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I stopped using V-Loc this week

When I trained with Tony McCartney in Perth, we used an ordinary monofilament suture to close the vagina after a TLH.

Tagged V-Loc, vaginal closure; Comments 3 ; Posted 11 years ago

How a fake surgical device was registered

I was wondering for a long time how stringent the requirements are to register a surgical device.

Tagged fake hip, clinical trials; Comments 1 ; Posted 11 years ago

Breast cancer - hysterectomy and removal of ovaries and tubes

It is well possible that patients diagnosed with breast cancer have been undertreated in the past.A study to be published soon shows that breast cancer patients who have a hysterectomy...

Tagged Hysterectomy, breast cancer, BSO; Comments 4 ; Posted 11 years ago

Create space at laparoscopy

Tagged laparoscopy, bowel retraction, Endo Loop, Endo Close, Hysterectomy, Training; Posted 11 years ago by Donal Brennan

Investments are needed for better hysterectomies

A recent ABC News feature suggested that the eradication of open hysterectomy and converting them to laparoscopic hysterectomy would save the Australian government $50 million straight away.

Tagged Hysterectomy, Research, cost; Comments 1 ; Posted 11 years ago

A colleague shared his recent experience with a rather unusual and difficult case last week during the Australian College Scientific Meeting.A sixty-something year old patient deteriorated a few hours after...

Posted in aspiration, anaesthesia; Posted 11 years ago

Blissfully unaware?

Last week I attended a marvellous presentation by Professor Gerald Hickson from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. In brief, he talked about us doctors being accountable for our outcomes and actions.

Tagged SurgicalPerformance, complaints, Complications; Posted 11 years ago

Do checklists work?

In 1934 the US Army evaluated 3 different aircrafts for testing, including the Boeing model 299. The Boeing plane seemed to be superior to any of the other two aircraft.

Tagged Checklist, Complications; Comments 2 ; Posted 11 years ago

Preoperative Guidelines for Surgery on Elderly

Most gynaecologists see patients at 6 weeks from surgery. By contrast, most postoperative issues actually arise in the early postoperative period.

Surgical Smoke

In laparoscopic surgery diathermy-generated fume annoyes not only me but a lot of surgeons. It affects the visibility in surgery, requires to clean the scope repeatedly.

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I stopped using V-Loc this week

How a fake surgical device was registered

Breast cancer - hysterectomy and removal of ovaries and tubes

Create space at laparoscopy

Investments are needed for better hysterectomies

Aspiration at anaesthetic

Blissfully unaware?

Do checklists work?

Preoperative Guidelines for Surgery on Elderly

Surgical Smoke

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