2018 December - 9 articles
Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health concern, specifically in countries which have high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, unhygienic conditions, etc. Some evidence has been presented that diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for TB. On...
Facial fractures are the third most common type of fracture, with the nose most frequently involved. In the United Kingdom, their incidence is rising among young males particularly, and recent reports suggest that nasal injuries in females are becomi...
We report a rare case of a 23-year-old male who presented with a four-week history of unilateral recurrent epistaxis and nasal obstruction. This was subsequently diagnosed as high-grade chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the maxillary antrum. Neo-adjuvan...
Endoscopic sinus surgery is a rapidly advancing area of Otolaryngology. Operations can be lengthy and are often performed by a single surgeon. Repetitive movements can also lead to muscular fatigue. To mitigate against this, we regularly deploy two r...
Obesity is a growing health problem worldwide, associated with serious medical and psychosocial comorbidities that increase the risk of mortality. Strong evidence confirms lifestyle modification programmes as the cornerstone of its treatment. However...
The monoclonal antibody denosumab reduces bone resorption. Warfarin is an oral anticoagulant used in the prevention and treatment of thrombosis. To date, there have been no studies on the interaction between warfarin and denosumab. The aim of the pre...
A common cause of abdominal pain is acute pancreatitis, with the majority of cases being attributed to gallstones and excess alcohol. Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is an autosomal recessive disease causing the production of abnormal haemoglobin. Physiolo...
We present the case of an eighty-two-year-old man who presented with testicular pain, diarrhoea, fresh rectal bleeding, and weight loss. A clear history was not obtained because of presumed chronic confusion secondary to age related vascular dementia...
We describe the case of a 42-year old man who presented with melaena. He was found to have bleeding varices during endoscopic investigation. Subsequent investigation revealed the aetiology to be a portal vein thrombosis (PVT) due to an underlying pro...
