Surgeon is accused of carrying out unnecessary surgery

Stop unnecessary gynecologic endoscopic surgery

Thanks to the marvelous developments in illumination and instrumentation, the indications of endoscopic surgery in gynecologic practice have been expanded to cover most of gynecologic subspecialties. Some gynecologists, after gaining basic knowledge following a training course or a three-day workshop, use endoscopy frequently whether or not indicated. This can be attributed to a desire to get h...

Carrying out an optimal experiment

Diffraction data collection is the last experimental stage in structural crystallography. It has several technical and theoretical aspects and a compromise usually has to be found between various parameters in order to achieve optimal data quality. The influence and importance of various experimental parameters and their consequences are discussed in the context of different data applications, ...

Unnecessary uncertainty is unacceptable.

Is cortex unnecessary ?

A key contention of Klein & Barron (2016) is that consciousness does not depend on cortical structures. A critical appraisal suggests they have overestimated the strength of their evidence. Sean Hermanson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida International University in Miami, specializing in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His work on animals includes articles on bees, ...

Avoiding unnecessary surgery in irritable bowel syndrome.

Thomas Mercer | View/Change User Information | Email alerts | Sign Out Gut 2007;56:608-610; doi:10.1136/gut.2006.115006 Copyright © 2007 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Society of Gastroenterology COMMENTARY IBS and surgery Avoiding unnecessary surgery in irritable bowel syndrome George F Longstreth Correspondence to: Correspondence to: D. G F Longstreth Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, 464...