Introduction: UK surgical training currently faces the challenge of expanding surgical skills in a context of reduced training opportunities. Video-review in theatre offers the potential to gain more from each learning opportunity and to enhance feedback.
Aim: This was a designed-based study to test the feasibility of using synchronized video-review as a reflective tool to enhance surgical training and to gain a deeper understanding of intraoperative feedback.
Introduction: In the UK, surgical training is under pressure due to reductions in training time and training opportunities, which pose patient safety risks. Cognitive, nontechnical, training has been suggested as a possible solution inspired by the identified benefits in aviation industry. A recent review article highlighted the need for such training despite its high cost and the need for expert trainers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The use of colonic stents has significantly evolved over the last few years. Emergency surgery for colonic obstructions is usually associated with significant mortality, morbidity and often stoma formation. Colonic stents provide an alternative way to relieve colonic obstruction, and hence avoiding the risks associated with emergency surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe case of a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism with the incidental finding of left thyroid hemiagenesis with isthmus involvement is presented. Thyroid hemiagenesis is a rare congenital abnormality. There have been approximately 310 cases reported in the literature to date.
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