Appraisal of current surgical guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease using the AGREE-S instrument: A scoping review.

Aim: Guidelines play a crucial role in improving patient care by providing clinicians with up to date evidence-based recommendations. A vast number of guidelines exist on the surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this scoping review was to identify current surgical IBD guidelines, assess their quality and identify areas of variation between the existing guidelines.

Cutaneous Stomal Recurrence of Colorectal Cancer After Curative Rectal Cancer Surgery - A Case Report and Systematic Review.

Background/aim: Stomal metastases from a primary rectal adenocarcinoma are rare, therefore, clear guidelines on treatment options are limited. We performed a systematic review including a case report on this subject with the primary objective of identifying the total number of cases in the literature. The secondary objective was to assess median survival.

Comparison of Patient Satisfaction on a Day-case Mastectomy Pathway for Breast Cancer a Traditional Inpatient Delivery Model, Using a Validated Questionnaire.

Background: In 2011, a guidance was issued by the National Health Service (NHS) Improvement a model on how mastectomy could be offered in the day-case setting. The goal of this guidance was to reduce inpatient bed days and cost to the NHS, and demonstrate that it can be performed within an acceptable safety profile. The aim of this study was to assess whether patients find the day-case pathway for mastectomy an acceptable management model.

A theory-based behavior-change intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in undergraduate students: trial protocol.

Background: Excessive alcohol consumption on single occasions among undergraduate students is a major health issue as research has shown this pattern of drinking to be related to maladaptive health and psychosocial outcomes. Brief, theory-based interventions targeting motivation and self-control as behavior-change techniques have been identified as effective means to reduce alcohol consumption, but few studies have examined the interactive effects of these components. The aim of the present study is to develop a brief theory-based intervention using motivational and self-control intervention techniques to reduce alcohol consumption in undergraduate students.

Massive traumatic abdominal hernia repair with biologic mesh.

Traumatic abdominal wall hernias (TAWHs) are rare. They can arise from either high or low impact trauma and can be associated with significant associated injury. We present the case of a 27-year-old male involved in a high-impact road traffic accident resulting in a TAWH.