian cancer in a multicentre study.

Background: Survival benefit from surgical debulking of ovarian cancer (OC) is well established, but some women, despite total macroscopic clearance of disease, still have poor prognosis. We aimed to identify biomarkers to predict benefit from conventional surgery.

Methods: Clinical data from women debulked for high-stage OC were analysed (Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK; 2001-2014).