Category: Surgery

Rant: Imaging Women in Trauma

It’s 0200. You’re the only doctor in a hospital five hours from the nearest trauma centre. A 24-year-old woman arrives via ambulance after a high-speed...

Clinical Case 148: An Imperfect Storm

Here is a complicated clinical case for your consideration. About once every three months I am allocated to a theatre list with our visiting Vascular Surgeon. ...

Appendicitis: Surgery vs. Antibiotics

Let us start with a case before a deep dive into the current evidence around the modern management of patients with acute appendicitis. A 30 year old,...