Surgical trainee. HPB/Liver Transplant.
Currently Research Fellow Institute of Immunology & Immunotherapy, UoB.
Former HEE Education & Leadership Fellow KSS
Come join us on Oct 23rd! National Conference, RCSEd president prize, variety of surgical topics and opportunity to network with regional and national trainees. Med Students welcome too!
We're delighted to announce the WMSS Autumn National Conference 2026, in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Date: Friday 23 October 2026
Venue: Education Centre, Sandwell Health Campus, West Bromwich B71 4HG
Welcoming abstracts!
We're delighted to announce the WMSS Autumn National Conference 2026, in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Date: Friday 23 October 2026
Venue: Education Centre, Sandwell Health Campus, West Bromwich B71 4HG
Welcoming abstracts!
Advancing hepatic augmentation for safer hepatic surgery: insights into portal and hepatic vein embolization strategies
➡️ https://t.co/JlmBXJcWIz
The shift from traditional PVL to combined embolization techniques marks major progress in liver surgery
📈 It's not just about liver volume—preventing liver failure is the ultimate goal
🔍 Kinetic growth rate (KGR) has emerged as a reliable predictor of liver regeneration and surgical outcomes
🧪 Combining PVE + hepatic vein embolization boosts hypertrophy and survival—but more evidence (like the DRAGON 2 trial) is needed
Work by Belkacem Acidi , Antony Haddad , Jean-Nicolas Vauthey , Hop S Tran Cao
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The staff and patients from the maternity ward in al-Shifa hospital were transferred to Al Hilou Hospital eight days ago. They are now surrounded by tanks and pleading for help.
#maternity#MedTwitter#NurseTwitter#hospitals#NotATarget
Doctors and nurses who could’ve fled but chose to stay with their patients and probably be killed as a result, it’s about as heroic a thing as humans are capable of
@M_Elahwal@mikebrooks_1 'I'll teach you how to do a proper through-knee'. And taught me how to do an inguinal hernia when I was an SHO; those gold day case lists in Lewes. Thanks Mr. Brooks.
Solid evidence now that glove and instrument change prior to wound closure reduces wound infection. Surgical teams, will you now do this for every patient? 😬
I have another date for wetlab bowel anastomosis course aimed at FY/CT and early ST trainees in UK.19th January in Staffordshire. Hand sewn joins,end to end as well as side to side taught in detail.Repetition is key to effective learning. DM or contact via website if interested.