Patient with acute gallstone pancreatitis, unfit for GA/ Lap Chole. MRCP - small stones in GB but no CBD stone. Do you proceed with ERCP and prophylactic sphincterotomy? Is there evidence that prevents recurrent pancreatitis?

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What’s ur preferred self retractor system for midline laparotomy?

9 days to go to the 6th Portsmouth Colorectal Congress!! Online access available with virtual registration. portsmouthcolorectalcongress.com Portsmouth Colorectal Intuitive Lawmed Ltd KARL STORZ - UK Medtronic CMR Surgical Arthrex @Ethicon ALSGBandI Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Portsmouth Hospitals University NHST UoP Faculty of Science & Health

Is there anyone out there who closes midline laparotomy wound (after emergency) with 2’0 PDS, small bites ? Or still using the loop PDS? Just checking on the current trend or majority take on this.

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To make my 'instrument' and 'technique' 🧵easier to find here is a (corrected) 🧵listing them all. I'll leave this up as my 'pinned' tweet and add to it as new ones are written.

Congratulations to Benjamin Chan Leo Brown klaire.exarchou Hollie Clements Sivesh K Kamarajah on your successful election to the 2023-24 Roux Group Committee. Expressions of interest for all remaining positions are now being accepted - closing 9am on 13th February 2023.

Mid to distal transverse colon tumour (not splenic flexure) in a fit patient - What’s ur choice? A) Transverse colectomy B) extended Right Hemi C) extended Left Hemi

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I am pleased to say that we are re-running the FRCS breast surgical and FEBS viva revision course on Fri 6th December 2024 at RMH. Please share with anyone who you feel may benefit from this course! Limited spaces and 10% off for Mammary Fold members.

Proud to announce that our program will be offering an AWR fellowship opportunity starting in August 2025. We are now recruiting for August 2026. Please let your trainees know. DM/email me with any questions. #OHSUHernia

We have a number of scholarships available to trainee surgeons and other researchers. Please see conditions and the closing dates. clinical-sciences.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-surg… Clinical Surgery Edinburgh Surgery Online

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Senior HPB trainees 🚨 The Roux Group have lined up a post conference robotic HPB course. Expert faculty, exceptional value and the perfect way to round off the weekend at #Roux2025.

Just a reminder that we still have some Edinburgh Surgery Online scholarships available, ESO Global , ASiT bursaries, MSc in Patient Safety & Clinical Human Factors and Ophthalmology scholarships, closing date 5th May for all except ASiT which is 2nd June @edinsurg The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh @

Epidemiological data on Acute Pancreatitis admissions (2013-2023) in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @HPBjournal ➡️Incidence of AP 456 cases/mill ➡️Annual increase of 2.6 % ⬆️ ➡️ITU Admission 8% ➡️In-hospital mortality 4.5% ➡️ OS at 1, 5,10 y :88%,75% 63% ➡️ Northeast England ⬆️ James Lucocq