A rare presentation of appendicitis contained within an incisional hernia post loop ileostomy reversal - A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Appendicitis within an incisional hernia is rare, with current literature describing a small number of cases, occurring through a variety of surgical incisions. We describe a case of appendicitis contained within an incisional hernia following reversal of a loop ileostomy, on a background of previous sigmoid cancer resection. This is the second such case we were able to identify on literature review.

Negative Pressure Dressings (PICO) on Laparotomy Wounds Do Not Reduce Risk of Surgical Site Infection.

Surgical site infection is a common cause of post-operative morbidity. Although a number of studies on negative pressure dressings including PICO (Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, PL) have shown reduced rates of surgical site infections (SSI), more evidence is required.

Post-operative telephone review is safe and effective: prospective study - Monash outpatient review by phone trial.

Introduction: Studies have shown that post-operative telephone follow-up is satisfactory and effective. As high quality evidence is scant, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare it against outpatient clinic review for emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy or cholecystectomy.

Method: Patients who received emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy or cholecystectomy were eligible for this study.

Incomplete excision of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: a prospective observational study.

Background: Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common cancer of the skin. It behaves differently from basal cell carcinoma. Few large-scale studies have identified risk factors for incomplete excision of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.