Background The use of tobacco is known to increase the incidence of developing oral cancer
by 6 times, while the additive effect of drinking alcohol further increases the risk leading to …

Despite recent national advances in the care for the hip fracture patient, significant morbidity
and mortality persists. Some of this morbidity is attributable to the analgesia provided in the …

Background Biplanar muscle-splitting (BMS) breast augmentation is a relatively new
technique for which the safe regions of dissection have not been delineated. Objectives The …

Reconstruction of the irradiated perineum has posed a consistent reconstructive challenge
historically. The evolution of reconstructive techniques must mirror advances in neoadjuvant …

Several factors have been identified to affect morbidity and mortality in oral cancer patients.
The time taken to process a resected cancer specimen in a patient presenting with primary or …

Accurate clinical staging of oral squamous cell cancer can be quite difficult to achieve
especially if nodal involvement is identified. Radiologically-assisted clinical staging is more …

In the United Kingdom, gout represents one of the most common inflammatory arthropathies
predominantly managed in the primary care setting. Gout is a red flag indicator for …

There has been a rapid change from predominantly surgical to endovascular treatment of
ruptured intracranial aneurysms giving the opportunity to assess change in patient outcome …

We of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Specialist Skin Cancer
MDT, write with concern regarding the most recently published AJCC 8th edition staging …

Background Gout is a red flag indicator for cardiovascular disease and comorbidity. Despite
this, there are no incentivised treatment protocols and suboptimal management in the …