Foregut duplications in the superior mediastinum: beware of a common wall with the tracheo-bronchial tree.

Background: Foregut duplication cysts (FD) with a common muscular wall with the oesophagus are well recognised. Our case series highlights the existence of a common wall between superior mediastinal FD and the tracheo-bronchial tree.

Materials And Methods: Over the last 15 years, we have thoracoscopically resected 41 FD.

Foreskin reconstruction vs circumcision in distal hypospadias.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine if there were differences in the complication rates between foreskin reconstruction (FR) and circumcision (CIRC) in distal hypospadias repairs. The primary outcomes were urethrocutaneous fistula (UF) and dehiscence.

Methods: The data of distal hypospadias operated between 2005 and 2013 were retrospectively reviewed.

Surgical education and training in an outer metropolitan hospital: a qualitative study of surgical trainers and trainees.

The landscape of surgical training is changing. The anticipated increase in the numbers of surgical trainees and the shift to competency-based surgical training places pressures on an already stretched health service. With these pressures in mind, we explored trainers' and trainees' experiences of surgical training in a less traditional rotation, an outer metropolitan hospital.