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Most tongue-tie ops not needed: study

15th July 2019
More than 60% of newborns referred for surgery for tongue-tie at a specialist clinic do not need the procedure, a US study…
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Baby
Specialist Updates Gastroenterology

Fewer reinterventions with sleeve gastrectomy

5th July 2019
Risk of reintervention with sleeve gastrectomy is lower than for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass over five years, a US study…
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Gastric sleeve surgery
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Aussie surgeons restore hand use in 13 patients with tetraplegia

5th July 2019
Pioneering surgery by an Australian team has restored movement in the hands and elbows of 13 patients with tetraplegia. …
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Hand surgery
CPD How to Treat

Primary hyperparathyroidism

5th July 2019
Read this How to Treat article and take the quiz to earn 2 RACGP QI&CPD points or 1 ACRRM point.
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Parathyroid glands anatomy
Clinical Focus Spot Diagnosis

Should you burst a man’s bubble?

4th July 2019
A 56-year-old man, with a background of osteoarthritis affecting the thumbs and fingers of both hands, presents with an…
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Osteoarthritis thumbs fingers
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How arteriosclerosis became a pain in the butt

1st July 2019
Consider a vascular cause when patients present with exertional buttock pain, say Japanese authors who report a case of…
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lower back pain
Specialist Updates Gastroenterology

Is this the last word on band ligation for oesophageal varices?

25th June 2019
Band ligation for primary prevention of bleeding from oesophageal varices is better than no treatment, except when the…
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Oesophageal varices post banding