Annals of Medicine and Surgery – A modern Journal for Modern Trainees

Annals of Medicine and Surgery – A modern Journal for Modern Trainees

At its core, the purpose of healthcare is simple: to maximise quality and quantity of life. To achieve this vision, doctors have assumed an array of roles across a number of domains beyond the one-to-one patient-doctor interaction. Such domains include; teaching, research, leadership, management and clinical governance to name but a few. These roles and the healthcare systems in which they oper...

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Introduction: The use of prosthetic patches of non-absorbable materials represents a valid tool in the treatment of abdominal wall and diaphragmatic defects in pediatric age. In recent years research has developed biological dermal scaffolds made from a sheet of acellular matrix that can provide the desired support and reduce the occurrence of complications from non-absorbable implant. We prese...

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Aims: Guidance has been published on how best to report randomised controlled trials (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials CONSORT) and systematic reviews (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis PRISMA). In 2011, we reported a low rate of enforcement by surgery journals for submitted manuscripts to conform to these guidelines. The aim of this follow-up study is...

Modern Medicine and Some Modern Remedies

Pruritus (hekka) from the perspective of modern and Persian medicine

Pruritus is one of the most common problems that is seen separately or in combination with various diseases and has been studied in various medical schools. Its various aspects including definition, pathogenesis, types and treatments have been elaborated and tailored to the basics of each medical perspective. This study investigates the pruritus from modern and Persian medicine perspective. Th...