Surgery

Pharmaceutical considerations for patients with stomas

Pharmacists should be aware of the requirements of their patients who may have a temporary or permanent stoma.…

Anti-dopaminergic drug could help ease postoperative nausea and vomiting in high-risk patents

Researchers found that 57.7% of patients given amisulpride at induction of inhaled general anaesthetic did not require postoperative rescue medication compared with 46.6% of those assigned to placebo…

Limit opioid use before knee surgery to optimise outcomes, say researchers

Study supports existing research that preoperative opioid use could lead to worse pain outcomes after surgery.…

Slug mucus inspires tough adhesives for repair of biological tissues

A new adhesive inspired by slug mucus has been found to be effective in wet and dynamic biological environments.…

Collection of musings of the life of an NHS surgeon

Admissions: a life in brain surgery, by Henry Marsh…

An NHS surgeon’s retrospective look at his career

Tender is the scalpel’s edge, by Gautam Das.…

Frequent intravitreal bevacizumab injections increase risk of glaucoma surgery

Seven or more injections a year makes patients more than twice as likely to need glaucoma surgery, according to researchers.…

Antibiotic treatment for paediatric appendicitis a viable alternative to surgery

Having reviewed 10 trials involving 413 children, researchers found that non-operative treatment was initially effective for 97% of children, with 82% not needing an appendectomy up to four years later.…

Use of anti-clotting drugs before, during or after surgery is not for everyone, study results show

Giving anti-clotting drugs routinely to all patients as prophylaxis against developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after surgery may be unnecessary in as many as 75% of cases, according to research published in the Annals of Surgery.…

DMARDs do not increase post-surgical infection risk

Rates of post-surgical infections did not increase for patients taking disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and biologics, researchers discover.…