Latest papers

Progressing safer surgery.

Safer surgery: update on current patient safety initiatives.

Surgical smoke.

Safety and efficacy of sugammadex for the reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade in cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.

[Introduction of computerized anesthesia-recording systems and construction of comprehensive medical information network for patients undergoing surgery in the University of Tokyo Hospital]

A surgical review of the priority claims attributed to Abraham Groves (1847-1935).

The registry imperative.

Comment on: procedure-specific consent forms.

Abstracts of the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress and the 64th Annual Sessions of the Owen H Wangensteen Forum on Fundamental Surgical Problems, 11-15 October 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Case Log Review Produces Translational Change in Surgical Oncology Education

Clippers or the knife? The reform of surgical practice and the difficulty of early wound closure.

Is double gloving an effective barrier to protect surgeons against blood exposure due to needlestick injury?

Abstracts of International Surgical Week ISW 2009. Adelaide, Australia. September 6-10, 2009.

Potential for contamination during removal of radioactive seeds from surgically excised tissue.

Abstracts of the 34th Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium. September 4-5, 2009. Galway, Ireland.

Improving patient safety with the use of surgical checklists.

[Extracapsular removal of pituitary adenomas]

Surgeons prepared for every eventuality.

[Fast track in surgery. Progress and economic requirement but what about the entirety of the patient?]

The third wave--medical tourism in the 21st century.