Medicine and Surgery of Amphibians

Medicine and surgery of amphibians.

Amphibians are most notably characterized by their glandular skin, which they shed regularly and ingest routinely. It is advisable to handle amphibians only with protective gloves to avoid damaging their skin. These animals absorb water readily across the skin as a means of maintaining hydration. They also easily absorb drugs and anesthetics that are applied directly to the skin. Investigators ...

Medicine and Surgery

This Society, which has honoured me by electing me its President, is called the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society. The name implies that it concerns itself with both of the great branches of special knowledge with which we doctors have to do. I take as the subject of my address, " Medicine and Surgery." The term medicine has at least three Meanings. The first finds expression in the vernacular as

Bloodless Medicine and Surgery

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...

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...