Welcome to my blog on surgery and related sciences. Here I will express views on the art and science of surgery in general. Any comments and thoughts are most welcomed.

Friday 9 October 2015

The Lancet, issue 10,0000: Surgery themed issue


How appropriate that the journal named after a surgical instrument would dedicate their 10,000th issue to surgery as such. Indeed, since its fist release it is but true to state that surgery is far from the dominant subject in this worldwide circulated journal.
Well, this has been more than rectified in the current issue, with several small pieces on surgery and historical vignettes, but more important; three randomised controlled trials on surgical themes are included in the issue (more on each of these later), and 3 review papers are included (more on these as well!), covering a wide range of important themes in general surgery, with the main theme being emergency surgery.

To read more on the STICH, PONCHO and Ladies trial go to:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol386no10000/PIIS0140-6736(15)X0006-7

I'll add in discussions on appendicitis, pancreatitis, diverticulitis, and perforated ulcer later on.

Wednesday 21 January 2015

2015 and launch of first editorial

Long time since last post here on the blog - my apologies for the vacancy!

As the first post this year I would like to put forward a link to a recently published editorial I wrote for the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, that reviewed the progress of the Journal over the past few years. This journal has now really grown and is becoming a major stakeholder in Scandinavian acute medicine, providing a vehicle for academic work from the Nordic countries but also globally.
Please go read the full text editorial here.
Development, year on year