Advancing radiographer practice in gynaecological oncology

The ‘radiographer–referrer game’: image interpretation dynamics in rural practice

INTRODUCTION Effective interprofessional communication is intrinsic to safe health care. Despite the identified positive impact of collaborative radiographic interpretation between rural radiographers and referrers, communication difficulties still exist. This article describes the strategies that Australian rural radiographers use for communication of their radiographic opinion to the referrin...

Application of office hysteroscopy in gynaecological practice

Use of Lukol in Gynaecological Practice

MATERIAL AND METHODS The present study was conducted at the Sardar Patel Memorial Hospital, Bilaspur, between January 1973 and January 1975 – approximating two years. During this period, 423 cases suffering from leucorrhoea were screened from which 100 cases completed the study. The cases were registered and studied as per details of a pro forma designed for this trial. The investigations were ...

The Uses of Lipiodol in Gynaecological Practice

When Rubin, in 1920, published his article on " Non-operative determination of patency of Fallopian tubes in sterility " in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the diagnostic equipment of the gynaecologist received an extremely valuable addition. His method of per-uterine inflation with oxygen and the production of an artificial pneumo-peritoneum was modified and improved step by s...

Hospital costs associated with adverse events in gynaecological oncology

44 45 Background and objective: Treatment for gynaecological malignancies is complex and may 46 cause unintended or accidental adverse events (AE). We evaluated the costs of hospitalization 47 associated with those AEs among patients who had an abdominal or laparoscopic procedure 48 for proven or suspected gynaecological cancer at a tertiary gynaecological cancer center in 49 Australia. 50 51 M...