Diagnostic Accuracy and Confidence in Management of Forearm and Hand Fractures Among Foundation Doctors in the Accident and Emergency Department: Survey Study.

Background: Accurate interpretation of radiographs is crucial for junior doctors in the accident and emergency (A&E) department (the emergency medicine department). However, it remains a significant challenge and a leading cause of diagnostic errors.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and confidence of foundation doctors (doctors within their first 2 years of qualifying) in correctly interpreting and managing forearm and hand fractures on plain radiographs.

Fractured epidural catheter with retained fragment in the epidural space-a case study and proposed management algorithm.

A broken epidural catheter with a retained fragment in the spinal canal is a rare complication of an otherwise low-risk procedure. We present a case of a 37-year-old post-partum female with a fractured epidural catheter with a retained fragment in the epidural space, after epidural anaesthesia using a midline L3/L4 approach. The patient was completely asymptomatic, and the management decision lay between surgical exploration with removal and conservative management with no intervention.

Erratum to 'Fractured epidural catheter with retained fragment in the epidural space-a case study and proposed management algorithm' [ 4 (2022) 100095].

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.