A 10-year trial found that in adults with uncomplicated #AcuteAppendicitis, 56% treated with antibiotics did not require #appendectomy.
Long-term rates of complications and quality of life were similar to those undergoing surgery. 🧵
Really grateful & keen to hear our patients' views about how to monitor IBD activity. Our data also shown in the link. 🙏 #IBD#biomarker#crohns#ulcerativecolitis
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Weekend surgical history 🧵
History does not remember Margaret Louden FRCS, who was one of the first female surgeons in the UK. We will try to remedy this.
Louden worked at the South London Hospital for Women and Children, and cared for >5000 casualties of the 'Blitz'.
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Continuing the series:
This is a🧵of Adson forceps and their various kinds, an analysis of exactly *why* the ones in the disposable ER kits are inferior, and (of course) a little history...
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