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RANZCOG complications survey

I am an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in a small country town in NSW.

Tagged Audit, SurgicalPerformance, RANZCOG, Complications; Comments 5 ; Posted 11 years ago by Elizabeth Varughese

FREE SurgicalPerformance Audit in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

If you think about it for a second it is pretty clear: You cannot improve outcomes that you don’t measure.I got in contact with the idea of “audit” when I...

Tagged Audit, SurgicalPerformance; Posted 11 years ago

In what locations are super obese patients slim and easy to operate?

Obese and super obese women in particular benefit froma laparoscopic approach if they need pelvic surgery.

Posted 11 years ago

My surgical training experience – a trainee’s perspective

Having just completed six years of O&G training is a good time to reflect on my past training, and specifically in relation to my surgical experience.

Tagged Training; Comments 3 ; Posted 11 years ago by Kelvin Larwood

What can we achieve with $118,000 in medical research?

Last Sunday, we held the 2013 Battle Against Ovarian Cancer. The event was a phenomenal success.

Tagged Cherish Foundation, Research, Battle against ovarian cancer; Comments 1 ; Posted 11 years ago

Mirena is best non-surgical option for Menorrhagia

I wrote about Mirena to treat endometrial cancer and endometrial hyperplasia with atypia (a precursor lesion of endometrial cancer) only recently.

Tagged Mirena, Menorrhagia; Comments 2 ; Posted 11 years ago

Genetic PAP test

In the future, PAP smears will do a lot more than just screening for cervical cancer.

Why is ovarian cancer a disease of the elderly at a time when the ovaries are inactive already for a long time?

While young women in their teens and twenties can also be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the majority of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are aged 60 years or older.

Posted in ovarian cancer, demographics, diagnosis; Comments 2 ; Posted 11 years ago

On the other side of the fence

For years I battled with varicose veins on both my legs. First, they looked awful when I was in shorts but more recently they also started to cause a dragging discomfort.

Tagged Patient experience; Posted 12 years ago