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Surgical procedures, operative

2018

Reflections

Adding kindness at handover to improve our collegiality: the K-ISBAR tool

David J Brewster and Bruce P Waxman

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 482-483

Perspectives

The first published randomised controlled trial of laser treatment for vaginal atrophy raises serious questions

Melissa J Buttini and Christopher Maher

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (9): 376-377

Perspectives

Pathway to ending avoidable diabetes-related amputations in Australia

Peter A Lazzarini, Jaap J van Netten, Robert A Fitridge, Ian Griffiths, Ewan M Kinnear, Matthew Malone, Byron M Perrin, Jenny Prentice and Paul R Wraight

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (7): 288-290

Perspectives

Kidney donation and transplantation in Australia: more than a supply and demand equation

Jeremy R Chapman and John Kanellis

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (6): 242-243

Medical education / Snapshot

Bee sting to the cornea: toxic effects and management

Andrew Olivo Payne and Elaine Chong

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4): 155

Research

A population-based comparison of the post-operative outcomes of open and laparoscopic appendicectomy in children

Francisco J Schneuer, Susan E Adams, Jason P Bentley, Andrew JA Holland, Carmen Huckel Schneider, Leslie White and Natasha Nassar

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): 80-85 Free

Research

Increasing rates of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in young Australians, 2000–2015

David Zbrojkiewicz, Christopher Vertullo and Jane E Grayson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 354-358 Free

Letters

Untapped potential in Australian Hospitals for organ donation after circulatory death

Louise E See Hoe, David McGiffin and John F Fraser

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 276

Guideline summary

Updated evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of melanoma: definitive excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma

Michael J Sladden, Omgo E Nieweg, Julie Howle, Brendon J Coventry and John F Thompson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 137-142

Editorials

Tongue-tie and frenotomy: what evidence do we have and what do we need?

Jonathan Walsh and David E Tunkel

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 67-68

Research letter

Frenotomy for tongue-tie in Australian children, 2006–2016: an increasing problem

Vishal Kapoor, Pamela S Douglas, Peter S Hill, Laurence J Walsh and Marc Tennant

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 88-89 Free

Perspectives

Australia urgently needs a quality improvement approach to emergency laparotomy

Katherine J Broughton and Robert J Aitken

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 58-59

2017

Christmas competition

The “Christmas notch”: a novel use for the punch biopsy blade

George Rahmani and John L Kelly

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (11): 494

Reflections / Medical history

Neville Wran’s voice: how the Premier’s Teflon-coated vocal cords came unstuck

Evangelos Tseros, Faruque Riffat, Carsten E Palme, Hedley G Coleman and Narinder P Singh

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (11): 468-470

Christmas competition

Stereotactic neurosurgery

Peter Reed

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (11): 486

Book/media/app review

Dissecting clinical communication

Christopher J Young

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8): 329

Perspectives

Vertebroplasty for acute painful osteoporotic fracture

Paul Bird, Terrence Diamond and William A Clark

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (7): 279-281

Research

Untapped potential in Australian hospitals for organ donation after circulatory death

Sandeep S Rakhra, Helen I Opdam, Laura Gladkis, Byron Arcia, Michael A Fink, John Kanellis, Peter S Macdonald, Gregory I Snell and David V Pilcher

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (7): 294-301 Free

Narrative review

Radiation therapy and early breast cancer: current controversies

John Boyages

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (5): 216-222

Perspectives

Improving the safety of breast implants: implant-associated lymphoma

Ingrid Hopper, Susannah Ahern, John J McNeil, Anand K Deva, Elisabeth Elder, Colin Moore and Rodney Cooter

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (5): 185-186

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Not all that wheezes is asthma

Amy SM Wong, Bing Mei Teh, Glen Burgess and Michael CS Ho

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 59-60

Letters

Robotic prostatectomy took off, despite a lack of evidence and risks of inequity

Mark Frydenberg and Robert (Frank) A Gardiner

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 90

Medical education / Snapshot

High-pressure injection injury: benign appearance belies potentially devastating consequences

Anna T Ryan and Bruce R Johnstone

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 477

Narrative review

Neurobionics and the brain–computer interface: current applications and future horizons

Jeffrey V Rosenfeld and Yan Tat Wong

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 363-368

Perspectives

Variation in the costs of surgery: seeking value

David J Hillis, David AK Watters, Lawrie Malisano, Nick Bailey and David Rankin

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 153-154 Free