Six Thousand Country Churches.Charles Otis Gill , Gifford Pinchot

One thousand fifty-six hepatectomies without mortality in 8 years.

BACKGROUND Despite improvements in diagnostic and surgical techniques, operative mortality associated with liver resection is still greater than 2% in most of the recent studies. HYPOTHESIS By refining preoperative and postoperative care and surgical skills, liver resection mortality can be decreased to zero. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study to analyze postoperative morbidity and mortality...

A Survey of Thirty-Six Thousand Southern Galaxies.

One Thousand and Six Consecutive Laparoscopic Intraoperative Cholangiograms

Intraoperative cholangiography was successfully performed in 1,000 out of 1,006 attempts in 1019 consecutive cholecystectomies. There were 783 chronic, 95 acute, 61 fibrotic, 27 gangrenous and 40 cases of hydrops of the gallbladder in those laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed. unsuspected common duct stones were identified in 5% of the patients. There were no injuries resulting from intrao...

Mick Thacker and Louis Gifford

Nutrition guidelines for undergraduate medical curricula: a six-country comparison

AIM To assess nutrition curriculum guidelines for undergraduate medical education in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand to highlight potential opportunities for shared learning on the advancement of nutrition in medical education. METHODS A comprehensive list of professional bodies, councils, organizations, and other groups relevant ...