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Moor JW, Bem C. Re: A technique for the orientation of endoscopically resected laryngeal lesions. Clin Otolaryngol 2008; 33:158-9; author reply 159. [PMID: 18429883 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2008.01605.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Menon K, Bem C, Gouldesbrough D, Strachan DR. A clinical review of 128 cases of head and neck tuberculosis presenting over a 10-year period in Bradford, UK. J Laryngol Otol 2006; 121:362-8. [PMID: 16923320 DOI: 10.1017/s0022215106002507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Aims: To analyse the epidemiology, presentation and diagnosis of head and neck tuberculosis (TB).Methods: We conducted a 10-year retrospective study of all cases of tuberculosis of the head and neck region occurring in Bradford, UK.Results: Of a total of 1315 cases of TB, 128 presented with head and neck TB (12 per cent of which (15/128) were in children). Cervical lymph nodes were most commonly involved (87 per cent, 111/128), other sites being: salivary glands (five cases); larynx, oral cavity, eyes and ears (two cases each); and skin, thyroid, nasopharynx and retropharyngeal space (one case each). Patients' ethnic origins were Asian (89 per cent, 114/128), Caucasian (10 per cent, 13/128) and African (one case). Only 26 per cent (33/128) had constitutional symptoms, and 20 per cent (25/128) had a coexistent site of TB. Only 39 per cent (40/105) of surgical specimens were sent for culture.Conclusions: Isolated head and neck TB is not uncommon. Atypical presentations render diagnosis challenging, so awareness aids early diagnosis. Mycobacterial cultures should be performed, where possible, for diagnosis.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- England/epidemiology
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nasopharynx
- Pharyngeal Diseases/diagnosis
- Pharyngeal Diseases/epidemiology
- Retrospective Studies
- Sex Distribution
- Tuberculosis/diagnosis
- Tuberculosis/epidemiology
- Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/diagnosis
- Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/epidemiology
- Tuberculosis, Laryngeal/diagnosis
- Tuberculosis, Laryngeal/epidemiology
- Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/diagnosis
- Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/epidemiology
- Tuberculosis, Ocular/diagnosis
- Tuberculosis, Ocular/epidemiology
- Tuberculosis, Oral/diagnosis
- Tuberculosis, Oral/epidemiology
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- K Menon
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bradford, UK
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Winterton RIS, Alaani A, Loke D, Bem C. Role of information leaflets in improving the practice of informed consent for patients undergoing septoplasty. J Laryngol Otol 2006; 121:134-7. [PMID: 17040592 DOI: 10.1017/s002221510600257x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/13/2006] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the effectiveness of an information leaflet in improving patient understanding of the procedure and complications of septoplasty. DESIGN The baseline knowledge of a group of patients who had attended a pre-assessment clinic prior to septoplasty was assessed. The procedure and its complications were then verbally explained. The patients' knowledge was then re-assessed on the morning of surgery and any improvements noted. In the second arm of the study, an information leaflet was introduced at the time of verbal instruction and any differences in improvement in knowledge were assessed. RESULTS Data from the two groups were analysed using an analysis of covariance with differences in baseline (pre-instruction) knowledge controlled. Additional improvements in mean recall score following leaflet distribution were highly statistically significant when compared with mean recall in the control group (p<0.001). CONCLUSION The use of information leaflets increases patients' knowledge about a surgical procedure and its potential complications.
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- R I S Winterton
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK.
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We asked how patient centred is Clinical Otolaryngology? Using two new models for analysing the patient-centredness of medical literature, three reviewers classified 176 papers (91 articles and 85 abstracts) published in this journal during the year 2000. Patients appeared as clinical subjects in 98 (56%), were interviewed by closed questionnaires in 21 (12%) and open questionnaires in 6 (3%), represented only by demographic details in 40 (23%) and not part of the study in 11 (6%) of papers. Papers were considered to address a biomedical frame of reference in 48 (27%), the patient's frame of reference in 6 (3%), technical aspects of the clinical encounter in 109 (62%) and communicative aspects in 7 (4%), and the setting for the encounter in 6 (3%) of papers. We show that some patient-centred research is published in Clinical Otolaryngology but suggest that it could publish more.
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- C Bem
- Department of ENT, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Birmingham, UK.
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Bem C. Moral sensibility and ethics. Bull Med Ethics 2001:20-4. [PMID: 12374185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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- C Bem
- Bradford Royal Infirmary, UK.
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Mignotte H, Treilleux I, Chassagne-Clément C, Bem C, Lopez R, Martin X, Brémond A. [Interest of periareolar injection for colorimetric detection of sentinel node in breast cancer]. Bull Cancer 2000; 87:600-3. [PMID: 10969216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Most teams working on sentinel node biopsy in the treatment of breast cancer inject either radioactive colloid or vital blue dye around the primary tumour. Many anatomical studies and lymphoscintigraphical studies, some very old, have shown that the lymphatic drainage of the breast is collected first in the periareolar plexus of Sappey, then routed to the axilla in 95% of cases, via one or two primary collectors. In a series of 94 breast cancers measuring less than 3 cm, with any palpable axillary lymph node, 2 ml of patent blue was injected intradermally around the areola, at the two meridians around the tumor. The sentinel node was identified in 89 cases (94,7%), regardless of the location of the primary tumor. All the sentinel nodes were located in the lower axilla. An average of 1.6 nodes were found per patient. In 41 cases, axillary lymph node dissection was performed either immediately (5 technical failures, 9 positive frozen section) or delayed only if the sentinel node was positive, either on standard H&E staining or on immunohistochemistry (27 cases). Thus, axillary lymph node dissection was not performed in 48 patients (55%). In positive node patient, the sentinel node was the only positive lymph node in 20 patients (55%). For 5 positive node patients, axillary lymph node dissection was not performed: poor vital status (2 micro-metastatic nodes) or by decision of patient (3 IHC positive nodes). With this periareolar injection procedure, the rate of detection is highly satisfactory and is comparable to that usually published with peritumoral injection. This procedure seems appropriate in all cases, regardless of the topography, the size or the multifocality of breast cancer.
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- H Mignotte
- Département de chirurgie carcinologique, Centre Léon-Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08
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Bem C. Human immunodeficiency virus-positive tuberculous lymphadenitis in Central Africa: clinical presentation of 157 cases. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1997; 1:215-9. [PMID: 9432366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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SETTING University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical presentation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive tuberculous lymphadenitis with primary HIV lymphadenopathy and HIV-negative tuberculous lymphadenitis. DESIGN Prospective study of patients undergoing diagnostic lymph node biopsy, with details of lymph node distribution, character and size assessed immediately before biopsy. RESULTS In total, 157 patients with HIV-positive tuberculous lymphadenitis, 71 with primary HIV lymphadenopathy and 28 with HIV-negative tuberculous lymphadenitis were examined. Amongst patients with HIV-positive tuberculous lymphadenitis, lymph node enlargement was symmetrical in 29% (45/157); cervical nodes were enlarged in 99% (155/157), axillary nodes in 82% (128/ 157), epitrochlear nodes in 36% (57/157) and ilioinguinal nodes in 54% (84/157). The size of the largest nodes was 3 cm in 36% (57/157), 2 cm in 24% (37/157) and 1 cm in 6% (10/157). This presentation overlapped with that of primary HIV lymphadenopathy, which was usually a symmetrical polylymphadenopathy with nodes < or = 3 cm in size, and contrasted with that of HIV-negative tuberculous lymphadenitis, which mostly presented with focal, asymmetrical cervical lymphadenopathy. CONCLUSION Tuberculous lymphadenitis may be more common in HIV-positive African patients with superficial lymphadenopathy than is generally believed. Greater use of lymph node aspiration or biopsy may improve the diagnosis of suspected tuberculosis in Africa.
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- C Bem
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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In order to assess the effect of the HIV epidemic on lymph node biopsies in Central Africa, HIV-1 serology was tested on a cohort of patients undergoing node biopsy in Lusaka in 1990, and the histology of all lymph nodes biopsied in Lusaka in 1981 and 1990 was reviewed. One hundred and eighteen lymph nodes were biopsied in 1981 and 351 in 1990. Cases of tuberculous lymphadenitis increased from 52 (31 children and 21 adults) in 1981 to 186 (22 children, 160 adults, four patients unknown age) in 1990. Sixty-eight of 77 adults (88%) with tuberculous lymphadenitis in 1990 tested HIV-positive. Cases of histology suspicious of primary HIV lymphadenopathy and nodal Kaposi's disease also increased. Cases of malignant lymphadenopathy and overall number of surgical biopsies remained equivalent for 1981 and 1990. The study concludes that the HIV epidemic has led to a large increase in diagnostic lymph node biopsies in Lusaka, mostly through an increase in HIV-related adult tuberculous lymphadenitis.
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- C Bem
- School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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Tuberculous lymphadenitis is common in Central Africa, where diagnosis by histological examination of a biopsied node is often delayed. In the present study, the naked eye appearance of the cut surface of 306 consecutive biopsied lymph nodes was compared with the histological diagnosis. One hundred and eight-eight nodes showed tuberculosis on histology (including two with coexisting second pathology). One hundred and forty-eight (79%) cases of tuberculous lymphadenitis (including both with coexisting second pathology) showed noncaseating tuberculomata or caseation visible on naked eye examination. Such signs were not seen in other nodes. Other signs were seen in another 18 (10%) tuberculous nodes. It is concluded that naked eye examination of nodes provides useful information for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis, pending confirmation by histology.
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- C Bem
- School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka
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Bem C, Patil PS, Bharucha H, Namaambo K, Luo N. Importance of human immunodeficiency virus-associated lymphadenopathy and tuberculous lymphadenitis in patients undergoing lymph node biopsy in Zambia. Br J Surg 1996; 83:75-8. [PMID: 8653372 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The relative importance of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated lymphadenopathy amongst patients presenting for lymph node biopsy in Central Africa is unknown. HIV-1 serology and histology of patients undergoing superficial lymph node biopsy during 1989-1990 in Lusaka, Zambia, were examined in a prospective cohort study of HIV serology and by retrospective review of laboratory records. Of 727 lymph nodes biopsied in Lusaka in 1989-1990, 380 (52 per cent) showed tuberculous lymphadenitis, 160 (22 per cent) histology suggestive of primary HIV lymphadenopathy and 66 (9 per cent) nodal Kaposi's disease. HIV serology was tested in 280 adults and was positive in 91 per cent (255 patients), including 89 per cent (153 of 171) of those with tuberculous lymphadenitis, 98 per cent (63 of 64) of those with histology suspicious of primary HIV lymphadenopathy and all (24 of 24) with nodal Kaposi's disease. Other HIV-associated lymphadenopathy included nodal lymphomas and lymphoepithelial cysts. HIV serology was tested in 22 children and was positive in eight, including four of 14 with tuberculous lymphadenitis. It is concluded that HIV-associated lymphadenopathy, especially tuberculous lymphadenitis, is very common amongst patients presenting for lymph node biopsy in Central Africa.
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- C Bem
- School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Republic of Zambia
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Bem C. Neck swellings which mimic branchial cysts in HIV-positive patients. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1994; 76:284. [PMID: 8074395 PMCID: PMC2502243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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AIMS To study the value of wide needle (19 gauge) aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of lymph node disease in Zambia in the absence of a trained cytologist. METHODS Patients (n = 304) referred for surgical biopsy of an enlarged peripheral lymph node were studied prospectively. Surgical biopsy was routinely preceded by 19 gauge needle aspiration of the same node; aspirates were stained by haematoxylin and eosin and Ziehl Neelsen stains. RESULTS Of 232 aspirates, 182 contained sufficient material for cytological characterisation. Tuberculosis was diagnosed or suspected in 122 of 126 aspirates with histologically confirmed tuberculous lymphadenitis; reactive follicular hyperplasia in 31 of 38 patients with primary HIV lymphadenopathy; malignancy in all five patients with malignant nodes; and Kaposi's disease in four of nine patients with this. Tuberculous lymphadenitis was falsely suspected in four patients, as was reactive follicular hyperplasia in four, and Kaposi's disease in four. CONCLUSIONS Wide needle aspiration cytology is useful in the diagnosis of lymphadenopathy in Central Africa, with the exception of lymphadenopathic Kaposi's disease.
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- P S Patil
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate wide-needle (19-gauge) aspiration in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis. SETTING Department of Surgery, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. PATIENTS Three hundred and four patients presenting to one surgeon for diagnostic surgical biopsy of a peripheral lymph node during 1989-1990. DESIGN Prospective study in which wide-needle aspiration routinely preceded open surgical biopsy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Histology and mycobacterial culture of the surgically biopsied lymph node; HIV-1 serology; successful aspiration of material, naked-eye appearance of aspirate, presence of acid-fast bacilli and/or microscopic caseation in the aspirate. RESULTS One hundred and eighty-eight out of 304 (61.8%) patients had histologically and/or culture-proven tuberculous lymphadenitis, of whom 155 out of 183 (84.7%) tested HIV-1-seropositive. Material was successfully aspirated from 180 out of 188 (95.7%) of patients with proven tuberculous lymphadenitis. Macroscopic caseation, diagnosable on naked-eye examination alone of the aspirate, was present in 49 out of 120 (40.8%) consecutive aspirates from tuberculous nodes. Acid-fast bacilli and/or microscopic caseation were seen in 116 out of 155 (74.8%) aspirates from tuberculous nodes for which smears stained both by Ziehl-Nielsen and haematoxylin & eosin were available. CONCLUSIONS It is recommended that all patients with suspected tuberculous lymphadenitis in Africa, undergo wide-needle aspiration before surgical biopsy or empirical treatment.
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- C Bem
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka
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Elliott AM, Halwiindi B, Hayes RJ, Luo N, Tembo G, Machiels L, Bem C, Steenbergen G, Pobee JO, Nunn PP. The impact of human immunodeficiency virus on presentation and diagnosis of tuberculosis in a cohort study in Zambia. J Trop Med Hyg 1993; 96:1-11. [PMID: 8429569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Two hundred and forty-nine patients with tuberculosis were recruited to a cohort study to investigate the interaction between tuberculosis and HIV in Lusaka, Zambia; findings at presentation are presented here. One hundred and eighty-two (73%; 95% confidence interval 67-79%) of the cases were HIV-1 antibody positive. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was confirmed by microscopy for acid-alcohol fast bacilli, culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or histology in 74% of all cases. HIV negative and positive cases differed in site of disease: among HIV negative patients 72% had pulmonary disease alone, 16% extrapulmonary disease alone and 12% had both, whereas among HIV positive patients 40% had pulmonary disease alone, 34% extrapulmonary disease alone and 26% both (P < 0.001). HIV negative and positive cases were compared with regard to outcome of diagnostic procedures: 55% of HIV negative cases could be diagnosed at enrollment by sputum smear, but only 35% of HIV positive cases (P < 0.01). Among pulmonary cases confirmed by sputum culture, 76% of HIV negative patients had a positive sputum smear, compared with 57% of HIV positive patients (P = 0.09). Pleural and pericardial disease were difficult to confirm, but culture of pleural fluid was positive in 12/46 HIV positive patients, compared with 0/11 HIV negative patients. Lymph node disease was readily confirmed by biopsy. The tuberculin test was positive in only 30/110 (27%) of HIV positive cases, but in 21/38 (55%) of HIV negative cases (P < 0.01). Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured in 57% of HIV negative cases and 54% of HIV positive cases; no atypical mycobacteria were isolated. Initial resistance to isoniazid was present in isolates from 5% of cases with a positive culture.
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- A M Elliott
- School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka
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Bem C. Necrotizing fasciitis: 10 years' experience in a district general hospital. Br J Surg 1992; 79:1247. [PMID: 1467911 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800791148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Among the salivary glands the parotid is unusual in that it contains lymphoid tissue within its capsule. The focus of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the lymphatic system and this results in a specific HIV-related pathology in the parotid. This 2-year surgical audit of parotid disease in HIV-infected patients in Lusaka shows patients presenting with parotid lymphadenopathy, bilateral diffuse parotid enlargement and parotid lymphoepithelial cysts. Clinical presentation and management are discussed.
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- C Bem
- Department of Surgery, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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Watters DA, Bem C, Echun DA, Ahmed A. Audit of 'surgery in general' in an African teaching hospital. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1991; 36:402-4. [PMID: 1774710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A 1-year prospective audit of 2233 operations performed by one general surgical unit in a Central African teaching hospital is presented. In addition to the usual 'general surgical' procedures, operations also included emergency craniotomy, reconstructive surgery for open fractures, and hysterectomy. There were 37 (1.7%) postoperative deaths and 45 other deaths in non-operated patients. Ten of 14 deaths due to sepsis in the 20-40-year age group were associated with HIV infection. The implications for teaching and training of surgical specialists in the tropics are discussed.
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- D A Watters
- University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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Two Zambian infants presented with massive rectal bleeding caused by cytomegalovirus ileitis. The first was seropositive for HIV and the second seronegative, though her mother was seropositive. Both infants died.
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- B Kawimbe
- Department of Surgery, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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Bem C, Rennie JA. British surgeons training abroad--an evaluation. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1991; 73:26. [PMID: 2021265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The experience and practice of a surgeon training in Africa is reviewed. Clinical, practical and management skills are invaluable. The value of an elective period in a British training system is suggested.
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- C Bem
- University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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Bem C. Trends towards increasing specialisation of the consultant surgeon in the United Kingdom. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1989; 71:59. [PMID: 2774465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Bem C, O'Hare PM. Reconstruction of the mandible using the scapular spine pedicled upon trapezius muscle; description of the posterior approach to the transverse cervical vessels. Br J Plast Surg 1986; 39:473-7. [PMID: 3779194 DOI: 10.1016/0007-1226(86)90116-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We describe the reconstruction of the mandible using the spine of the scapula pedicled upon trapezius in a woman who had undergone previous mandibular irradiation and surgery. We show how the vascular supply to the trapezius scapular spine compound flap can be approached posteriorly and the spine of the scapula used to provide good length and contour for replacement of a wide mandibular defect.
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Bem C. Womb with a view. Manch Med Gaz 1974; 53:114. [PMID: 4417386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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