Surgery on wrong site and retained dressings among ‘record’ number of medical errors
Lack of recognition of clinical deterioration made up one third of all sentinel events and half of paediatric events over 12 months, a Victorian report…
Tag: Surgery
Physician registrar on his four open-heart surgeries: ‘It’s the scenic route through training’
Dr Geoff Lester was refereeing a basketball game when the chest pain and dizziness hit. As a healthy 24-year-old, about to finish an economics degree,…
‘It’s almost like genital mutilation’: Plastic surgeon tells of his work repairing botched labiaplasties
Professor Mark Ashton says the rise in young women having undergone botched labiaplasties is “nothing short of worryingly spectacular”. The number of women coming to…
Doctor says govt telling ‘porky pies’ over IV fluid shortage despite improving supply
An “embarrassing” shortage of IV fluids appears to be resolving, but at least one doctor is blaming bureaucratic bungling rather than international supply issues. State…
Successful sensory preservation for the breast and nipple post-mastectomy
Justine, a 54-year-old woman with no familial breast cancer history, presents with biopsy-confirmed left breast cancer. She undergoes initial left unilateral therapeutic mammoplasty for tumour…
No arthroscopy for uncomplicated knee OA: new guidance
Arthroscopic procedures such as debridement and partial meniscectomy should not be offered for uncomplicated knee osteoarthritis, according to strengthened clinical guidance. The 2024 Osteoarthritis of…
Uber driver, refugee, surgeon and now aspiring GP — meet Dr Karim Amani
“I was operating on a militia person when his colleagues came inside the operating theatre with guns and rocket-propelled grenades. “They did not respect anything…
‘Flawed’ ENT surgeon cleared to practise after judge overturns medical council appeal
A surgeon suspended over the deaths of two patients following rushed procedures is set to resume practice after the NSW Medical Council lost its appeal…
Australia faces shortage of ‘crucial’ IV fluids
A critical shortage of IV fluids has hit the Australian health system with “very little warning” and could eventually impact non-cancer elective surgery. The current…
Why I apologised when a patient paid only half my fee
The growing gap between doctors’ fees and Medicare rebates is constant fodder for news outlets these days. It is getting too expensive to have babies…
