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Journal Issue: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Volume 106(6); 2024 Jul

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Volume 106(6); 2024 Jul

Editorial

The Green Surgery report: a guide to reducing the environmental impact of surgical care, but will it be implemented?

M Bhutta, C Rizan

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 475–477. Published online 2024 Apr 29. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0005

PMCID:: PMC11214859

Article PDF–211K

Reviews

Environmentally friendly splints for limb immobilisation: a systematic review

JA Mawhinney, SJM Parker, A Selby, NA Johnson

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 478–484. Published online 2024 May 24. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0037

PMCID:: PMC11214855

Abstract Article PDF–266K

A Foley catheter ‘the jack of all trades’: a literature review of its common and novel uses

R Karmarkar, S Bodapati, L Yao, S Aroori

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 485–491. Published online 2023 Jul 12. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2023.0003

PMCID:: PMC11217819

Abstract Article PDF–377K

Sustainability

Healing patient, harming planet? A drive towards sustainable surgery: review of waste production and recyclability of surgical instrument packaging

YK Lee, A Hariri, R Ghedia, T Tikka, D Kim

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 492–497. Published online 2024 Feb 16. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2023.0045

PMCID:: PMC11214860

Abstract Article PDF–380K

Orthopaedic Surgery

Handling ‘carbon footprint’ in orthopaedics

S Shah, H Morris, S Thiagarajah, A Gordon, S Sharma, P Haslam, J Garcia, F Ali

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 498–503. Published online 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2023.0052

PMCID:: PMC11214852

Abstract Article PDF–200K

Sustainability in Surgery

Fostering innovation and sustainable thinking in surgery: an evaluation of a surgical hackathon

Z Ahmed, A Zargaran, D Zargaran, J Davies, A Ponniah, P Butler, A Mosahebi

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 504–508. Published online 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0010

PMCID:: PMC11214851

Abstract Article PDF–202K

General Surgery

Surgical treatment of Boerhaave syndrome in the past, present and future: updated results of a specialised surgical unit

T Triantafyllou, P Lamb, R Skipworth, G Couper, C Deans

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 509–514. Published online 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0020

PMCID:: PMC11214861

Abstract Article PDF–179K

Surgical outcomes of total duct excision in the diagnosis and management of nipple discharge

K Ward, G Selvarajah, H Al-Omishy, M Sait, HN Khan, K McEvoy, S Robertson

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 515–520. Published online 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2022.0093

PMCID:: PMC11214850

Abstract Article PDF–210K

The effect of antiplatelet therapy and oral anticoagulants on the accuracy of faecal immunochemical testing

F Wu, AA Khan, M Klimovskij, R Harshen

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 521–527. Published online 2024 Mar 13. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0015

PMCID:: PMC11214854

Abstract Article PDF–279K

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery

National variation in guidance for the management of pregnant women presenting with major trauma

C Demetriou, W Eardley, M-C Rebeiz, CB Hing

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 528–533. Published online 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0011

PMCID:: PMC11214853

Abstract Article PDF–199K

Emergency

Emergency surgery preoperative delays: realities, economic impacts and gains of a second emergency operating theatre

Á Lucey, S Beecher, R McLaughlin

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 534–539. Published online 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0021

PMCID:: PMC11214858

Abstract Article PDF–151K

Neurosurgery

Retrospective analysis of medium-term outcomes following anterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery performed in a tertiary spinal surgical centre

T Srirangarajan, K Eseonu, B Fakouri, P Liantis, P Panteliadis, J Lucas, T Ember, M Harris, M Tyrrell, B Sandford, JR Panchmatia

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 540–546. Published online 2024 Mar 13. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2023.0082

PMCID:: PMC11217818

Abstract Article PDF–220K

Otolaryngology

Postoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) is equivalent to perioperative PTH drop in predicting postsurgical hypoparathyroidism

M Hashem, CB Lim, SP Balasubramanian

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 547–552. Published online 2024 Mar 13. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0001

PMCID:: PMC11214856

Abstract Article PDF–221K

Technical Section

A simple technique using a Venflon to fix fractures of the glenoid

A Kapasi, C Uzoigwe, D Barlow, A McMurtrie

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 553–554. Published online 2023 Dec 1. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2023.0066

PMCID:: PMC11214849

Article PDF–208K

Case Report

Delayed tension pneumocephalus and pneumorrhacis after routine cervical spine surgery treated successfully without burr holes

Y Lim, A Dahapute, A Clarke, M Hutton, W Selbi

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2024 Jul; 106(6): 555–560. Published online 2023 Jun 29. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2023.0037

PMCID:: PMC11214862

Abstract Article PDF–409K

Articles from Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England are provided here courtesy of The Royal College of Surgeons of England