Editorial
Residency Programmes in Singapore—Challenges Ahead
Transitioning from the specialist training system of the United Kingdom (UK) to the Residency system of the United States of America, Singapore1 is in...
Editorial
Better Hand Hygiene Means Safer Care
The 1st World Health Organization (WHO) Global Patient Safety Challenge, “Clean Care is Safer Care”, was launched in October 2005. Since then, Prof Didier...
Original Article
Public Awareness of Sepsis and Stroke in Singapore: A Population-Based Survey
Sepsis and stroke are common diseases with several similarities. Firstly, they are both frequent causes of death. A recent review by Adhikari and colleagues...
Original Article
An Alternative Treatment Option for Scaphoid Nonunion Advanced Collapse (SNAC) and Radioscaphoid Osteoarthritis: Early Results of a Prospective Study on the Pyrocarbon Adaptive Proximal Scaphoid Implant (APSI)
Scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse (SNAC) and radioscaphoid osteoarthritis are well recognised conditions that are considered very difficult to treat, not only by general orthopaedic...
Original Article
CT-Guided Thoracic Biopsy: Evaluating Diagnostic Yield and Complications
Percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsies which have been performed for more than a century have since gained wide acceptance for diagnosing malignant and benign lung
lesions....