Digital Versus Paper-Based Consent from the UK NHS Perspective: A Micro-costing Analysis.

Background: The paper-based consent pathway can be associated with missing information, error, and inadequate patient comprehension. Digital consent addresses some of these limitations. However, limited research has been conducted to understand relative costs and consequences associated with adopting digital consent pathways.

Attitude of clinical medical students to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as a career: a perspective from two English Medical Schools.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) has been increasing in popularity amongst medicine first trainees. Despite this, there is still limited exposure at the undergraduate level. This study aimed to: evaluate the experience of medical students in the field of OMFS, the awareness of medical students to OMFS resources/societies and to determine the greatest motivators and deterrents for students in pursuing a career in OMFS.

A 5-year follow-up study of 633 cutaneous SCC excisions: Rates of local recurrence and lymph node metastasis.

Background: A 5-year follow-up study of 633 cutaneous squamous cell cancer (SCC) excisions was performed by collecting data on rates of local recurrence (LR) and lymph node (LN) metastasis.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients was performed across four regional plastic surgery centres (Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury and Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth) assessing rates of LR and LN metastasis.

Results: We report 5-year outcomes from 598 SCCs (95% follow-up rate).

Early squamous neoplasia of the esophagus: The endoscopic approach to diagnosis and management.

Considerable focus has been placed on esophageal adenocarcinoma in the last 10 years because of its rising incidence in the West. However, squamous cell cancer (SCC) continues to be the most common type of esophageal cancer in the rest of the world. The detection of esophageal SCC (ESCC) in its early stages can lead to early endoscopic resection and cure.

Comparison of outcome from intensive care admission after adjustment for case mix by the APACHE III prognostic system.

Study Objectives: To evaluate the acute physiology, age, chronic health evaluation III (APACHE III) scoring system in the context of general adult ICUs in the United Kingdom.

Design: Prospective, noninterventional, cohort study.

Setting: Seventeen general adult ICUs in a discrete area of southwest England.