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This study identified the value of the laparoscopic technique for appendicectomy in a non-specialist centre. This benefits the patients with its low morbidity, shorter hospital stay, minimal operating time and...
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Cryptorchidism: A general surgical perspective
Background The treatment of cryptorchidism has changed, with surgery now advocated before the age of two years. Delayed treatment affects fertility, malignant potential and psychological ...
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The late Oliver Fitzgerald
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We describe the selective non-operative management of 34 patients who had an initial diagnosis of perforated duodenal ulcer made on acute presentation between 1984–1994 in our district surgical unit. Diagnosis...
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Confirmation of a second locus for CMT2 and evidence for additional genetic heterogeneity
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Locus heterogeneity, anticipation and reduction of the chromosome 2p minimal candidate region in autosomal dominant familial spastic paraplegia
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Changing trends in acute peptic ulcer surgery in a district surgical unit
Despite changes in management and the advances in therapeutics, surgeons are still required to treat the complications of peptic ulceration. A retrospective review of all open surgical interventions for compli...
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19th Sir peter freyer memorial lecture and surgical symposium 16th and 17th September 1994
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Both coumarin (1,2-benzopyrone) and warfarin (4-hydroxycoumarin) have been shown to prevent the recurrence of malignant melanoma. Their action is macrophage-dependent and the dosage is critical. In 1984 a mult...
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Seventeenth sir peter freyer memorial lecture and surgical symposium
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Sixteenth sir peter freyer memorial lecture and surgical symposium September 13th & 14th, 1991 Session I
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A review of the nature and activity of a general surgical service in Ireland
The steady increase in hospital costs has led to demands for closer scrutiny of activity levels, workloads and outcomes. This study sought to examine these parameters in a typical district general surgical uni...
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Irish society of gastroenterology
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Surgical audit must be shown to improve clinical practice and patient outcome if its widespread introduction is to be enthusiastically embraced by surgeons. Retrospective studies on hospital activity by their ...
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Surgical emergencies in Ireland
Emergency cases are an increasing part of the workload of a general surgical unit Little accurate quantitative data is presently available on the nature and impact of this workload on a typical district genera...
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Fifteenth Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Proceedings of meeting held 14th & 15th September, 1990 at University College, Galway
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