In late 1971 410 consultant general surgeons and urologists-74% of a national random sample-responded to a postal survey about vasectomy. Probably about 50,000 vasectomies were performed by surgeons in England and Wales in 1970. The service was largely a private one: 60% of consultants' hospital vasectomies were not done under the National Health Service, and, in addition, 26% of the consultant...

duties are heavyr, and who think that a little management might give relief;?we would say, " Go and live with one," "Where a Civil Surgeon, in a large station and in full practice, has the charge of a jail, (administrative and professional,) of a lunatic asylum, and dispensary, besides the charge of outposts, no one, -who has not witnessed it, can tell the amount of " work" which he has to perf...

The fixation of distal femoral fractures (Vancouver type-C fractures) following a well-fixed hip arthroplasty femoral stem has become a challenging issue for orthopedic surgeons due to the inter-prosthetic biomechanical effects such as negative, positive, and torsional strain. Surgeons have applied a range of constructs to overcome these difficulties. To minimize the risk of inter-prosthetic fr...

We conducted certain audit procedures at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO) as part of the Louisiana State University System’s financial statement audit for the year ended June 30, 2013, and to evaluate its accountability over public funds. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Louisiana State University System Audit Control # 801...

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A questionnaire (Figure 1) was designed and distributed among the 200 plastic surgeons selected randomly who were the members of Pakistan Association of Plastic Surgeons (PAPS), IPRAS, ASAPS and Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The surgeons were divided into two groups. Group A comprised of the plastic surgeons from the Asian subcontinent. Group B consisted of plastic surgeons liv...

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