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In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Wong Hock Boon
On 28 December 2008, the medical profession in Singapore mourned the loss of one of their most prominent paediatricians, Wong Hock Boon, who is...
3rd College of Surgeons Lecture — Bringing up Surgeons
I am greatly honoured to be given the privilege of delivering the 3rd College of Surgeons Lecture, especially when I have retired from surgery...
Angioplasty on an Infarct-related Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Arising from Posterior Coronary Sinus
A 60-year-old chronic smoker had delayed presentation (>18 hours) of acute inferior myocardial infarction with electrocardiogram showing 1.0 mm ST-segment elevation in leads II,...
Complete Atrioventricular Block Complicating Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction can be Reversed with Acute Coronary...
Complete atrioventricular block (AVB) develops in more than 5% of patients with myocardial infarction (MI). These patients have poorer outcomes compared to those without...
Cardiac Rupture due to Fall: A Case Study
Studies have shown that cardiac ruptures due to blunt trauma are seen more often than expected. Isolated left ventricular injuries tend to be less...
Sir John Wenman Crofton
Sir John Crofton, a world famous expert on the treatment of tuberculosis died in Edinburgh at the age of 97. John Crofton was born...
Knowledge and Practice of Household Mosquito Breeding Control Measures between a Dengue Hotspot and...
Dengue is the most common mosquito-borne viral disease in the world and its severity is reflected by a 30-fold increase over the last 50...
Inadvertent Use of Bevacizumab to Treat Choroidal Neovascularisation During Pregnancy: A Case Report
The recognition that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NVAMD) has led to...
12th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lecture – The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Radiation-induced Sensori-neural...
Radiation-induced sensori-neural hearing loss (SNHL) has long been recognised as a complication of radiotherapy (RT) for head and neck tumours, if the auditory pathways...
11th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lecture – An In vivo Comparative Study of the Ability...
It has been my greatest pleasure and honour to accept this, the 11th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship on the anniversary of a half century...