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.
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Tagged Hysterectomy, Research, cost; Comments 1 ; Posted 12 years ago
Aspiration at anaesthetic
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Posted in aspiration, anaesthesia; Posted 13 years ago
Blissfully unaware?
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Tagged SurgicalPerformance, complaints, Complications; Posted 13 years ago
Do checklists work?
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Tagged Checklist, Complications; Comments 2 ; Posted 13 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.
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Tagged Follow up; Comments 1 ; Posted 13 years ago
Surgical Smoke
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Tagged laparoscopy, insufflator; Comments 1 ; Posted 13 years ago
Comfort Zone
One of my surgical mentors made a point of saying “Son, you gotta get out of your comfort zone to excel”.
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Tagged Complications, comfort zone; Comments 1 ; Posted 13 years ago
Loop excision of the cervix and the risk of preterm delivery
When asked by my patients whether a LLETZ or cone bipopsy impacted on the risk of a preterm delivery on a subsequent pregnancy, often I became a bit vague in...
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Posted 13 years ago
Registries don’t work for doctors
In order to measure and improve the quality of health care, professional societies and Colleges (on behalf of government organisations) feel a strong need to collect data.
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Tagged registry, SurgicalPerformance, Audit, quality; Posted 13 years ago