A desirable surgeon to be desired

So you want to be a Surgeon?

There have been enormous changes in surgical training: increasing specialisation; the technical advances of surgery and the ubiquity of advanced laparoscopic and other procedures. There are now several well-recognised surgical sub-specialties such as Breast, Endocrine, Upper Gastrointestinal (including Hepatobiliary), Lower Gastrointestinal, Vascular and Transplant surgery. The essential criter...

Is stereopsis essential to be a competent ophthalmic surgeon

No study was found which could directly answer the above question, indeed there were hardly any studies of stereoscopic vision in ophthalmologists at all. There was however a prospective study correlating stereo-vision of dental students, on admission to the course, with subsequent performance in preclinical operative dentistry which showed that a high degree of stereopsis as assessed by the TN...

So you want to be a Mohs surgeon?

Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is a highly specialised surgical technique performed by dermatologists under local anaesthesia and used for the treatment of complex skin cancers. The technique was first developed by Frederic Mohs in the 1930s. The process involves taking horizontal sections of skin tissue which are then carefully mapped, colour-coded and examined microscopically in real-time. T...

A Short Introduction to Clinical Photography for the Plastic Surgeon

Plaster Burn: Challenge to Plastic Surgeon

BACKGROUND The thermal burn is accidental and also is the hidden and worst complication of medical plaster application. This study evaluated clinical and aetiological profile and severity of plaster burns. METHODS In Department of Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from 1st August 2014 to 31st December 2015, six patients with plaster burn were assessed for total body surface area and ...