BRITISH SHIP SURGEONS' ASSOCIATION.

British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons.

We cannot claim that British and Irish surgeons are in some way better than surgeons elsewhere. Wisdom comes from experience. Cumulatively, the surgeons have treated thousands of retinal cases. Treatment of the retina, especially via vitreoretinal surgery, is always challenging. Mistakes can happen. Yet, mistakes are our teacher and they help us to learn. At BEAVRS meetings, from the beginning,...

British Association of Spine Surgeons standards of care for cauda equina syndrome.

This group of articles looks at the BASS guidelines for CES. TG and AC gave us the background on the long journey taken in publishing this, SA summarized the forum discussion on the BASS Web site, and NT gave us a medicolegal comment. The guidelines are concise, highlighting the need for prompt MRI scanning and as a consequence emergency surgery in appropriate cases. This has resource implicati...

The Casualty Surgeons' Association.

2016 Laboratory guidelines for postvasectomy semen analysis: Association of Biomedical Andrologists, the British Andrology Society and the British Association of Urological Surgeons.

Post-vasectomy semen analysis (PVSA) is the procedure used to establish whether sperm are present in the semen following a vasectomy. PVSA is presently carried out by a wide variety of individuals, ranging from doctors and nurses in general practitioner (GP) surgeries to specialist scientists in andrology laboratories, with highly variable results.Key recommendations are that: (1) PVSA should t...

Canadian Association of General Surgeons Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

of presentations to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Canadian Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Society Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology RÉSUMÉS des communications présentées aux congrès annuels de l’Association canadienne des chirurgiens généraux l’Association canadienne des c...