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Risk Factors for Predicting Mortality in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Following the rapid advances in medical therapy and critical care technology over the past 30 years, coupled with the spiralling cost of medical care,...
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Caudal Morphine in Paediatric Patients: A Comparison of Two Different Doses in Children after Major Urogenital Surgery
The use of caudal preservative-free morphine for postoperative analgesia in children has gained popularity since it was first described by Jensen. Several studies have...
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Use of Central Venous Lines in Paediatrics—A Local Experience
Peripheral access by venous cut down, once popular in the 1950s and 1960s, has almost become obsolete with the introduction of the Seldinger technique...
Original Article
Survey of Aerobic Bacterial Infections in Paediatric Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients
Data on infections in paediatric surgical patients are few in the literature. Although there are many studies on infection in adult surgical and paediatric...
Editorial
Development of Rheumatology in Singapore
Patients with rheumatic diseases frequently consult primary care physicians, internists and orthopaedic surgeons. In the past, few doctors took interest in these diseases.
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Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernioplasty: An Audit of the Early Postoperative Results of 100 Consecutive Repairs
Inguinal hernia is one of the commonest surgical pathologies in the world. Laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal repair has been gaining popularity in recent years.
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History of the Orthopaedic Specialty in Singapore
When the practice of orthopaedic surgery first began in Singapore, it was not a specialty in itself. There are no records as to when...
Original Article
Intussusception: A Three-Year Review
Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants and young children. It occurs when one segment of the intestines telescopes into...
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Remifentanil in the Management of Laparoscopic Resection of Phaeochromocytoma – Case Reports
The perioperative management of surgery for laparoscopic resection of phaeochromocytoma presents a significant challenge. Many different anaesthetic techniques and drugs have been used to...
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Investigating the Infertile Couple
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 1 to 2 years of unprotected intercourse. In general, an estimated 84% of all women...
Original Article
One-stage Surgical Correction of Proximal Hypospadias
Proximal hypospadias represents the most severe end of the spectrum of this abnormality. Although hypospadias itself is a relatively common condition, severe types account...
Letter to the Editor
Labour epidural practice in a tertiary training centre
Dear Editor,
Labour analgesia provided through the central neuraxial approach is offered for parturients who are in their active stage of labour, usually after 2–4cm...
Others
Characteristics of Six Newborn Infants with Postnatal Findings of Severe Intracranial Haemorrhage
A postnatal finding of intracranial haemorrhage carries potential medico-legal implications for the obstetrician. However, one cannot exclusively attribute this to birth trauma.
This article is...
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Teaching and Learning of Professionalism in Medical Schools
There is now worldwide consensus that the elements of medical professionalism need to be enhanced and explicitly taught in medical schools. Medical schools in...
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Early Appendicitis – A Safe Diagnosis?
Appendicitis is the most common surgical condition of the abdomen. At laparotomy, an inflamed appendix is removed once it is found, and further exploration...
Original Article
Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
Minimally invasive donor nephrectomy using laparoscopic techniques has become a very attractive method of procuring kidneys from live donors, compared to the traditional standard...
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Bile Duct Perforation in Children: Is it Truly Spontaneous?
Bile duct perforation (BDP) and biliary ascites in children is a rare clinical entity. The aetiopathogenesis is still elusive.
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Swallowed Foreign Bodies in Children: Report of Four Unusual Cases
Foreign body (FB) ingestion in children is a frequent and frightening experience to the patients and caregivers. It is a common paediatric problem necessitating...
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An Intelligent Tutoring System for Trauma Management (Trauma-Teach): A Preliminary Report
In Singapore, trauma1-7 is the leading cause of hospitalisation and the fifth leading cause of morbidity and mortality.8,9 Common causes of trauma include road...
Others
The History of Surgical Teaching and the Department of Surgery
On 3 July 2005, the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) and NUS will be celebrating their centenaries – a hundred years...
Original Article
Laparoscopic-assisted Colon and Rectal Surgery – Lessons Learnt from Early Experience
Great strides in laparoscopic surgical techniques have been progressively made throughout the various surgical subspecialties. More procedures can be performed laparoscopically today than when...
Original Article
Review of the Management Outcome of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis and the Role of Prophylactic Contra-lateral Pinning Re-examined
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis is the commonest hip problem in the adolescent age group. The goals of treatment are aimed at avoiding the complications...
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A Brief History of the Chapter of Psychiatrists
The Inaugural Meeting of the Chapter of Psychiatrists and Chapter of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine, was held on 5 December 1986 at King’s Hotel.1,2...
Original Article
Perforated Appendicitis in Children: Benefits of Early Laparoscopic Surgery
Despite perforated appendicitis (PA) being a common surgical emergency in childhood, controversy still exists with regard to its management in this era of minimal...
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Surgical Training – The Challenge of Change
President of the College of Surgeons, distinguished guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great honour and a unique privilege for me to...
Original Article
Laparoscopic Systemic Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy for Women with Low-Risk Early Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial cancer is the third most frequent gynaecologic cancer in Korea, following cervical cancer and ovarian cancer. With the increasingly Westernised lifestyles of Korean...
Original Article
Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Tumours: Early Experience in Singapore General Hospital
With the increasing availability of ultrasound and computed tomography scans, more patients are being diagnosed with incidental renal tumours. Up to 80% of tumours...
Others
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...
Original Article
Development of Bariatric Surgery: The Effectiveness of a Multi-disciplinary Weight Management Programme in Hong Kong
Obesity is one of the most common chronic illnesses in the Western World with a frequency of 10% to 15%. It causes or exacerbates...
Original Article
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration: Our First 50 Cases
Since its introduction a few decades ago, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has brought about a significant change in the management of choledocholithiasis. With continual...
Review Article
What Skills are Tested in the New PACES Examination?
Despite the continuing emergence of sophisticated technology to aid diagnosis, many experienced clinicians continue to believe that bedside clinical skills relating to communication and...
Original Article
Safety and Clinical Efficacy of Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Pregnant Women with Acute Appendicitis
In non-pregnant patients, the advantages of laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) over open appendectomy (OA) are widely known and include decreased postoperative pain, a shorter hospital...
Original Article
Evolution and trends in the adoption of laparoscopic liver resection in Singapore: Analysis of 300 cases
Over the past few decades, the introduction of laparoscopic surgery has been the biggest game changer in abdominal surgery.1 However, although the first laparoscopic...
Editorial
Laparoscopic liver resection: Global diffusion and learning curve
Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) is being utilised with increasing frequency worldwide, as initial concerns about the safety and feasibility of LLR, such as the...
Letter to the Editor
A resuscitation course designed for a psychiatric hospital
It is challenging to maintain the resuscitation skills of doctors in a psychiatric hospital. Our study describes a resuscitation course designed specifically for the...