Gender more than ethnicity or disability influences the choice of a career in cardiothoracic surgery by United Kingdom medical students.

Objectives: Cardiothoracic surgery has reported poor equality, diversity, and inclusion amongst its faculty [1-3]. We explored how gender, ethnicity, and disability influence medical students' interest in cardiothoracic surgery as a career choice, as well as overall exposure to cardiothoracic surgery in the undergraduate curriculum.

Methods: We distributed a 26-item Google Forms online survey to student members of a medical education group from all 37 UK medical schools via social media.

The effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors on inflammatory biomarkers: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Aims: To conduct a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors on inflammatory biomarkers.

Methods: Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched for RCTs investigating the effect of SGLT2 inhibitors on inflammatory biomarkers, adipokine profiles and insulin sensitivity.

Results: Thirty-eight RCTs were included (14 967 participants, 63.

Surgical resection of primary intracardiac sarcomas and outcomes: A review of case reports over 20 years.

Objective: A quarter of all cardiac tumors are malignant, and most (~ 95%) are sarcomas. It is the most aggressive malignant cardiac tumor carrying the worst prognosis. Tumor involvement with the vital intracardiac structures makes it difficult for complete surgical resection.

The transverse upper gracilis flap for autologous breast reconstruction: patient satisfaction outcomes from a single centre experience.

Background: The transverse upper gracilis (TUG) flap procedure is an alternative procedure for autologous breast reconstruction, that is indicated in patients with a low body mass index (BMI) and small to moderate sized breasts. We investigated patient satisfaction of all TUG flap breast reconstructions at Royal Free Hospital.

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients who had undergone a TUG flap procedure was performed using Electronic Patient Records between October 2010 and October 2021 in Royal Free Hospital.