Background Women from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to attend cervical
screening, but further understanding of ethnic inequalities in cervical screening uptake is yet …

Introduction This study aimed to assess training of Senior House Officer-grade equivalent
doctors in postgraduate surgical training or service (SHO-DIPST) in surgical specialties …

Limb-sparing distal femoral endoprotheses used in cancer patients have a high risk of
aseptic loosening. It had been reported that young adolescent patients have a higher rate of …

Osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of the proximal interphalangeal joints (PIPJ)
can be treated with arthroplasty, although the complicated anatomy of the joint makes …

Abstract At Leicester General Hospital, England, patients are assessed by a team of junior
doctors for elective colorectal and hepatobiliary procedures. After a number of same day …

Study Design Retrospective analysis of an administrative dataset. Objective This study aims
to investigate changing practice over a six-year period in the use of repeated lumbar facet …

A 70-year-old man presented to accident and emergency with an isolated anteriorly
dislocated shoulder, in the absence of a concomitant fracture. There was no neurovascular …

A patient diagnosed with extensive abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis from a perianal
abscess was managed with a novel aeration technique using adapted 36-French tubes. A …

Methods: A retrospective study of patients with hip fractures operated on over three months
was conducted (n= 191). Variables recorded included; demographics, fracture details …