Women with aortic aneurysms do worse than men
Although suffering an abdominal aortic aneurysm is four to six times more common in men than women, mortality rates for…
Surgery
Post-mastectomy recovery diet
When I had my double mastectomy in February 2015, following a diagnosis of breast cancer, there was very limited information…
Overseeing cosmetic surgery
Cosmetic surgery is booming, but the regulation surrounding who can perform cosmetic procedures with what level of expertise and training,…
Europe’s oldest operating theatre
A massive leap forward in medical technology took place in the mid 20th century. The most significant change in the…
Lower GDP means poorer surgical outcomes
Results of our new research, a collaboration between our team of scientists at the Universities of Sheffield, Birmingham and Edinburgh,…
Intensive care’s intensive noise problem
I remember very clearly the first time I walked onto the intensive care unit (ICU). The first thing that struck…
Patient outcomes
Outcomes data is information about the results of surgery that can be published and used by surgeons, patients and hospitals…
Lies, damned lies and surgical league tables
My heart sank when Health minister Jeremy Hunt announced that league tables for surgeons would be published back in 2014.…
Acid attacks – A challenge for reconstructive surgeons
Following a spate of drive by acid attacks on men in East London, there are calls for tighter laws to…
Through the keyhole – improving surgical skills
One of the biggest challenges facing us in modern surgery is how to take tomorrow's surgeons from relative novices to…