Students' Surgical Training - A Continuous Challenge

Surgical training - the challenge of change.

The healthcare environment is continuing to change and so too is education and training of surgeons. We now live in an age of increased specialisation, of technology, of accountability, of greater patient education and expectation and mass media attention. The traditional apprentice method and emphasis too much on examinations will have to be changed to a more structured system of training with...

Brainstem cavernomas: a surgical challenge.

OBJECTIVE The authors show their experience with brainstem cavernomas, comparing their data with the ones of a literature review. METHODS From 1998 to 2009, 13 patients harboring brainstem cavernomas underwent surgical resection. All plain films, medical records and images were reviewed in order to sample the most important data regarding epidemiology, clinical picture, radiological findings ...

Mirizzi Syndrome: a Surgical Challenge

Case of a Retroperitoenal Mucinous Cystadenoma in Korea: A Case Report. The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 2004;19:282-284. 6. Matsubara M, Shiozawa T, Tachibana R, Hondo T, Osasda K, Kawaguchi K, et al. Primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenoma of borderline malignancy: a case report and review of the literature. International Journal of Gynecological Pathology 2005;24:218–23. 7. Penne...

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria – A Continuous Challenge

Morbid Obesity with Achalasia: A Surgical Challenge

Achalasia is a relatively rare medical condition that is classically not associated with obesity. The surgical treatment of a simultaneous occurrence of these two diseases requires careful consideration, and only a few reports can be found in the literature combining a Heller myotomy with gastric bypass, duodenal switch, or gastric banding. We report the case of a 69-year-old female patient wit...