University of Birmingham experts are enlisting the help of medics across the globe to investigate the effectiveness of health systems by studying the outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for acute ...

As can be seen in the image, the X-ray revealed a calcified density overlying the right iliac wing in keeping with a faecolith (figure 1). Open appendicectomy was subsequently performed, with findings ...

Primary care practices were randomised to use an electronic health record based CDSS, which recommended a specific guideline ...

Letter writer Jim Donaldson from Fairlie has 'superlative' praise for the NHS over the years after all the help he has received - but questions ...

The first large, multicentre, randomised trial in children aged 5–16 years, in which antibiotics was compared to immediate appendicectomy for suspected non-perforated appendicitis, concluded that ...

The proposed solution is the “on table lavage” i.e., a washout of the colon. This is performed via either an enterotomy on the caecum or, preferably via an appendicectomy and introduction of a Foley ...